The Bylaws committee revised and redrafted Article III, Section 3.a.4. This amendment was posted to the website in September of 2025. The primary change includes the prefix “non” in front of the word dentist when considering Honorary Membership. The previous bylaws limited this type of membership to dentists ONLY. This amendment ensures honorary membership is reserved for all other members of the dental field (specifically NOT dentists), including PhD faculty, long-standing chapter admins, and others who have made lasting contributions to the Supreme or local chapter, or the profession at large.
Article III, Section 3.a.:Component Chapters
4. Honorary Members. The component chapter may elect to honorary membership any non-dentist (who is not a faculty member of a dental school) who has made outstanding contribution to the art, science, or literature of dentistry, and others who have made similar contribution to the advancement of dentistry. At any annual meeting only one (1) person may be elected to such honorary membership. A two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the active members of the component chapter who participate in the voting will be necessary to elect.
An honorary member of the Supreme Chapter or of a Component Chapter is entitled to the privileges of active membership. An honorary member of the Supreme Chapter may attend the meetings of any component chapter.