The Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship fund of the AAP Foundation recently received a sizable donation directed by Linda Tarrson from the E.B. Tarrson Philanthropic Fund...

Tarrson Fellowship Fund Hits $1 Million

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The Tarrson Fellowship was the first AAPF award to recognize and encourage young periodontal educators.

CHICAGO, March 31, 2003 - The Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship fund of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation hit the $1 million mark recently with a sizable donation directed by Linda Tarrson from the E.B. Tarrson Philanthropic Fund. The Tarrson Fellowship, a $30,000 career development award for academic periodontists, is granted to one recipient each year.

Recognizing the importance of attracting the best and brightest scientific and clinical minds to careers in periodontal education, Bud and Linda Tarrson created the Fellowship in 1997. The first award was made in 1998. The Tarrson Fellowship was the first AAPF award to recognize and encourage young periodontal educators. The American Academy of Periodontology has identified the support of gifted teachers and researchers as a key focus of the specialty.

Tarrson, formerly CEO and chairman of the John O. Butler Company, died in 1999. “I am very happy that Bud was able to experience the pleasure of meeting the first Fellows,” says his widow, Linda Tarrson. “This was an experience that he deserved and I am very grateful that the Foundation was able to make it happen.” Tarrson Fellows are:

About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Robert A. Vitas, PhD, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director, at 312/573-3256 or bob@perio.org.

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