While I don't claim to be clairvoyant, I did share some insight with the NJDS Class of 2001 last fall at Convocation. When I became president of the Dental Alumni Association in October 1996, the Executive Committee and I set out to create a stable and progressive alumni association with dental students as its foundation. Sounds like something Yogi Berra would say, but the Greek philosopher Heraclitus beat him to it by about 2,500 years. It gives me great pride to address you as President of the Dental Alumni Association of the New Jersey Dental School.
Communication is the heart of life.
In fact, a person's impact on the world has been directly proportionate to his or her development of a means of communication.