- C. Leonard Dolce, DDS, MS (middle) in San Antonio today with current and past CADF board members, Kavin Kelp, DDS (left) and Barry Rouch, DDS, MS (right).
Today in San Antonio, CADF founder and former chairman, C. Leonard Dolce, DDS, MS was named the 2015 Oral Health Champion by the Texas Oral Health Coalition at the Texas Oral Health Summit. The award recognizes individuals and organizations for extraordinary efforts to promote oral health.
“Dr. Dolce is an extraordinary leader and visionary,” said Dr. Alan Moore, chairman of the Capital Area Dental Foundation. “We are so proud that he has been recognized for his many years of dedicated focus to helping address a problem in access to dental care in the Austin area. What Dr. Dolce started as a volunteer-run effort with a single program is now an award-winning foundation with six programs, an endowment and a staff.”
Dr. Dolce, a retired periodontist, served as CADF’s chairman for more than four years. In addition to his work with CADF, Dr. Dolce helped create the dental hygienist program at Austin Community College. He also served as the President of the Capital Area Dental Society and Vice President of the Texas Dental Association.
“I am honored to receive this statewide award, It is gratifying to see that the charitable work of the Capital Area Dental Foundation is being recognized, not only for making a difference in Austin, but as a model for other cities to follow”
– C. Leonard Dolce, DDS, MS
