[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 37 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING ROY T. YANASE, D.D.S.

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                    HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 2003

  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize my 
friend and true legend, Dr. Roy Yanase, a nationally and 
internationally prominent prosthodonist. I have known Dr. Yanase for 
more than a decade and am honored to pay tribute to his professional 
accomplishments and his dynamic mentoring of hundreds of dental 
students throughout Southern California.
  Dr. Yanase's energy is boundless, his smile matchless, and his 
compassion far-reaching. He graduated from the University of Southern 
California in 1969 and returned there for advanced training in a 
residency to obtain his Board Certification as a Prosthodontist in 
1981. Dr. Yanase has been on the faculty of the University of Southern 
California School of Dentistry since 1969 and presently serves as a 
Clinical Professor of Continuing Education and Advanced Prosthodontic 
Education.
  Over the past 25 years, Dr. Yanase has lectured internationally and 
throughout the United States. His writings on the specialty of 
prosthodonties have appeared in several publications as well as three 
major textbooks.
  Dr. Yanase has held responsible positions in several national and 
regional organizations including serving as Founder, President and 
current Treasurer of the Osseointegration Study Club of Southern 
California; member of the Board of the American College of 
Prosthodontists and President of its California Section; Prosthodontic 
consultant for the California State Board of Dental Examiners; 
President of the Southern California Japanese-American Dental Society; 
and President of the Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists.
  Dr. Yanase has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of 
Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the American College 
of Prosthodontists, the International College of Prosthodontists, the 
Pierre Fauchard Academy and the Academy of Dentistry International.
  Besides his Fellowships, Dr. Yanase is an active member of the 
Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists, American Academy of Geriatric 
Dentistry, the Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry, Omicron Kappa 
Upsilon and the Japanese American Dental Society.
  Dr. Yanase and his wife Regina have been married for 33 years and 
live in Torrance.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with tremendous pride that I recognize the 
exceptional life of Dr. Roy Yanase. I congratulate him for his many 
accomplishments and wish him and his family the best of luck in years 
to come.

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