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Honoring
Our Alumni
At Alumni
Day 2015 on September 25,
over 300 alumni and
students gathered to
celebrate the school's
progress after the
devastation of Hurricane
Katrina. During the
morning remarks, Dr. Trey
Carlton, president of the
LSUSD Alumni Association,
welcomed attendees and
Dean Henry Gremillion
reviewed the numerous
accomplishments in the ten
years since the storm.
Speakers included Markus
Blatz, DMD, PhD, who
presented a full-day
course on ceramics in
esthetic dentistry, and
Lisa Marie Spradley, who
spoke on the keys for a
successful dental team. A
reception capped the day's
events. Net proceeds from
the day benefited the
Alumni Association, whose
aim is to advance the
LSUSD mission.
As is tradition, three
alumni were recognized for
their achievements in the
dental profession, and for
their service to the
community and the school.
Dr. Robert Barsley
received the Alumnus of
the Year Award and Dr.
John Hendry, the
Distinguished Alumnus
Award. A special Alumnus
of the Year Award was also
presented in memoriam to
Dr. Raymond Unland.
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Robert
E. Barsley, Jr.,
DDS, JD |
Alumnus
of the Year
Robert E. Barsley,
Jr., DDS, JD
Robert E.
Barsley, Jr., DDS, JD, a
1977 graduate of the
LSUHSC School of Dentistry
(LSUSD), is currently a
professor in the LSUSD
Department of Diagnostic
Sciences and the director
of Oral Health Resources
and Community Dentistry.
He attended Rhodes College
in Memphis, Tennessee, and
LSU in Baton Rouge before
attending LSUSD. While at
LSU he served as manager
of the varsity basketball
team during Coach Press
Maravich's final season,
and the next year, as the
manager of Coach Dale
Brown's inaugural team.
Upon receiving his DDS,
Dr. Barsley established a
general dentistry private
practice in Ponchatoula.
Within a year, he joined
LSUSD as a part-time
clinical instructor in the
Department of General
Dentistry. Leaving private
practice in 1982, he
joined the LSUSD faculty
full-time and has since
advanced to the rank of
full professor.
While
teaching at LSUSD, he
began the Masters of
Education program offered
through the University of
New Orleans, completing 30
of the 33 required hours
before entering Loyola
University School of Law
in New Orleans, where he
earned his JD degree in
1987. He was admitted to
the Louisiana bar in 1987.
He is a fellow of the
American College of
Dentists, the
International College of
Dentists, the Pierre
Fauchard Academy, and the
Odontology Section of the
American Academy of
Forensic Sciences. In 1987
he was named the third
Harry W. Bruce, Jr.,
Legislative Fellow by the
American Association of
Dental Schools (now ADEA).
In 1998 he was selected as
a Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Congressional
Health Policy Fellow in
the office of Senator John
Breaux. He currently
serves as a delegate to
the American Dental
Association (ADA) House of
Delegates; he is a former
chairman of the ADA
Council on Access,
Prevention, and
Interprofessional
Relations; and he is a
former general chairman
for local arrangements of
the ADA Council on the
Annual Session. A past
speaker of the Louisiana
Dental Association (LDA)
House of Delegates and LDA
Secretary/Treasurer, he is
currently president-elect
of the LDA. He is a former
general chairman of the
New Orleans Dental
Conference and former
member of the NODA Board
of Governors.
Dr. Barsley
has served as a consultant
to numerous coroners'
offices in southern
Louisiana and is on staff
at the coroner's office in
both Orleans Parish and
Jefferson Parish. As a
member of Disaster
Mortuary Operational
Response Team Region VI
(US Public Health
Service), he served an
extended tour of duty in
the dental section of the
Hurricane Katrina and Rita
morgues in St. Gabriel and
Carville, Louisiana. Dr.
Barsley was recently asked
to chair the Odontology
Subcommittee for the newly
commissioned Forensic
Sciences Standards Board
of the National Institute
of Standards and
Technology.
