Curriculum Vitae

Howard R. Gamble, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., F.A.C.D., F.A.D.I P. O. Box 956 Sheffield, Alabama 35660-0956

 

Born on March 15, 1941
at Florence, Alabama
in Lauderdale County

Practiced General Dentistry in Sheffield, Alabama since 7-15-69

Places of Residence

Birth thru March 1953: Florence, Alabama
March 1953 thru June 1953: Bridgeport, Alabama
June 1953 thru August 1963: Florence, Alabama
September 1963 thru June 1967: Birmingham, Alabama
July 1967 thru July 1969: Blytheville, Arkansas
July 1969 thru January 1972: Tuscumbia, Alabama
January 1972 to Present: Sheffield, Alabama

Education

Coffee High School 1959

Florence State College 1963 B. A.

University of Alabama School of Dentistry 1967 D. M. D.

Family

Married to the former Sherry Diane Atwell on April 6, 1968.

Children:

Allison Diane Gamble McWilliams born April 17, 1972.
Graduated from the University of Alabama in May 1994
Married to Danny B. McWilliams, Jr. on November 12, 1994

Wesley Richard Gamble born December 29, 1973.
Respiratory Therapist – Shoals Hospital - Muscle Shoals, AL
Married to Lisa Fitzgerald on July 20, 2001

Military Service

Captain, United States Air Force; basic orientation at Shepherd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas followed by assignment to the Dental Clinic at Blytheville Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas. Served on active duty from July 1967 until July 1969. Assigned inactive status in the Air Force Reserve until honorably discharged on December 2, 1976.

Religious Activities

Member of First Baptist Church of Sheffield, Alabama

Deacon

Sunday School Director

Director of the Senior Adult Choir

Chairman, Committee on Constitution and Bylaws

Associational Budget and Finance Committee

Previous service as:

Trustee
Sunday School Teacher
Sunday School Director
Choir Member
Interim Choir Director
Associational Baptist Men's President
Chairman of the Deacons
Chairman of the Action Committee
Chairman of the budget and finance committee

Political Activities

Sheffield City Councilman: 1976 - 1980

Sheffield Police Commissioner: 1980 - 1983

Mayor of Sheffield: 1983 - 1986

Colbert County Commissioner: 1989 - 1993
Chairman of the County Commission 1991-1992

Member of the Metropolitan Planning Organization: 1980 - 1986

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Northwest
Alabama Council of Local Governments: 1983 - 1984

Member of the Executive Board of the Alabama League of
Municipalities: 1984 - 1986

Treasurer of the North Alabama Mayors Association: 1984 - 1986

Member of the Helen Keller Hospital Board: 1989 - 1993
Vice Chairman 1989-1990 and 1991-1992
Chairman 1992-1993

Honors

Named to Outstanding Young Men of America by JayCees in 1977

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society on April 19, 1983

Named Alabama Dentist-Citizen Of The Year by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Dental Association at its 1991 Annual Meeting. Award presented on June 21, 1992 at the annual meeting in Gulf Shores.

Voted by the 1995 Alabama Dental Association House of Delegates to receive the Most Excellent Fellow Award at the 1996 Annual Session.

Fellowship - American College of Dentists - 1996

Fellowship - Academy of Dentistry Internationale - 1997

Fellowship - Academy of General Dentistry - 2000

Presentations

Alabama AGD Annual Meeting each year from 1991 – 2001.

1994 Academy of General Dentistry Leadership Conference in Chicago.
Presentation on Computerizing the AGD Constituent

Academy of General Dentistry Leadership Conference in Chicago.
Striving For Excellence Award for the best table clinic presentation – 1992, 1994, and 1996.

Developed the computer software and instructional materials used by the Alabama AGD and later adopted for use by AGD Constituents in 14 states.

1994 Academy of General Dentistry Annual Meeting in Indianapolis (Constituent Executive Directors)

Arkansas Dental Association Meeting in April, 1995

1995 Academy of General Dentistry meeting in Baltimore (Constituent Executive Directors)

1999 Florida National Meeting

1999 North Carolina AGD Meeting

2000 Alabama Dental Alumni Meeting

2001 Academy of General Dentistry Meeting in New York

2001 Tennessee AGD Annual Meeting

2001 Mid-Continent Dental Congress in St. Louis

Numerous local and district meetings

2002 Alabama Dental Alumni Meeting

Scheduled:

2002 SCAGD Annual Meeting
2003 UAB Dental Continuing Education Program
2003 National AGD Meeting
2003 ALAGD Annual Review of Dentistry

Civic Organizations

Florence Civitan Club

Board of Directors: 1971 - 1973
Secretary: 1973 - 1974
Vice President: 1974 - 1975
President-Elect: 1975 - 1976
President: 1976 - 1977

United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Alabama

Board of Directors: 1974 - Present
Telethon Chairman: 1977
President: 1986 - 1989

United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama

Board of Directors: 1986 - Present
Vice President: 1988 - 1989
President: 1989 - 1992

Sheffield Band Boosters

1st Vice President: 1987 - 1988

Sheffield Kiwanis Club

Chairman - Support of Churches Committee: 1987 - 1991
Board of Directors: 1990 - 1991

American Legion

Professional Organizations

Tri-County Dental Society

Secretary - Treasurer: 1972 - 1973
President: 1973 - 1974

Eighth District Dental Society

Secretary-Treasurer: 1989 - Present

Alabama Dental Association

House of Delegates: 1990 - Present
Chairman of the Credentials Committee 1990, 1991, 1993-1995
AL-D-PAC Board: 1993 - Present
Council on Dental Care: 1993 - Present
Vice President: 1994-1995
President-elect: 1995-1996
President: 1996-1997

American Dental Association

Alternate Delegate: 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997
ANSI Standards Committee on Dental Informatics - 1994-present (Representing the AGD)

Alabama Academy of General Dentistry

Board of Directors: 1983 - 1991
Continuing Education Chairman: 1988 - 1991
Continuing Education Committee: 1992 - Present
Vice President: 1989 - 1990
President-Elect: 1990 - 1991
President: 1991-1992
Annual Meeting Program Chairman: 1993
Treasurer: 1995-2000
Executive Director: 2000 - Present

Academy of General Dentistry

Delegate: 1990, 1991, and 1997-2000
Reference Committee: 1991, 2000 (Chairman 2000)
Alternate Delegate: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996
Committee on National Sponsor Approval: 1992 - 1993
Council on Legislation: 1993 - 1999
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Diagnostic Codes - 1994
Region 12 Secretary: 1993-1996
Represented the AGD at the OSHA Stakeholders Meeting
– Atlanta in July 1998
Council on Dental Care: 1999 – 2001
Region 19 Editor: 2000 - Present
AGD Strategic Advancement Committee: 2001 - Present
Chairman, Communications Council: 2001 - Present