Nominations are due by April 1, 2019 for the 2020 William H. DeKock Distinguished Service Award and for WFO Honorary Membership.
While serving as president of the American Association of Orthodontists, Dr. William H. DeKock led the process of establishing the WFO, culminating in its incorporation during the 4th International Orthodontic Congress. The IOC was held in conjunction with the 1995 AAO Annual Session in San Francisco. The DeKock Distinguished Service Award, created in 2015, is the highest achievement award of the WFO and is intended to recognize a member orthodontist who has made outstanding contributions and displayed exemplary service over many years for the benefit and advancement of the orthodontic specialty and the WFO.
If awarded, the DeKock Award recipient will be recognized at the 9th International Orthodontic Congress to be held in Yokohama, Japan October 6 -9, 2020.
WFO affiliate organizations or individual WFO Fellow may submit nominations for the DeKock Award. The nomination must include a narrative of no more than three typed pages in length, authored by the nominating Fellow or organization, describing fully the reasons the nominee should be considered for the award. Supporting documentation from third parties may be included in the submission, but shall be limited to no more than two pages per third party submission. The nominee’s attached curriculum vitae should not exceed five pages.
In addition, each nomination must include a completed nomination form.
Click here to access the nomination form.
The nomination letter, nomination form, curriculum vitae and any additional supportive letters must be submitted and received in the WFO Secretariat no later than April 1, 2019. Mail, fax, or email the nominee’s completed nomination form, affiliate nomination letter, curriculum vitae and any supporting letters to:
World Federation of Orthodontists Email to: wfo@wfo.org
401 North Lindbergh Boulevard Fax to: +1-314-985-1036
St. Louis, Missouri 63141-7816 USA
WFO Councilors May Submit Nominations for Honorary Membership
Nominations are open for WFO Honorary Membership. Nominations for Honorary Membership may be made by members of the 2015-20 WFO Council. One member from each affiliate country serves on the WFO Council, with an additional forty (40) members selected at large on a pro rata basis according to the number of dues-paying fellows from each affiliate organization.
Article 4.2 of the WFO Bylaws states: “Honorary Members of the WFO shall be orthodontists or others who have rendered outstanding service to orthodontics.”
In addition to this specific criterion, it has generally been recognized that honorary members should be recognizable worldwide for their contribution to our specialty. Past recipients of honorary membership are: Dr. Arne Bjork, Dr. Samir Bishara, Dr. B.F. Dewell, Dr. T.M. Graber, Dr. Nigel Peter Hunt, Dr. Vincent Kokich, Dr. Takayuki Kuroda, Dr. Birte Melsen, Dr. Fujio Miura, Dr. James Moss, Dr. Milton Sims, Dr. Birgit L. Thilander and Dr. Donald Woodside. Once the nominations are received by the WFO Executive Committee (WFOEC) a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of the WFOEC is required to elect a nominee to Honorary Membership.
Newly elected honorary member(s) will be recognized at the 9th International Orthodontic Congress to be held October 6-9, 2020 in Yokohama, Japan.
The Honorary Nomination form must be submitted along with the nominee’s curriculum vitae (no more than 5 pages) to the WFO Secretariat. Nominations must be received no later than April 1, 2019 to be considered.
Click here to access the nomination form.
Please mail, fax, or email the completed nomination form and curriculum vitae to:
World Federation of Orthodontists
401 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63141-7816 USA
Email to: wfo@wfo.org
Fax to: +1-314-985-1036