Dr. Barsley
has also served as acting
state dental director of
the Louisiana Office of
Public Health and as the
chief compliance office
for the LSU Health
Sciences Center. He has
held numerous offices in
various forensic
organizations, including
president of the American
Academy of Forensic
Sciences. He has served as
treasurer of the Forensic
Science Foundation, and
president of the American
Board of Forensic
Odontology, as well as
president of the American
Society of Forensic
Odontology. In 2012 he was
elected treasurer of the
Council of Scientific
Society Presidents, a
position he still holds.
Dr. Barsley continues to
reside in Ponchatoula,
where he is a member of
the Rotary Club. He
recently completed a
nine-year appointment as
the magistrate judge for
the Ponchatoula City
Court. He is married to
the former Gwen Ballard, a
retired teacher and school
principal. Their daughter,
Emily, is currently in her
first year of medical
study at LSU Medical
School in Shreveport.
Alumnus
of the Year—In Memoriam
Raymond Unland,
Jr., DDS
With
appreciation and respect,
the LSUSD Alumni
Association Board of
Directors posthumously
honored Raymond Unland,
Jr., DDS, with the Alumnus
of the Year award. A
friend to so many in the
dental community, he was
highly respected by his
patients and colleagues.
In addition to operating a
successful private dental
practice in Metairie, Dr.
Unland was dedicated to
educating and mentoring
dental students. He joined
LSUSD as part-time
clinical assistant
professor in
prosthodontics in 2007,
but his teaching career
started while he was in
dental school. At his
graduation in 1982, he
received the Advanced
Education Award in General
Dentistry to recognize his
teaching efforts in
preclinical fixed
prosthodontics. From 1983
to 1984, during his
general dentistry
residency at LSUSD, he
served as instructor in
the general dentistry
clinic. He also taught
second-year residents at
Charity Hospital and Touro
Infirmary from 1987 to
1990. In 1997 he began
presenting a series of
lectures, "Starting Your
Dental Practice", to
fourth-year dental
students.
A natural
leader, Dr. Unland was
committed to organized
dentistry and the
community-at-large. He was
budget chairman of the New
Orleans Dental Conference
Board of Directors, chair
of the New Orleans Dental
Association (NODA)
Governmental Affairs
Committee, and a member of
the Louisiana Dental
Association Council of
Governmental Affairs. He
also served as treasurer,
first vice-president, and
president-elect of NODA;
he was installed as the
95th president on December
18th, 2013. Dr. Unland
also was a member of the
LSUSD Alumni Association
Board of Directors and
generously contributed to
school fundraising
initiatives.
A champion
for the disabled for over
two decades, since 1987 he
had served as president of
the Dental Lifeline
Network, which provides
donated dental services to
New Orleans area disabled,
elderly and medically
at-risk patients. In 1998
he received recognition
for his service from the
National Foundation of
Dentistry for the
Handicapped. His extensive
service to civic and
community groups also led
to a fellowship in the
American College of
Dentists and membership in
the Pierre Fauchard
Academy.
Dr. Unland
devoted himself to
physical fitness, becoming
a triathlete and
participating in numerous
marathons, triathlons and
Ironman events. He is
survived by his wife,
Janice Bertucci Unland,
his children, Lindsay
Sellers and Rebecca
Klaskala, and his brother,
Mark Unland.
Classmates
Drs. Ruth Morgan and Cindy
Miciotto nominated Dr.
Unland to receive the
Alumnus of the Year award.
"He was the most adamant
supporter of all things
LSU and all things human I
have ever known," wrote
Dr. Morgan. "I miss him so
much," wrote Dr. Miciotto.
"He was the best friend
anyone could ever have…no
finer man has ever walked
this earth."
Mark Unland
beautifully expressed his
brother's essence in a
Facebook post following
his death. "I lost my
brother, but we all lost a
hero, a builder, a leader,
a teacher, an athlete, a
friend and a Super Dad. He
was truly an Ironman."
