{"id":1615,"date":"2018-10-15T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2018-10-17T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:57:46","slug":"alumni-spotlight-david-and-diane-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/2018\/10\/15\/alumni-spotlight-david-and-diane-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Morningside alumni provide free dental care to Sioux City residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David and Diane Davidson are two Morningside alumni who are making a difference in the world.<\/p>\n

As a dentist, David has traveled to 11 countries and performed dental care in them, three as an army dentist and eight as a missionary dentist. He has been president of the Iowa Dental Foundation since 2011. That group organizes the Iowa Mission of Mercy (IMOM), a two-day, free oral healthcare event where patients receive quality dental care provided by dental professionals.<\/p>\n

Recently, David and Diane came to Sioux City to help head this free dental clinic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe this was the Iowa Dental Foundation\u2019s 12th IMOM,\u201d David said. \u201cWe do this event annually, traveling to different areas of the state. This is our second time in Sioux City. We generally do $1-2 million dollars of free dental care at each IMOM event.\u201d<\/p>\n

David and Diane met as students at Morningside College and have been together ever since. Graduating in 1976, David majored in biology and Diane was a history and political science major. David went on to receive a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa, and Diane went to the University of Iowa College of Law.<\/p>\n

Both were involved in campus activities during their time at Morningside. David sang in the men\u2019s choir, and Diane participated in student government, pre-law, and worked in the communications department and at the college switchboard.<\/p>\n

When asked their favorite thing about Morningside, David said, \u201cMy first year I met two friends who have been my best friends ever since. I became my own person, and my second year of college, I met my wife of 43 years.<\/p>\n

Diane\u2019s favorite things included Dr. Husband\u2019s history class and the convocation classes. \u201cThis was the 1\/4 credit class where you got cultured,\u201d she said. \u201cIt started a lifetime of love for classical music and theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n

David and Diane both had advice for current students and alumni. David\u2019s advice for current students was to enjoy your time at Morningside. \u201cTime goes by quickly,\u201d he said \u201cTake classes outside of your major just for fun. Also, learn to be creative and think outside of the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane said, \u201cBe safe but look for adventures. Go someplace that doesn\u2019t feel like home. Make friends with someone from another country, another age group or a different religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

To young alumni, David said, \u201cBe generous and helpful to people who will never thank you, be philanthropic with your time and money, find your passion and live it, live each day as if it were your last day, have fun in life, do good, don\u2019t be mean to people even if they wrong you, don\u2019t let politics make you weird, find adventures and be faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diane said, \u201cPromote yourself! In the Midwest, we are fairly humble and modest, but a job interview is not the best time to let those traits shine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both David and Diane have been very involved in their community since college. David and Diane have traveled to 65 different countries and all 50 states. They both are members of the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, and Diane is an AFS High School exchange program volunteer. Diane practiced law for 30 years and now works as a clinic administrator at Davidson Family Dentistry, the clinic David owns and where he has practiced since 1980. David also has been an adjunct faculty for 19 years at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.<\/p>\n

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