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DSB WEEKLY NO. 794 September 3, 2007

Steve Bullard and His Workshop: Canoe Believe It?

Have you ever wondered how a canoe is built? Ask Steve Bullard, senior research assistant in the lab of Dr. Andrew Lidral, Department of Orthodontics. His journey from framing carpenter to research assistant to canoe builder is an interest-ing tale. Following graduation from Ankeny High School in 1981, Steve worked as a framing carpenter for three years. In 1984, he began attending Iowa State University and while complet-ing his B.S. in biochemistry, he also worked 40 hours a week (at night) as a trim carpenter. If his academic/work schedule seems hectic, consider this: Steve took 21 hours of classes per semester! (During that time, any class hours above 12 per semester could be taken tuition-free.) After graduating from ISU three years later, Steve and his wife, Jean, moved to Iowa City for his new job as a research assistant with Dr. Bob Malone in the UI Biology Department. In 1990, Steve and Jean bought a mission-style home in Iowa City. Their son, Matt, was born in 1992. After working with Dr. Malone for more than ten years, Steve took a new job working as an undergraduate lab coordi-nator with Dr. Lynne Cannon in the UI Chemistry Department. That same year, Steve and Jean purchased a lot next door to their property and Steve built a three-stall garage, which be-came his air conditioned/heated workshop. Steve’s first furniture project was a mission style hall seat made from quarter-sawn white oak, using mortise and tenon (dove-tailed) joints. Since then, he has built more furniture: a cherry drop-front desk for Matt; an oak hall phone stand; a white oak prairie-style couch with upholstered cushions; and two mission-style white oak chairs with leather cushions that were rescued from an old couch. Steve describes the furni-ture he builds as heirloom quality with no modern fasteners, only solid joinery. (continued on page 2)

Dr. Benjamin Bowling Wins 2007 Hanau Best of the Best Award for Excellence in Prosthodontics

Water Pik, Inc. has announced that Dr. Benjamin Bowling, Class of 2007, has been selected as the winner of the 2007 Hanau Best of the Best Award for Excellence in Prosthodon-tics. He was chosen from both U.S. and international graduating senior dental students who excelled in the study and clinical applications of prosthodontics. Each dental school may nominate a student; each nomi-nee receives a Hanau™ Wide-Vue Articulator in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments.

Water Pik, Inc. selected Dr. Bowling as the grand prize-winner. He will receive an all expense paid trip to the 2007 American College of Prosthodontics meeting, which will be held October 30-November 4 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Terry Lindquist, Department of Prosthodontics, says “Dr. Bowling was an unassuming dental student who accom-plished a great deal ‘under the radar.’ The faculty enjoyed working with Ben because of his maturity, his empathy for his patients, and his great attitude. Ben was always well prepared and followed through with clinical procedures in a timely and professional manner. We are all very proud that he is the re-cipient of this award.” Dr. Bowling is now practicing in the Lake Phalen, Minne-sota office of Metro Dentalcare. He reports that he is already using his Hanau Articulator with his first combination case of both a fixed and removable prosthesis.

Book and Art Sale at UIHC! Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 See page 6 for information!

RefWorks Workshop at Hardin! RefWorks: Learn the fundamentals of this Web-based bibliographic manage-

ment program. Thursday, September 6, 3-4 pm, Information Commons East Go to http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html to sign up for this course.

Dentistry Miscellaneous Shirts on Sale: $10 each!

Spruce up your wardrobe! College of Dentistry shirts (miscellaneous) available for a clearance price of $10!

See Penni Ryan, N348.

FILLING STATION MENU

Sept 4 - Sept 7, 2007

A copy of the menu can be found on IntraDent: http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu

DSB WEEKLY College of Dentistry N445 DSB No. 794 September 3, 2007 EDITOR: Christine White PRODUCTION MANAGER: Judith Norris FOOD EDITOR: Melanie Forbes TRANSITIONS EDITOR: Tammi Hamer CONTRIBUTORS: Penni Ryan

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Monday: Closed HOLIDAY

LABOR DAY

Tuesday Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich & Chips $4.25

Buttered Noodles .80 Soup, Salad Bar, Deli, & Paninis

Wednesday

BBQ Chicken Sandwich w/Chips $3.95 Mashed Potatoes. 80

Soup, Salad Bar, Deli, and Paninis

Thursday TACO BAR!!!

Mashed Potatoes .80 Soup, Salad Bar, Deli, & Paninis

Friday

BBQ Beef Brisket Sandwich w/Chips $3.95 Mashed Potatoes .80

Soup, Salad Bar, Deli, & Paninis

(Canoe Believe It? continued from page 1) Steve, Jean and Matt had been taking annual canoe trips in northern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) after Matt turned five years old. Two years ago, Steve and Matt took their first male-bonding canoe trip (without Jean). Delayed on their first canoe day by high winds and rain, they went to Ely, a town near the BWCA, where they found a book about building canoes. Their interest piqued, Steve bought the book and after returning home, he ordered canoe construction plans. This summer, Steve and Matt completed construction of two canoes in Steve’s workshop. Each 15-foot, 47-pound ca-noe was built of cedar (the canoe body) and oak (the canoe trim), and the canoe’s seats were hand-caned. The inside and outside of each canoe received a coat of fiberglass with ep-oxy to add structural strength, then four coats of varnish on the interior and five coats of varnish on the exterior. In 2008 Steve and Matt hope to take the canoes to the BWCA for their maiden voyage. In the meantime, Steve says, “we are going to test them out using the labbies [his co-workers] as guinea pigs during a September 8th lab party at Kent Park.” Stay tuned! And what is Steve’s next project? He plans to build a cherry knockdown tapered mortise and tenon heirloom cradle, along with a storage box for future generations, for a very special co-worker. Dr. Andrew Lidral appreciates Steve’s talents and skills, both in the lab and in his workshop: “His canoes are an excel-lent example of his thorough gathering of necessary informa-tion, careful study, attention to detail and outstanding hand skills…He is a huge asset to my lab as he approaches sci-ence in the same way, yielding consistently successful and informative experimental results. He can learn any new tech-nique, become proficient with any new equipment and solve difficult research obstacles such that he is able to successfully make any experimental process work…Additionally, his per-sonality is a great mix of congeniality, wit, and charm, which aids in creating an enjoyable work environment. It is an honor to have someone as gifted as he is working in my lab.” To view some photos of Steve’s furniture and see how a canoe is built, see pages 3-5 (online only).

RECOGNIZE YOUR CO-WORKER

The Ambassador Club Program recognizes staff who have shown a special commitment to promoting excellence in the teaching, research, patient care, or administrative functions of the College of Dentistry. One individual is rec-ognized semiannually from a list of nominations, which are screened and selected by a committee made up of previous Ambassador Club awardees. Eligible for consideration is any merit staff or profes-sional and scientific employee who has demonstrated spe-cial qualities in performing their daily tasks. Nominations may be made by students, staff, faculty, alumni or patients. Nomination forms, program guidelines, and a listing of Am-bassadors are available on the Intradent under Policies/Procedures > Rewards & Recognition. Guidelines and nomination forms are also available from Jan Swartzendru-ber, assistant to the dean, N308 DSB.

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Two mission-style white oak chairs that Steve built (under construction above) and completed (top right) with leather cushions that were rescued from an old couch.

Above: the back of the white oak prairie-style couch with upholstered cushions that Steve built.

(left and above) The white oak prairie-style couch with up-holstered cushions that Steve built

(Canoe Believe It? continued from page 3) Below and page 5: A look at the canoe building process

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BOOK AND ART SALE

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