Distinguished
Alumnus Award
John A. Hendry,
DDS
John A.
Hendry, DDS, received his
dental degree in 1977 and
completed his pediatric
dentistry residency in
1979 at LSUSD. Originally
from Florida, he moved to
Lafayette, Louisiana,
after his residency to
begin a private practice.
His wife Dr. Cheryl
Woodson, a general
dentist, is also an LSUSD
graduate. Since 1980 Dr.
Hendry has served as an
adjunct gratis lecturer at
the school for both dental
students and pediatric
residents. He has hospital
affiliations with
Lafayette General Medical
Center, Women's and
Children's Hospital, Our
Lady of Lourdes Regional
Hospital, and the Surgery
Center.
Dr. Hendry
achieved certification by
the American Board of
Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
in 1986 and has been a
member of the organization
for nearly 35 years. He
has served on multiple
AAPD committees and has
been a national
spokesperson for the
organization since 1988.
He is a diplomate and
fellow of the American
Board of Pediatric
Dentistry and a fellow of
the American College of
Dentists, International
College of Dentists, and
the Academy of Dentistry
for Persons with
Disabilities. He currently
serves on the AAPD Board
of Trustees and on its
executive board. He also
serves as an examiner for
the AAPD Oral Clinical
Examination.
Dr. Hendry
has an evident commitment
to children and persons
with special needs. He is
a presidential level
member of the Foundation
of the AAPD, Healthy
Smiles Healthy Children,
and has served as
president of the American
Academy of Persons with
Disabilities, American
Academy of Dentistry for
the Handicapped, and the
Louisiana Academy of
Pediatric Dentistry. Dr.
Hendry was also president
and a founding board
member of both the
Federation of Special Care
Organizations in Dentistry
and the Louisiana
Foundation of Dentistry
for the Handicapped. In
2014 he was awarded the
AAPD Manny Album Award for
lifetime service to
children of special needs.
Over the
years, Dr. Hendry has been
involved with many other
initiatives. He is a
founding board member of
and served as dental
director for the Lafayette
Community Health Care
Clinic; he is founder and
coordinator of "Doctors
with a Heart" Donated
Dental Services; and he
was the dental coordinator
for Lafayette Parish
School Board Head Start.
Since 1980 he has served
as the Acadiana chairman
for National Children's
Dental Health Month and
for nearly a decade, he
served as the Louisiana
coordinator for the
National Foundation of
Dentistry for Handicapped
"Campaign of Concern".
A graduate
of Spring Hill College in
Mobile, Alabama, Dr.
Hendry has been a member
of the Board of Trustees
and in 2001 he received
the "Ignatian Award", the
highest alumni honor given
by the college. He also
serves on the board of
directors of Home Bank,
the Jewel P. Lowe
Foundation, and "The
Winning Pitch" Foundation.
He is a member of the
United Way Hall of Fame. A
member of the United
States Golf Association
Junior Amateur Committee
for 16 years, Dr. Hendry
was president of the
Louisiana Open (PGA's
Nationwide Tour) and
founded the Louisiana Golf
Foundation.
In addition
to his current board
service, he previously
served as a board member
of the Child Protection
Agency, the American Heart
Association, and the
National Hemophilia
Association. In 2014 Dr.
Hendry received the
Louisiana Hemophilia
Association "Professional
of the Year" Award.
"Occasionally
one meets that rare person
who serves as an
inspiration both
professionally and
personally," said Dr.
Kimberly Patterson,
Assistant Professor in the
Department of Pediatric
Dentistry. "Dr. Hendry
embodies all an LSU School
of Dentistry graduate
should aspire to be, and
with pride as both a
colleague and friend I
nominate him for the
Louisiana State University
School of Dentistry
Distinguished Alumnus
Award. He is a role model,
dentist, mentor, and
friend to so many." The
LSUSD Alumni Association
Board of Directors is
pleased to honor Dr. John
Hendry for his commitment
to children, the
handicapped, his
community, and especially
to the dental profession.
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