Insurance company honors Bangor dentist

BANGOR – Northeast Delta Dental Insurance Co. recognized Dr. Harold “Hap” Gerrish as a 35-year participant with the company. Relations representative Diana Moyer made the trip from Concord, N.H., to Gerrish’s workplace, Twin City Dental in Bangor, to make the surprise presentation of an engraved wall chime clock along with a note of thanks from CEO Thomas Raffio. On hand were Gerrish’s wife, Judy; Dr. John Mabee, Dr. James Griffith, the Twin City Dental staff, and patients.

Gerrish graduated from Tufts College Dental School in 1955 with a degree in medical dentistry. He spent 1956 and 1957 in the United States Army Dental Corps with an internship at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. From 1957 to 2001, he was in private dental practice in Dover-Foxcroft, where he raised his family.

For 46 years Gerrish has been an active member of the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club. Over the years he has served as director and president of the Dover-Foxcroft club, lieutenant governor of Division 25, chairman of annual Kiwanis fund-raisers and functions, and governor of the New England District of Kiwanis.

Gerrish is an active member of Squaw Mountain Education Ski Foundation and the Piscataquis and Maine State YMCA. He is a 32nd degree Mason and a Noble of Anah Temple Shrine. He is on the board of directors for the local hospital district, is vice president of the Maine Hospital Association trustee advisory group and is on the board of directors and development committee for New England Medical Center.