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Ada President 1924-1925: Charles Nelson Johnson, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1924-1925: Charles Nelson Johnson, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Johnson, of Chicago, became the sixty-second president of the Association at the 1924 meeting in Dallas. Membership had reached 28,902 and was growing rapidly. Doctor Johnson was one of the most renowned and influential dentists of his time. He taught operative dentistry at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery for 53 years and was the dean of men during the greater part of this period. Doctor Johnson was the editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association from 1925 until his death in 1938. Previously he had been editor of The Dental Review. He was the author of …

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Ada President 1869-1870: Homer Judd, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1869-1870: Homer Judd, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Judd, of St. Louis, was elected ninth president of the Association at the 1869 meeting at Saratoga Springs, New York. Doctor Judd, a Doctor of Medicine, was a delegate, representing the Missouri Dental College. With Doctor Judd as chairman, in 1870 the Association adopted a resolution acknowledging the "great ignorance" among American mothers regarding eruption and development of children's teeth and providing for a committee to work with publishers in the development of textbooks that would convey this information. Doctor Judd was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in 1890.

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Ada President 1974-1975: Lynden M. Kennedy, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1974-1975: Lynden M. Kennedy, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Kennedy, of Dallas, became the one-hundred-and­eleventh president of the Association at the 1974 meeting in Washington. The House of Delegates adopted a set of fourteen standards for dental prepayment programs. Doctor Kennedy, a general practitioner, was a member of the House of Delegates from 1965 to 1973. He also served the Association as a member of the Task Force on National Health Programs in 1970-1971. Doctor Kennedy was editor of the Texas Dental Journal and served as president of the Dallas County Dental Society, the Texas Dental Association, the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners and the Texas Academy …

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Ada President 1955-1956: Bernard C. Kingsbury, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1955-1956: Bernard C. Kingsbury, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Kingsbury, of San Francisco, became the ninety-second president of the Association at the 1955 meeting in San Francisco. The House of Delegates rescinded its policy of opposing the inclusion of dentists in Old Age and Survivors' Insurance under federal social security. Doctor Kingsbury, a general practitioner, was first vice president of the Association in 1949 and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1951 to 1954. He served as president of the San Francisco Dental Society and the California Dental Association. Doctor Kingsbury was a professor of prosthetic dentistry at the School of Dentistry, College of Physicians and …

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Ada President 1969-1970: Harry M. Klenda, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1969-1970: Harry M. Klenda, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Klenda, of Wichita, Kansas, became the one-hundred­and-sixth president of the Association at the 1969 meeting in New York City. This was a joint meeting with the Federation Dentaire Internationale. Doctor Klenda, a general practitioner, served as president of the Kansas Dental Association, the Seventh District Dental Society, the Wichita Dental Society, and the American Academy of Dental Practice Administration. He was a member of the ADA Council on Dental Trade and Laboratory Relations for several years. Doctor Klenda was widely known as a lecturer on dental practice management. He was born in Kansas in 1907 and died in 1971.

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Ada President 1971-1972: Carl A. Laughlin, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1971-1972: Carl A. Laughlin, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Laughlin, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, became the one-hundred-and-eighth president of the Association at the 1971 meeting in Atlantic City. The House of Delegates adopted an extensive set of guidelines for dentistry's position in a national health program. Doctor Laughlin, an orthodontist, served six years as a member of the Board of Trustees and eight years as a member of the House of Delegates. He also served the Association as a member and chairman of the Council on Dental Education. Doctor Laughlin was president of the West Virginia Dental Association, the West Virginia Orthodontic Society, the West Virginia Board of …

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Ada President 1867-1868: Ambrose Lawrence, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1867-1868: Ambrose Lawrence, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Lawrence, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was elected seventh president of the Association at the 1867 meeting in Cincinnati. The westernmost state dental society represented at that meeting was the Missouri State Dental Association. Doctor Lawrence was a member of a committee that recommended that dental students be accepted as members of the American Dental Association and suggested qualifications for their membership. He presented a paper at the 1867 meeting on the subject of chemistry in which he asserted that too little attention was given by the profession to the importance of chemistry. He was a professor of prosthetic dentistry. Doctor …

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Ada President 1901-1902: James Addison Libbey, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1901-1902: James Addison Libbey, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Libbey, of Pittsburgh, was elected thirty-ninth president of the Association at the 1901 meeting in Milwaukee. The meeting was attended by 220 members from 29 of the 45 states. After several years of preceptorial training, Doctor Libbey entered Pennsylvania College of Dentistry, graduating in 1882. He was president of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society in 1895. He was active in national and international dental association affairs. Doctor Libbey was born in Pennsylvania in 1846 and died in 1920.

