http://dental.tufts.edu/1176295338102/TUSDM-Page-dental2w_1176295338506.html

http://giving.tufts.edu/pdf/dentalexpansion.pdf

http://giving.tufts.edu/pdf/dentalexpansion.pdf

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Tufts University - Beyond Boundaries Newsletter Spring 2008 - Index

Fiore catches
a Red Sox game
in Ft. Myers at
the annual alumni
reunion picnic.
Leading by example:
A Gift from Dean and Mrs. Norris
When drawing up the plans some 40 years ago
for the School of Dental Medicine’s building
at One Kneeland Street, the architects laid
a foundation upon which future generations
would build. Although limited funds stopped
construction at the 10th floor, the infrastructure
was in place for a taller building. Today,
preparing to launch a vertical expansion of
the building by five floors, the dental school is
capitalizing on this early foresight.
“The deans who came before me laid the
foundation for the school to keep advancing
and making improvements in its curriculum,
its clinical services, and its facilities,” says
Dean Lonnie Norris, D.M.D., M.P.H., DG80.
“Each generation in the history of the school
has made it possible for the next generation to
go even further.”
The dean and his wife, Dr. Donna Norris,
have demonstrated the support needed to
secure the school’s future. With their gift of
$100,000, the Norrises are among the first to
contribute to the building project, the third
major enhancement of facilities in the school’s
Spring 2008 News of the Campaign for Tufts
A High Note:
Dr. Fiore Aids School’s Rise
Ever since the seventh
grade, Louis Fiore, D62,
wanted to be a dentist.
He started saving money
for dental school by playing
the saxophone in a polka band
and later moved on to the nightclub
circuit, playing “anything and everything”
he could to set aside some
cash. Combined with his mother’s
wages from the carpet mill where
she worked near Fiore’s hometown
of Thompsonville, Connecticut,
the money he earned from his
music and from painting houses
during the summer was enough to
get him through two years at the
106-year history.
The expansion
will add some
95,000 square
feet, providing
needed space
for outpatient clinical services, classrooms,
research facilities, and meeting rooms. The
Norrises’ gift will name a conference room in
the dean’s new office suite on the 15th floor.
“Dean Norris has always led by example,
and his support of the vertical expansion is a
leadership gift that will set the tone for the
entire fundraising initiative,” says Thomas
Winkler, D.M.D., A61, D66, a member of the
clinical faculty and of the board of overseers
for both the School of Dental Medicine and
the School of Arts and Sciences.
Since Norris was named dean in 1996,
he and his wife have generously supported the
school’s fundraising priorities. The Norrises
have tended to support people rather than
facilities, in honor, the dean says, of the
“people who supported me.”
Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine.
And then the money ran out.
“When I realized I couldn’t pay for
school any longer and would have
to drop out, I went to see some
people in the financial aid office,”
Fiore recalls. “They helped me get
a scholarship and find some good
loans so that I could complete my
studies. With all that in mind, how
could I not give back to Tufts?”
Together with his wife, Jean,
Fiore recently made a significant gift
in support of the Vertical Expansion
Initiative at the School of Dental
Medicine. The Fiores’ gift will name
the dean’s new suite of offices on the
15th floor of the expansion. This initiative
will add approximately 95,000
square feet to the school’s main campus
building at One Kneeland Street
in downtown Boston. By relocating
administrative offices, the expansion
will create room for additional
classroom space and a state-of-the-art
continuing education facility.
“It has always been my ambition
to give something back to Tufts
as a token of appreciation for the
opportunity that the school gave
me,” says Fiore. “When I look at all
that I have today, I know that I owe
it all to Tufts.” Fiore ran a private
practice for 20 years in Old Lyme,
Connecticut, before retiring early
due to multiple sclerosis. The morning
after he made his gift to Tufts,
he told his wife at breakfast, “I feel
really good today.”
“We are very appreciative of
loyal alumni such as Lou who value
the education they received here and
show their support of the school’s
future by contributing to this important
initiative,” says Dean Lonnie
Norris, D.M.D., M.P.H., DG80.
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