DOCTORS

DOCTORS
John Dubos
John J. Dubos has graduated from the College of Dentistry at Ohio State University, where he was a speaker and received the Academy of Operative Dentistry and American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology awards.
He was vice president of his class for three years and was president of his graduating class.
Dr. Dubos did research for three years at the university and received first place honors in the ADA Dentsply Research Competition in 2001 for his research on composite (plastic) fillings. He also received the Basch Memorial Scholarship in 2001, which is given to students that exhibit outstanding people skills.
He is a member of Psi Omega Dental Fraternity and American Student Dental Association. He will do an associateship in general dentistry in Columbus.
Dr. Dubos received a bachelor's degree in materials science, magna cum laude, in 1997 from Youngstown State University. He was a 1993 graduate of Boardman High School.
He is the son of John M. and Rosemary Dubos of Boardman and is married to the former Lisa Webb of East Palestine, who is a practicing dentist in Circleville. They live in Columbus.
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David Gilliam
David A. Gilliam, formerly of Youngstown and a son of Juanita Gilliam Thomas and the late David Gilliam, has earned his doctorate degree in Hispanic studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He received his bachelor's degree in Hispanic studies from Harvard University in 1973 and, in 1995, earned his master's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he teaches Spanish and Hispanic literature.
Gilliam lives in Carol Stream, Ill., with his wife, Dr. Bonita Berryman Gilliam and their son, Solomon David.
Holly Sue Vitense
Holly Sue Bautsch Vitense, daughter of Tom and Barb Bautsch of Fairview Avenue, Canfield, has received her doctorate in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
A 1991 graduate of Canfield High School, Vitense received her bachelor's degree from Wright State University in 1995. She earned her master's degree in human factors from Wright State in 1997 and a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 2000.
Vitense and her husband, Rob, live in Sun Prairie, Wis.
LAWYERS
Cybill Dotson
Cybill L. Dotson received her juris doctorate degree from the University of Akron School of Law.
Ms. Dotson, a native of Youngstown, is the daughter of Mary L. Dotson and granddaughter of Catheryn Jones, both of Youngstown.
After graduating as valedictorian from The Rayen School in 1991, she attended Miami University in Oxford, where she earned a business degree in 1995.
After working in Baltimore, she returned to Ohio to attend law school, where she served as president of the Akron Chapter of the Black Law Students Association and was a member of the Saul Leftkowitz Trademark Moot Court Team. She also participated in the Akron Bar Association's street law program.
Dotson is relocating to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area to pursue her legal career.
Heather LeClair
Heather Elizabeth Marie LeClair received her juris doctorate degree from Capital University Law School in Columbus.
She is a 1999 graduate of Miami University in Oxford. While attending law school, she was a member member of the Student Bar Association.
LeClair was chairman of a voluntary income tax assistance program and a lieutenant governor for the Sixth Circuit of the Law Student Division of the Student Bar Association.
She has been on the staff as law clerk in the Department of Trust and Estates for the Talbott & amp; Rinehart law firm in Columbus.
She will attend Boston University School of Law to earn her master of laws degree in taxation law.
LeClair is the daughter of Thomas J. and Janet E. Opalick LeClair of Canfield.
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