State Auditor DeNucci Receives Allard Award from MDS

The Massachusetts Dental Society‘s Committee to Prevent Abuse and Neglect has awarded State Auditor Joseph DeNucci the Dr. Richard L. Allard Award.

Allard (PEDO 77) served as director of BUSDM’s postdoctoral pediatric dentistry program from 1992 until his death in 1996. The award recognizes his dedication to promoting the mandatory reporting by dentists of signs of child abuse.

MDS presents the Allard Award to someone who has heightened awareness about abuse and neglect of children, the elderly, and the disabled as well as domestic violence. DeNucci’s accomplishments included successfully lobbying for laws to fight child abuse and neglect; establishing a foster care review system; providing better nutrition for children; fighting homelessness; and preventing abuse of the elderly.