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Ada President 1865-1866: Christopher Waterman Spalding, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1865-1866: Christopher Waterman Spalding, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Spalding, of St. Louis, was elected fifth president of the Association at the 1865 meeting in Chicago. One hundred and twenty-four members attended the meeting, representing 35 dental societies. In his presidential address, Doctor Spalding made recommendations for the improvement of dental education. He strongly favored the development of schools devoted exclusively to the education of dentists. He served on the Committee on Dental Pathology and Surgery. Doctor Spalding was one of the organizers of the Western Dental Society in 1851. He was born in Rhode Island in 1814 and died in 1896.

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Ada President 1899-1900: B. Holly Smith, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1899-1900: B. Holly Smith, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Smith, of Baltimore, was elected thirty-seventh president of the Association at the 1899 meeting at Niagara Falls. The Southern Branch of the Association met early that year in New Orleans. Doctor Smith received the D.D.S. degree in 1881 and the M.D. degree in 1883. He practiced dentistry in Baltimore for thirty-seven years. Offices he held included the presidency of the Southern Dental Association, the Maryland State Dental Association, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and the National Association of Dental Faculties. Doctor Smith's special interests included the development of a system of oral hygiene in the Baltimore public schools. …

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Ada President: 1868-1869 Jonathan Taft, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President: 1868-1869 Jonathan Taft, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Taft, of Cincinnati, was elected eighth president of the Association at the 1868 meeting at Niagara Falls. He had served as recording secretary since the preliminary meeting in 1859. Doctor Taft was professor of operative dentistry and dental hygiene at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery and later held a similar position at the University of Michigan. He was author of a textbook, A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry. Doctor Taft compiled an index of dental periodical literature, and for several years he was editor of the journal, The Dental Register. He was extremely active in dental organizations. He …

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Ada President 1909-1910: Burton Lee Thorpe, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1909-1910: Burton Lee Thorpe, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Thorpe, of St. Louis, was elected forty-seventh president of the Association at the 1909 meeting at Birmingham, Alabama. He had served as corresponding secretary of the As­sociation from 1906 to 1908. Doctor Thorpe was the first dean of Barnes Dental College of St. Louis, which he and two other dentists organized in 1903. He was assistant secretary of the Federation Dentaire Internationale for five years, and originated the Fourth International Dental Congress, held in St. Louis in 1904. Doctor Thorpe was active in dental society history committees and was the author of Biographies of Pioneer American Dentists and Their …

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Ada President 1908-1909: Vines Edmunds Turner, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1908-1909: Vines Edmunds Turner, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Turner, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was elected forty-sixth president of the Association at the 1908 meeting in Boston. He had been treasurer of the Association from 1904 to 1906. Doctor Turner left his dental practice at Henderson, North Carolina, to serve in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. He then resumed his practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Doctor Turner was twice elected president of the North Carolina Dental Society and for many years was president of the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners. He was born in North Carolina in 1837 and died in 1914.

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Ada President 1962-1963: Gerald Desmond Timmons, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1962-1963: Gerald Desmond Timmons, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Timmons, of Philadelphia, became the ninety-ninth president of the Association at the 1962 meeting in Miami Beach. He had been speaker of the House of Delegates in 1955-1961. Doctor Timmons was dean of Temple University School of Dentistry from 1942 until his retirement in 1964. He served as president of the Indianapolis Dental Society, the American College of Dentists, and the American Association of Dental Schools. He served the American Dental Association as executive secretary in 1940-1942, trustee from the Seventh District in 1938-1940, and as a member of the Council on Dental Education in 1950-1956. Doctor Timmons was …

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Ada President 1927-1928: Roscoe Henry Volland, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1927-1928: Roscoe Henry Volland, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Volland, of Iowa City, Iowa, became the sixty-fifth president of the Association at the 1927 meeting in Detroit. He was the treasurer of the Association from 1928 to 1948. Doctor Volland, dentist and physician, was a member of the faculty of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry from 1902 to 1923. From 1925 to 1944 he was a clinical professor of operative dentistry at Northwestern University Dental School. Doctor Volland served as president of the Iowa State Dental Association and the American College of Dentists. He was born in Iowa in 1877 and died in 1962.