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Ada President 1917-1918: William Hoffman Gardiner Logan, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1917-1918: William Hoffman Gardiner Logan, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Logan, of Chicago, was elected to the new office of president-elect in 1916 and became the fifty-fifth president of the Association at the 1917 meeting in New York City. This was the first annual meeting of the Association to be held as late as October. Doctor Logan served as president of the Chicago Dental Society, the Illinois State Dental Society, the Federation Den­taire Internationale, and the Seventh International Dental Congress which was held in Philadelphia in 1926. He was a professor of oral surgery and later dean of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Doctor Logan held a medical …

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Ada President 1954-1955: Daniel Francis Lynch, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1954-1955: Daniel Francis Lynch, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Lynch, of Washington, D.C., became the ninety-first president of the Association at the 1954 Francis meeting in Miami. Doctor Lynch, an oral surgeon, was a member of the Board of Trustees for six years. He also served the Association as chairman of the International Relations Committee and secretary of the Research Commission. He served as president of the District of Columbia Dental Society, president of the Pan American Odontological Society, president of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and vice president of the Federation Dentaire Internationale. Doctor Lynch was a professor of oral surgery and anesthesia from 1928 to …

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Ada President 1956-1957: Harry Lyons, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1956-1957: Harry Lyons, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Lyons, of Richmond, Virginia, became the ninety-third president of the Association at the 1956 meeting in Atlantic City. In his presidential address, Doctor Lyons said: "...the monopoly for dental care was granted to our profession by the people...The basic responsibility which we assume under our franchise is that of providing ways and means ultimately for our entire population to receive the benefits of dental care." Doctor Lyons, a periodontist, served as speaker of the House of Delegates from 1952 to 1955. He was a member of the Council on Dental Therapeutics from 1935 to 1952 and later was a …

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Ada President 1878-1879: Henry James Byron Mckellops, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1878-1879: Henry James Byron Mckellops, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor McKellops, of St. Louis, was elected eighteenth presi­dent of the Association at the 1878 meeting at Niagara Falls. He had served as first vice president in 1875-1876. Doctor McKellops was an expert in the use of gold and platinum foil and lectured and demonstrated his skill throughout the United States and in Europe. He was the first president of the Missouri State Dental Association. Doctor McKellops was born in New York in 1823 and died in 1901.

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Ada President 1911-1912: Arthur Rice Melendy, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1911-1912: Arthur Rice Melendy, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Melendy, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was elected forty­ninth president of the Association at the 1911 meeting in Cleveland. He was treasurer of the Association from 1905 to 1911 and from 1915 to 1928. Doctor Melendy was president of the Tennessee State Dental Association in 1901 and president of the Southern Branch of the National Dental Association in 1908. He served on many committees and commissions and was active in international dental affairs. He was born in Vermont in 1859 and died in 1928.

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Ada President 1864-1865: John Hugh Mcquillen, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1864-1865: John Hugh Mcquillen, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor McQuillen, of Philadelphia, was elected fourth president of the Association at the 1864 meeting at Niagara Falls. The original suggestion for the creation of the American Dental Association came from the pen of Doctor McQuillen, who wrote under the pseudonym "Junius." Doctor McQuillen had been chairman of the committee that drafted the Association's Constitution and Bylaws. Doctor McQuillen conducted original research in dental histology and was particularly interested in microscopic work. He contributed articles to the dental literature on a wide variety of topics. Doctor McQuillen was very active in a number of dental organizations. From 1863 until his …

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Ada President 1946-1947: Sterling Vernon Mead, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1946-1947: Sterling Vernon Mead, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Mead, of Washington, D.C., became the eighty-third president of the Association at the 1946 meeting in Miami. A 1945 meeting of the House of Delegates in Omaha had been scheduled but was cancelled because of the war. Doctor Mead, an oral surgeon, served as president of the District of Columbia Dental Society in 1929. He was a professor of oral surgery at Georgetown University School of Dentistry. He founded the Mead Dental Hospital which operated in Washington from 1959 to 1966. Doctor Mead was the author of three textbooks: Oral Surgery, Diseases of the Mouth, and Anesthesia in Dental …

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Ada President 1948-1949: Clyde Estes Minges, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1948-1949: Clyde Estes Minges, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Minges, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, became the eighty-fifth president of the Association at the 1948 meeting in Chicago. The House of Delegates adopted a new Constitution and Bylaws, extensively revised from the previous version. Doctor Minges, a general practitioner, served as president of the North Carolina State Dental Association and the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners. He was a member of the American Dental Association Board of Trustees for many years. He was born in North Carolina in 1891 and died in 1968.

