[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 49 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF DR. GAYLE GLENN

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 27, 2014

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Gayle Glenn 
for her outstanding service as the 2013-2014 president of the American 
Association of Orthodontists (AAO). She completes her term as president 
of AAO in May of this year.
   Born, raised, and educated in Texas, Dr. Glenn earned her Doctor of 
Dental Surgery at The Dental School at The University of Texas Health 
Science Center at San Antonio and her Master of Science in Dentistry at 
Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. She began practicing 
orthodontics in Dallas in 1984 and, today, treats patients at her 
Dallas practice she shares with two fellow Baylor College alums who are 
pediatric dentists. Dr. Glenn's practice focus is pediatric 
orthodontics. Her effective communication, kindness, and ability to put 
nervous patients at ease are some of what has contributed to her 
success treating children and adolescents.
   Dr. Glenn has dedicated countless hours to enhancing orthodontics in 
Dallas, throughout Texas, and across the country over the course of her 
nearly 30-year career. She has promoted membership in organized 
dentistry and orthodontics and has helped to transform orthodontics 
from the perspective of women.
   She was recently elected the 2013-2014 president of the AAO, the 
oldest and largest dental specialty organization in the world. Dr. 
Glenn is the first female to hold the position of AAO president in the 
organization's 113-year history.
   Dr. Glenn is also a member and past president of the Southwestern 
Society of Orthodontists and the Texas Association of Orthodontists, 
and is a member of the American Dental Association, the Greater Dallas 
Association of Orthodontists, the Texas Orthodontic Study Club, the 
Texas Dental Association, the Dallas County Dental Society, and the 
American Association of Women Dentists.
   Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in commending Dr. 
Glenn for her service to her patients, her state, to the orthodontic, 
dental, and medical communities, and, specifically for her service as 
the first woman president of the AAO.

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