Raffaele Suriano Award

Drs. Samuel J. Cascio, Loyola DDS ’52 and Joseph V. Discipio, Loyola DDS ’52 are slated to receive the Raffaele Suriano Award at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry’s 2012 Reunion.

The award is given for important contributions to dentistry in the Chicago area on the part of a faculty member or alumnus of a Chicago, Ill., area dental school or friend of dentistry. The award reflects the contributions of Dr. Raffaele Suriano, former Dean of the Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry.

Drs. Cascio and Discipio have been leaders in keeping Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry alumni together after the school’s closing, both as an independent group and in helping Loyola alumni become increasingly active in UIC College of Dentistry events and initiatives.

Both also have been very active in the Academy of General Dentistry, Arcolian Dental Arts Society, and the Illinois State Dental Society. Dr. Cascio is a former president of the Arcolian Dental Arts Society and former president of the Chicago AGD and Illinois AGD. Dr. Discipio is a former president of the Chicago Dental Society, and Dr. Cascio is a former president of the Illinois State Dental Society. They served in these posts at the same time, in 1990-91.

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Dr. Discipio served on the faculty of the Loyola School of Dentistry for three decades. He has been a member of the Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners for 31 years.

Dr. Cascio is a former chairman of the Loyola School of Dentistry Annual Fund and Dental Alumni Division Capital Campaign, and is a former president of its Alumni Association.He also established a scholarship in his name at the UIC College of Dentistry.

The 2012 UIC College of Dentistry Reunion will be held in a new venue. UIC College of Dentistry and Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry alumni will gather April 27, 2012, at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook, Ill. UIC and Loyola dental school alumni are invited. Tickets are $95 before March 4, $115 after this date.

A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 8 p.m.

For additional information, contact Ana Lisa Ogbac of the College’s Office of Advancement at (312) 996-0485, viaemail at or [email protected] or vist www.uic.edu.

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