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Ada President 1902-1903: Llewellyn Garnet Noel, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1902-1903: Llewellyn Garnet Noel, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Noel, of Nashville, was elected fortieth president of the Association at the 1902 meeting at Niagara Falls. In his presidential address the following year he pointed out that membership in the Association was only 420 out of 28,481 dentists in the United States, or about 1.5 percent. He discussed ways of increasing the membership. In 1903 Doctor Noel was also president of the Southern Branch of the National Dental Association. He was one of the founders of the dental department of the University of Tennessee, which merged with the Vanderbilt University Dental School in 1905. In that year Doctor …

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Ada President 1936-1937: Leroy Matthew Simpson Miner, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1936-1937: Leroy Matthew Simpson Miner, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Miner, of Boston, became the seventy-fourth president of the Association at the 1936 meeting in San Francisco. The economic depression of the 1930s was reflected in certain activities of the Association, including a system for reporting economic conditions in each state to the Committee on Economics. Doctor Miner, who was both a physician and a dentist, limited his practice to oral surgery. He was a teacher of oral surgery at Harvard University Dental School from 1905 to 1924 and was the dean from 1924 to 1944. He served as president of the Massachusetts Dental Society, the New England Dental …

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Ada President 1870-1871: William Henry Morgan, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1870-1871: William Henry Morgan, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Morgan, of Nashville, was elected tenth president of the Association at the 1870 meeting in Nashville. As chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Doctor Morgan delivered an address of welcome. His description of the recent Civil War was vivid: "…this quiet valley of the Cumberland reverberated with the sound of hostile cannon, and men stood aghast as they heard it die away among the rocks and crannies of the distant hills, like the wail of some expiring demon.'' Doctor Morgan served as a trustee of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery and was one of the chief organizers of …

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Ada President 1941-1942: Oren Austin Oliver, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1941-1942: Oren Austin Oliver, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Oliver, of Nashville, became the seventy-ninth president of the Association at the 1941 meeting in Houston. Dental preparedness for possible war involvement was one of the concerns of the meeting. The Association headquarters building at 222 East Superior Street, Chicago, was purchased during Doctor Oliver's term. Doctor Oliver, an orthodontist, was for many years a professor of dental surgery at Vanderbilt University. He was president of the Federation Dentaire Internationale in 1952-1955. He served as president of the Tennessee State Dental Association, the American Society of Orthodontists, and the American Board of Orthodontics. He lectured on orthodontics extensively both …

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Ada President 1950-1951: Harold Whinery Oppice, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1950-1951: Harold Whinery Oppice, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Oppice, of Chicago, became the eighty-seventh president of the Association at the 1950 meeting in Atlantic City. In 1951, a delegation of five members, including Doctor Oppice, participated in the American Dental Association "Mission to Japan" and made suggestions for the improvement of Japanese dentistry after World War II. Doctor Oppice, a general practitioner, taught at Loyola University School of Dentistry for 27 years. He served the Association for many years as a delegate and a trustee. He was president of the Chicago Dental Society in 1944 and served as editor of the Illinois State Dental Journal. Doctor Oppice …

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Ada President 1960-1961: Charles Heston Patton, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1960-1961: Charles Heston Patton, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Patton, of Philadelphia, became the ninety-seventh president of the Association at the 1960 meeting in Los Angeles. As president, Doctor Patton was a member of the United States Dental Mission to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union also sent a dental mission to the United States in 1961. Doctor Patton, an orthodontist, served the Association as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1953 to 1959 and as a member of the Council on Scientific Session from 1948 to 1953. He was president of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society and the Philadelphia County Dental Society. Doctor Patton was …

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Ada President 1964-1965: Fritz Arthur Pierson, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1964-1965: Fritz Arthur Pierson, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Pierson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, became the one­hundred-and-first president of the Association at the 1964 meeting in San Francisco. This was a joint meeting with the Federation Dentaire Internationale, and its theme was "International Cooperation for Better Dental Health." Doctor Pierson was a private practitioner and a professor of dental medicine at the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry. He was a member of the House of Delegates from 1930 to 1957 and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1957 to 1963. For many years Doctor Pierson was secretary of the Nebraska Dental Association, which he also served …

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Ada President 1877-1878: Frederick Henry Rehwinkel, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1877-1878: Frederick Henry Rehwinkel, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Rehwinkel, of Chillicothe, Ohio, was elected seventeenth president of the Association at the 1877 meeting in Chicago. Doctor Rehwinkel was born in Germany in 1825. He completed his medical education in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1849, graduating from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1854. He was active in several dental organizations and served as president of the Ohio State Dental Society. He died in 1889.