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Ada President 1896-1897: James Truman, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1896-1897: James Truman, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Truman, of Philadelphia, was elected thirty-fourth president of the Association at the 1896 meeting at Saratoga Springs, New York. In his acceptance address, he said he would work to "overcome the apathy" which he said had characterized the Association in recent years. Doctor Truman was a professor of dental physiology and operative dentistry at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery from 1865 to 1876. He incurred the antagonism of many dentists by strongly advocating the admission of women to the dental profession. From 1882 to 1896, after practicing in Germany several years, he was with the University of Pennsylvania …

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Ada President 1918-1919: Clement Victor Vignes, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1918-1919: Clement Victor Vignes, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Vignes, of New Orleans, became the fifty-sixth president of the Association at the 1918 meeting in Chicago. The Transactions for that year listed more than 4,000 dental officers on active duty in the armed forces. Doctor Vignes organized the Loyola University School of Dentistry in New Orleans in 1914 and served as dean and professor of clinical dentistry for twenty-three years. Earlier, he had helped to organize the New Orleans College of Dentistry, which became the Dental School of Tulane University. He served in various offices of the New Orleans and Louisiana dental societies. He was born in Louisiana …

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Ada President 1938-1939: Marcus Llewellyn Ward, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1938-1939: Marcus Llewellyn Ward, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Ward, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, became the seventy­sixth president of the Association at the 193 8 meeting in St. Louis. The House of Delegates adopted a set of principles and recommendations for a national health program. Doctor Ward was dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry from 1916 to 1934, when he was named Jonathan Taft Professor of Dentistry and chairman of the Department of Dental Materials. He was president of the Michigan State Den­tal Association in 1912 and the American Association of Dental Schools in 192 5. Doctor Ward, a prolific writer, was the editor of …

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Ada President 1862-1863: George Watt, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1862-1863: George Watt, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Watt, of Xenia, Ohio, was elected second president of the Association at the 1862 meeting in Cleveland. This meeting and others in the early years of the Association were devoted largely to papers and discussions on clinical and scientific subjects, rather than organizational and policy matters. Doctor Watt was also a member of the Committee on Dental Chemistry. Other standing committees were: Dental Physiology, Dental Pathology and Surgery, Mechanical Dentistry, Dental Education, Publication, Dental Literature, Prize Essays, and Arrangements. Doctor Watt was a physician as well as a dentist and was a professor of chemistry and metallurgy at the …

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Ada President 1891-1892: William Wallace Walker, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1891-1892: William Wallace Walker, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Walker, of New York City, was elected thirty-18first president of the Association at the 1891 meeting at Saratoga Springs, New York. The scientific session that year included papers on "Electricity as a Therapeutic Agent in the Treatment of Hyperemia and Congestion of the Pulp and Peridental Membrane," "Senile Atrophy of the Upper Jaw," and ''Phagocytosis. '' Doctor Walker received the D.D.S. degree from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1884. He served as president of The Dental Society of the State of New York, the Odontological Society of New York, the First District Dental Society of New York, …

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Ada President 1943-1944: Charles Raymond Wells, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1943-1944: Charles Raymond Wells, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Wells, of Washington, D.C., became the eighty-first president of the Association at the 1943 meeting in Cincinnati. It was a business meeting only; the scientific session having been suspended for the duration of the war. After serving in the Navy Dental Corps from 1918 to 1925, Doctor Wells entered private practice in Brooklyn, New York. He served as vice president of the Dental Society of the State of New York and president of the International College of Dentists. During World War II, Doctor Wells, again on active duty as a naval officer, was the chief dental officer of the …

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Ada President 1947-1948: Harvey Benson Washburn, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1947-1948: Harvey Benson Washburn, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Washburn, of St. Paul, became the eighty-fourth president of the Association at the 1947 meeting in Boston. A scientific session was held for the first time since 1941. The Tenth International Dental Congress was held in conjunction with this meeting. Doctor Washburn was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1940 to 1946 and was Association treasurer from 1949 to 1961. He served as president of the St. Paul District Dental Society and the Minnesota State Dental Association. A general practitioner, Doctor Washburn was a guest teacher at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He was born …

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Ada President 1933-1934: Arthur Cornelius Wherry, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1933-1934: Arthur Cornelius Wherry, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Wherry, of Salt Lake City, became the seventy-first president of the Association at the 1933 meeting in Chicago. The Chicago Centennial Dental Congress was held in conjunction with this meeting. Doctor Wherry served as president of the Salt Lake County Dental Society and the Utah State Dental Association. He was a member of a committee of past presidents that went to Europe to study social insurance systems. Active in civic affairs, he was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah in 1929. He was born in 1880 and died in 1944.

