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ADA
Newsletter
March 2008
Dr. Chris C. Plato, the American Dermatoglyphics Association's founder
and life-time honorary president, recently passed away at the age of 77.
According to Dr. Plato's and his family's wishes, a Chris C. Plato Fund
has been established with the American Dermatoglyphics Association as
the beneficiary. The fund will support continuing archiving efforts and
dermatoglyphics research that Chris initiated. Donations can be made in
his memory to the:
American
Dermatoglyphics Association
P.O. Box 543, Monkton, MD 21111
with
a notation for the Chris C. Plato Fund.
Dr Plato will be missed by all of us.
Please
find below the link to his obituary.
http://legacy.com/SignOnSanDiego/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=104382767
Our
newsletters, including articles of our current dermatoglyphics
research, the annual meeting information and a list of our members, are
published twice a year.
Distinguished
Service Awardee
2003
Distinguished Service Awardee
- Dr William J Babler, University of Indiana
Dr. William J. Babler, Professor in the Department of Oral Biology
at the Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis, received
the award at the 2003 ADA business meeting in Tempe, AZ. Through much
of the 1980s he presented at all of the symposiums organized by the ADA
in conjunction with the AAPA or HBA meetings. He has maintained his research
interest in prenatal development of dermatoglyphic traits and their variations.
Recently, he has given talks to various forensic groups on dermatoglyphics
after the recent controversy over the admissibility of dermatoglyphics
as evidence in criminal trials.
2002
Distinguished Service Awardee
Dr Richard L. Jantz
Knoxville, Tennesse
2001
Distinguished Service Awardee
Dr Blanka
A. Schaumann
Kansas City, Missouri
2000
Distinguished Service Awardee
Dr Mariassa Bat-Miriam Katznelson
San Antonio, Texas
1999 Distinguished Service Awardee
Dr Derek F. Roberts
Columbus, Ohio
Honorary
President Awardee
1999 Honorary President Awardee
Dr Chris C. Plato, University of California, San Diego. Dr. Plato was
the first ADA president and played a major role in the formation of our
association. His award was presented at the ADA Business meeting, Columbus,
Ohio.
2003
Student Paper Awardee
Katherine Weisensee et al. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"Relationships of Slovak Roma populations assessed from finger ridge
counts."
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