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Ada President 1958-1959: Percy Toumine Phillips, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1958-1959: Percy Toumine Phillips, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Phillips, of New York City, became the ninety-fifth president of the Association at the 1958 meeting in Dallas. Doctor Phillips had been the first speaker of the House of Delegates, serving in that position in 1949-1951. Doctor Phillips, a general practitioner, was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1951 to 1957. He was a member of the House of Delegates for thirty-nine consecutive years. He served as president of the first District Dental Society and the Bronx County Dental Society and as secretary of The Dental Society of the State of New York. Doctor Phillips served on …

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Ada President 1940-1941: Wilfred H. Robinson, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1940-1941: Wilfred H. Robinson, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Robinson, of Oakland, became the seventy-eighth president of the Association at the 1940 meeting in Cleveland. The Association had the following standing committees and councils: Judicial, Dental Education, Dental Legislation, Dental Health Education, Relief, Dental Relief Fund, Research, Process Patent, Dental Index, Membership, representatives on National Board of Dental Examiners, Insurance, Economics, Dental Therapeutics, Public Health, American Red Cross, History and Dental Museum. Doctor Robinson was president of the California State Dental Association in 1930 and the National Association of Dental Examiners in 1935. He was active in civic affairs in Oakland and Alameda County. He was born in …

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Ada President 1942-1943: J. Ben Robinson, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1942-1943: J. Ben Robinson, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Robinson, of Baltimore, became the eightieth president of the Association at the 1942 meeting in St. Louis. Because of the war, attendance was limited to delegates and members of standing committees. Doctor Robinson served as dean of two dental schools: the University of Maryland from 1924 to 1953 and West Virginia University from 1953 to 1958. He served as president of the Maryland State Dental Association, the American Association of Dental Schools, the American College of Dentists, and the American Academy of the History of Dentistry. Doctor Robinson was the author of numerous articles on dental education and history …

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Ada President 1975-1976: Robert B. Shira, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1975-1976: Robert B. Shira, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Shira, of Boston, became the one-hundred-and-twelfth president of the Association at the 1975 meeting in Chicago. The meeting was held concurrently with the sixty-third World Dental Congress of the Federation Dentaire Internationale. Doctor Shira was dean and professor of oral surgery at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Previously he was assistant surgeon general and chief of the Army Dental Corps, with the rank of major general. He served as president of the American Society of Oral Surgeons, the American Board of Oral Surgery, and the Canal Zone Dental Association. He served as editor of the Journal Oral Surgery, …

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Ada President 1976-1977: Frank F. Shuler, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1976-1977: Frank F. Shuler, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Shuler, of Clinton, Wisconsin, became the one­hundred-and-thirteenth president of the Association at the 1976 meeting in Las Vegas. Major concerns of the House of Delegates included the expansion of duties of dental auxiliary personnel, dental prepayment programs and illegal dentistry. Doctor Shuler, a general practitioner, was a member of the Board of Trustees for four years and a member of the House of Delegates for five years. He served as president of the Rock County (Wisconsin) Dental Society, the Wisconsin Dental Association, and the Wisconsin Dental Service Corporation. He served on numerous committees of the Wisconsin Dental Association and …

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Ada President 1881-1882: Henry A. Smith, American Dental Association Jan 1977

Ada President 1881-1882: Henry A. Smith, American Dental Association

ADA Presidents 1860-1979

Doctor Smith, of Cincinnati, was elected twenty-first president of the Association at the 1881 meeting in New York City. The meeting was held a month earlier than usual so that members could accept an invitation to the International Medical Congress meeting in London. The invitation was considered a breakthrough for the profession of dentistry. Doctor Smith was dean of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery for more than 30 years. During most of this time he also practiced dentistry in Cincinnati. He was born at Oxford, Ohio, in 1832 and died in 1913.

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