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Ada President 1973-1974: Carlton H. Williams, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1973-1974: Carlton H. Williams, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Williams, of San Diego, became the one-hundred-and­tenth president of the Association at the 1973 meeting in Houston. The House of Delegates voted to establish the Commission on Accreditation of Dental and Dental Auxiliary Educational Programs, effective January 1, 1975. Doctor Williams was speaker of the House of Delegates from 1967 to 1972, after serving as a member of the House for 12 years. A general practitioner, Doctor Williams was president of the San Diego Dental Society in 1946, the Southern California Dental Association in 1959, and California Dental Service in 1961. He was a guest lecturer at the University …

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Ada President 1935-1936: George Ben Wade Winter, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1935-1936: George Ben Wade Winter, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Winter, of St. Louis, became the seventy-third president of the Association at the 1935 meeting in New Orleans. In that year the United States Supreme Court upheld the decision by the Oregon Supreme Court vindicating the state law restricting advertising by dentists. Doctor Winter developed and taught advanced methods of tooth removal. His textbook explaining his methods became the leading work on exodontia. After teaching at St. Louis University for several years, he became professor of exodontia at the Washington University School of Dentistry in St. Louis. He served as president of the St. Louis Dental Society and the …

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Ada President 1906-1907: Adelbert Henry Peck, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1906-1907: Adelbert Henry Peck, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Peck, of Chicago, was elected forty-fourth president of the Association at the 1906 meeting in Atlanta. Doctor Peck had been the Association's recording secretary in 1883-1885 and 1902-1906. Doctor Peck, who was also a physician, was secretary and later president of the Illinois State Dental Society. After being professor of materia medica and therapeutics first at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and then at Northwestern University Dental School, he became dean of the University of Illinois dental school. After three years as dean, he resigned in 1904 to devote full time to private practice. He was a frequent …

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Ada President 1892-1894: John Deans Patterson, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1892-1894: John Deans Patterson, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Patterson, of Kansas City, was elected thirty-second president of the Association at the 1892 meeting at Niagara Falls. No regular meeting of the Association was held in 1893 because the World's Columbian Dental Congress was held that year, so Doctor Patterson served as ADA president until 1894. Doctor Patterson was president of the Kansas State Dental Association in 1876-1877 and president of the Missouri State Dental Association in 1892. He was one of the organizers and first professor of operative dentistry of the Kansas City Dental College. Doctor Patterson was noted as an essayist, orator, and parliamentarian. He was …

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Ada President 1880-1881: Cyrus Newlin Peirce, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1880-1881: Cyrus Newlin Peirce, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Peirce, of Philadelphia, was elected twentieth president of the Association at the 1880 meeting in Boston. Delegates discussed the need for a united profession and the possibility of unification of the American Dental Association, the American Dental Convention, and the Southern National Dental Association. Doctor Peirce, professor of physiology and operative dentistry, was dean of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery from 1860 until 1866 and from 1877 until 1901. He was the first president of the National Association of Dental Faculties. Among the many published papers of Doctor Peirce were essays on the relation between uric acid and …

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Ada President 1914-1915: Donald Mackay Gallie, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1914-1915: Donald Mackay Gallie, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Callie, of Chicago, was elected fifty-second president of the Association at the 1914 meeting in Rochester, New York. The reorganization of 1913 resulted in an increase in membership from 793 in 1913 to 12,494 in 1914. Doctor Gallie was professor and head of the department of operative dentistry at the University of Illinois College of Den­tistry from 1903 to 1932. He served as president of the Illinois State Dental Society, the Chicago Dental Society and the American Dental Teachers Association. Doctor Callie was prominent as a clinician, author and lecturer. He was born in Canada in 1866 and died …

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Ada President 1905-1906: Mark Florus Finley, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1905-1906: Mark Florus Finley, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Finley, of Washington, D.C., was elected forty-third president of the Association at the 1905 meeting in Buffalo. A committee of five was appointed to devise ways and means for the Association to "acquire ownership and control of a journal." Doctor Finley served as secretary of the Michigan State Dental Association and as president of both the District of Columbia Dental Society and the District of Columbia Board of Dental Examiners. He was active for many years on committees of the Association. He was born in Michigan in 1856 and died in 1932.

