{"id":2263,"date":"2019-03-22T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2019-03-22T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:00:07","slug":"class-of-2019-spirit-awards-allan-j-warnick-d-d-s-64-forensic-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2019\/03\/22\/class-of-2019-spirit-awards-allan-j-warnick-d-d-s-64-forensic-dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2019 Spirit Awards: Allan J. Warnick, D.D.S. ’64, forensic dentist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allan J. Warnick, D.D.S. ’64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each year, University of Detroit Mercy chooses an alumnus of each of its Colleges or Schools to honor as someone who has excelled in his or her profession, demonstrated outstanding leadership in work and devoted himself or herself in service to the larger community. Award recipients reflect the University\u2019s mission of excellence and service and bring pride to their alma mater.<\/p>\n

This year the University will celebrate eight honorees \u2014 Detroit Mercy Law selected a husband-wife team \u2014 at a special ceremony Friday, April 12, in the Ballroom in the Student Union. We will introduce the award winners here until the event. If you are interested in attending the event, you can\u00a0purchase tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Allan J. Warnick was first exposed to the field of forensic dentistry when serving in the Dental Corps of the U.S. Air Force after earning his D.D.S., helping identify flight crews in airplane crashes.<\/p>\n

He opened a private practice in Livonia in 1966, which he ran until he retired 40 years later while he earned a certificate in forensic odontology from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. He worked with the Wayne County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office for many years before becoming the office\u2019s chief dental consultant.<\/p>\n

He joined the Medical Examiner\u2019s office and for nearly 20 years was chief dental consultant, performing more than 1,000 identifications. In 1986, he established the Michigan Dental Association\u2019s Forensic Dental Identification Team, which he led until 2015. He helped establish similar teams across the country and led a dental team that worked to identify those killed in the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n

He is a retired diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology, a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and coordinated the undergraduate and graduate forensic dental programs at University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s School of Dentistry.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s other honorees are:<\/p>\n

Kathleen Reehil \u201967, Retired, Workplace Strategist, Herman Miller \u2014 School of Architecture<\/p>\n

Janet Robinson \u201969, Provost Emerita, Lourdes College \u2014 College of Health Professions<\/p>\n

Richard Kunnath \u201971, President, Charles Pankow Foundation \u2014 College of Engineering & Science<\/p>\n

Arlyce Seibert ’71<\/a>, Retired Director of Schools, Cranbrook Schools \u2014 College of Liberal Arts & Education<\/p>\n

John Lewis, \u201974, Retired, Vice Chairman, Comerica, Inc. \u2014 College of Business Administration<\/p>\n

Ralph McDowell \u201986, Member, Bodman PLC, and Nancy Glen \u201986, Director, Customer Happiness, ardentCause L3C \u2014 School of Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each year, University of Detroit Mercy chooses an alumnus of each of its Colleges or Schools to honor as someone who has excelled in his or her profession, demonstrated outstanding leadership in work and devoted himself or herself in service to the larger community. Award recipients reflect the University\u2019s mission …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,2,6,30],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2019\/03\/Allan-Warnick-Wife-Horseback.jpg?fit=392%2C206&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Kcng-Av","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}