Resurrection:
In Memory of Susannah
Richard
Three beautiful stained
art glass windows have
recently been installed on
the far east end of the
fourth-floor breezeway in
memory of Susannah Stacey
Richard. Susannah, LSUSD
art director from 2007 to
2015, passed away last
year at the age of 52
after a decades-long
battle with cancer.
Entitled "Resurrection",
the windows were
commissioned by Susannah's
family.
Louisiana artist Stephen
Wilson created the windows
in cooperation with
Susannah's mother Janice
Evans, Dean Henry
Gremillion, and Joanne
Courville. The piece is an
analogy of two tales.
First and foremost, the
windows represent
Susannah's battle with
cancer for over two
decades and how she
overcame the challenges
associated with disease.
It also depicts the
devastation and subsequent
rebuilding of the city and
the school following
Hurricane Katrina.
Susannah was hired shortly
after Katrina flooded the
school and served
alongside faculty and
staff in the arduous
rebuilding process.
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Family
members (l-r)
Scott and Ross
Richard, Kerin
Richard Spears,
Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Richard,
Kristi
Richard-Peek,
Janice and Robert
Evans |
This spring Susannah's
family and friends
gathered to dedicate the
windows and remember her
life. Mrs. Evans gave a
moving tribute to her
daughter and Mr. Wilson
discussed the windows from
his artist's perspective.
Celebrating
our Residents
On June 19, the LSU
Health Sciences Center
School of Dentistry
presented certificates to
39 residents, interns, and
fellows in celebration of
the completion of their
specialty training.
Dr. John N. Kent, LSUHSC
Boyd professor and
professor emeritus, was
the keynote speaker. His
address focused on the
importance of lifelong
learning and balancing
one's career with family,
friends, and personal
interests.
Dr. Kent served as head
of the LSUSD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery
Department and as chief of
OMS at Charity Hospital
from 1973-2002. Among the
areas in which he is an
authority are orthognathic
surgery, facial
deformities and
reconstructive surgery,
and dental and facial
implants.
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(l-r)
Drs. Mark Welch,
OMS program
director; John
Kent; Eric
Hovland, director
of advanced
education |
Following the awarding of
the certificates, Dr. Tom
Wen, from the Center of
Excellence in Oral
Biology, announced the
winner of the Dr. Robert
B. Brannon Research Award.
The award recognizes the
superior research project
among those presented by
residents at Research Day
on May 1. Boris Stein,
DMD, periodontics, won the
award for his master's
project, "Effect of
Cigarette Smoke Extract
(CSE) on Osteoblast
Attachment to Implant
Surfaces." Theodora
Kompotiati, DDS, also in
periodontics, placed
second, and Cara Wiewiora,
DMD, orthodontics, placed
third.
Graduates in endodontics,
orthodontics, pediatric
dentistry, periodontics,
and prosthodontics also
received a master's of
dental sciences. Last
year, master's degrees
were awarded to LSUSD
residents for the first
time since 2006.
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