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Ada President 1926-1927: Henry Leo Banzhaf, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1926-1927: Henry Leo Banzhaf, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Banzhaf, of Milwaukee, became the sixty-fourth presi­dent of the Association at the 1926 meeting in Philadelphia. The Seventh International Dental Congress was held in Pliiladelphia at the same time. Doctor Banzhaf started his dental career as a private prac­titioner in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was appointed dean of the dental department of the Milwaukee Medical College in 1902 and continued in that position after the College became part of Marquette University in 1907. He retired as dean in 1944. He was born in Wisconsin in 1865 and died in 1951.

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Ada President 1968-1969: Hubert A. Mcguirl, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1968-1969: Hubert A. Mcguirl, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor McGuirl, of Providence, Rhode Island, became the one-hundred-and-fifth president of the Association at the 1968 meeting in Miami Beach. In his presidential address he said: "Unless all of the health arts and sciences move more toward the area of prevention, rather than treatment, we will ultimately fail in our race to control disease and produce a happier and healthier people." Doctor McGuirl served two terms as a member of the Board of Trustees after being a member of the House of Delegates for a number of years. He served as president, and for many years executive secretary, of the …

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Ada President 1875-1876: Aaron Lockwood Northrop, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1875-1876: Aaron Lockwood Northrop, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Northrop, of New York City, was elected fifteenth president of the Association at the 1875 meeting at Niagara Falls. A considerable part of this meeting and the next was devoted to papers and discussions on the health of the dentist. Many dentists believed that dentistry was a particularly exhausting profession. Doctor Northrop was the first president of the First District Dental Society of New York and first president of the New York Odontological Society. His training was preceptorial and in 1867 he received an honorary dental degree from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Doctor Northrop was born in …

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Ada President 1972-1973: Louis A. Saporito, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1972-1973: Louis A. Saporito, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Saporito, of Newark, New Jersey, became the one­hundred-and-ninth president of the Association at the 1972 meeting in San Francisco. The House of Delegates adopted policies regarding Health Maintenance Organizations and the use of radiographs in dental care programs. Doctor Saporito served the Association for six years as a member of the Board of Trustees and for eight years as a member of the House of Delegates. He was first vice president during 1963-1964. Doctor Saporito was a general practitioner and an educator. He was an instructor in dentistry and oral surgery at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral …

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Ada President 1879-1880: Luther Dimmick Shepard, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1879-1880: Luther Dimmick Shepard, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Luther Shepard Doctor Shepard, of Boston, was elected nineteenth president of the Association at the 1879 meeting at Niagara Falls. It was estimated that there were 12,000 practicing dentists in the United States at that time, and the Association voted to compile a complete directory of dentists, with the assistance of state societies. Doctor Shepard, a general practitioner, was on the dental department staff of the Harvard Medical School from 1868 until 1879. He was the first president of the Massachusetts board of dentist registration, established in 1887. Doctor Shepard was president of the World's Columbian Dental Congress held in …

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What To Do After The Extraction Of A Tooth (1977), American Dental Association Jan 1977

What To Do After The Extraction Of A Tooth (1977), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Materials 1929-1981

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When Your Child Goes To The Dentist: A Message From Fred Rogers (Of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) (1977), American Dental Association, Family Communications, Inc. Jan 1977

When Your Child Goes To The Dentist: A Message From Fred Rogers (Of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) (1977), American Dental Association, Family Communications, Inc.

Patient Dental Health Education Materials 1929-1981

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Your Child's Teeth (1977), American Dental Association, American Society Of Dentistry For Children Jan 1977

Your Child's Teeth (1977), American Dental Association, American Society Of Dentistry For Children

Patient Dental Health Education Materials 1929-1981

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