ADHA Announces Recipient of 2004 Distinguished Service Award-Dale Hahn

Chicago-August 5, 2004 – The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named Dale G. Hahn, RDH, of Sweeney, Texas, as a recipient of the 2004 ADHA Distinguished Service Award.

The award recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to the profession of dental hygiene.

Hahn, a dental hygiene instructor at Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) in Wharton, Texas, has been actively involved with dental hygiene constituent and component organizations since 1976. She has served in a number of positions including two-term component president for the Bay Area Dental Hygiene Society (BADHS), president of the Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association (TDHA), delegation chair and delegate to ADHA annual session, and is currently serving as the chair of bylaws. She is also the liaison to WCJC for the BADHS, as well as alternate trustee. Hahn recently served as a member and council chair on the ADHA Council on Annual Session Association Policy and Bylaws.

She has also participated in liaison activities for TDHA, as well as past activities with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Hahn is also an active participant in TDHA Legislative Awareness Days that occur during legislative sessions. She was previously nominated for the ADHA Student Advisor Award.

Hahn was honored during the opening ceremonies at ADHA’s 81st annual session in Dallas on June 23.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of more than 120,000 dental hygienists across the country. Dental hygienists are preventive oral health professionals, licensed in dental hygiene, who provide educational, clinical and therapeutic services that support total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. For more information about ADHA, dental hygiene or the link between oral health and general health, visit ADHA at http://www.adha.org.

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