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2019 PCSO Honorees

of that while maintaining our ethical commitment to provide the best care possible to our
patients with whom we maintain tremendous
trust. I know we will meet that challenge.
I am filled with gratitude, humility, and thankfulness for the many opportunities to serve this
great specialty. I have been honored to meet and
interact with the most incredible men and women, all of whom have inspired me to take that
next step of service, and it goes without saying

that whenever one gives of himself or herself, you
receive in return so much more.
To my beautiful wife of 50 years last month, Carol, thank you for allowing me the time away from
us to serve my specialty. You are my best mentor,
and I love you.
Thank you again, PCSO, for this Lifetime Achievement Award. You are the best!!
Mahalo!

2019 PCSO Award of Merit
The PCSO Award of Merit was established in 1987
to recognize and honor a PCSO member who is
an orthodontist or paraprofessional within the
geographic boundaries of the PCSO and who has
made a significant contribution to the orthodontic specialty over a number of years.

Dr. Norman Nagel

Dr. Norman John Nagel was raised in Palatine, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He attended Valparaiso
University in Indiana, where he met Carol, from
Whitestone, New York. Dr. Nagel and Carol were
married before he matriculated in dental school
at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
Ohio. At the same time, he signed up for the US
Navy's early commissioning program and became
an ensign in the US Naval Reserve.
Dr. Nagel earned his Bachelor of Science and
D.D.S. degrees from Case Western Reserve University and began his Navy career as an intern
at the US Navy Hospital in San Diego, California.
Two daughters born in Cleveland during dental
school days and one son born in San Diego accompanied the Nagels to Hawaii, where Dr. Nagel served as a dental officer in the Dental Clinic
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A fourth child, another
boy, was born in Hawaii.

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Following almost four years of active duty, Dr.
Nagel left the active part of his Navy career behind and enrolled as a civilian in the Orthodontic
Department at Case Western Reserve (back to
Cleveland) under the direction of Dr. Lysle Johnston. He published two articles in dental journals
during his residency years.
After receiving his Master of Science degree and
certificate in orthodontics from Case Western,
the Nagels headed back to California. Following a
5-year associateship, Dr. Nagel began his practice
in Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley, California. He
has had offices in both communities for more
than 45 years.
In his community, Dr. Nagel has been a member of and past president of the Thousand Oaks
Rotary Club, Southeast Ventura County YMCA,
Redeemer Lutheran Church, and Ascension
Lutheran Church. He was also elected to the
office of Community College Trustee (area 2) and
served two terms. He was president of the Board
of Trustees twice. Later, he was appointed to the
Area Housing Authority Board of the County of
Ventura by the City Council of Camarillo, California. He served five years-two as president.

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