Past Winners - Dr. Evan Calkins Meritorious Service Award
2007 Recipient - David Dunkelman
David has made a career of helping others. He chose a meaningful career in long-term care because he discovered it had the right com- bination of complexity, administration, and community involvement.
After receiving a Political Science degree from Miami of Ohio, David spent a year traveling along through 26 countries and three war zones using public transportation where he met people of all ages, race and backgrounds.
After returning to the US, he earned a law degree from Temple University Law School; a Master’s of Science where he concentrated in Long-Term Care Administration at the University of North Texas; and a certificate in Creative Problem Solving from SUNYAB. He is currently pursuing course work toward a doctorate in sociology.
David’s work experience of helping others started with the
Peace Corps Training Program in California. He was the Executive Vice President
of JSI, Inc., a national distributor of apparel. In 1984, David became the
Assistant Director of the Rosa Coplon Jewish Home, the forerunner to Weinberg
Campus. Later, he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Weinberg Campus. David has guided the development of Weinberg Campus, which
has won outstanding architecture design awards. Weinberg Campus is the only
nursing home in the country that has received the Peter F. Drucker award
for innovation in non-profit management. Weinberg was also awarded the American
Institute of Architects distinguished regional award for its Total Aging
in Place Program and has received national acclaim for its nursing home’s
clustered approach to care. David was recognized as one of the Buffalo Business
First Health Care 50 honoring extraordinary professionals involved in the
medical field, was selected as part of the Community Health Foundations of
Western and Central New York’s second class of 34 Health Leadership Fellows
and currently serves on the NYS Task Force on Adult Home Facilities and Assisted
Living Residences.