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Ada President 1862-1863: George Watt, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1891-1892: William Wallace Walker, American Dental Association
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, …
Ada President 1943-1944: Charles Raymond Wells, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1947-1948: Harvey Benson Washburn, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1933-1934: Arthur Cornelius Wherry, American Dental Association
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.
Ada President 1973-1974: Carlton H. Williams, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1935-1936: George Ben Wade Winter, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1906-1907: Adelbert Henry Peck, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1892-1894: John Deans Patterson, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1880-1881: Cyrus Newlin Peirce, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1914-1915: Donald Mackay Gallie, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1905-1906: Mark Florus Finley, American Dental Association
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.
Ada President 1926-1927: Henry Leo Banzhaf, American Dental Association
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.
Ada President 1968-1969: Hubert A. Mcguirl, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1875-1876: Aaron Lockwood Northrop, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1972-1973: Louis A. Saporito, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1879-1880: Luther Dimmick Shepard, American Dental Association
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 …
Ada President 1939-1940: Arthur Hastings Merritt, American Dental Association
Ada President 1939-1940: Arthur Hastings Merritt, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Merritt, of New York City, became the seventyseventh president of the Association at the 1939 meeting in Milwaukee. In his presidential address, Doctor Merritt recommended expansion of the Association's activities, especially in dental health education and in research. Doctor Merritt, a periodontist, served as president of the New York Academy of Dentistry, the American Academy of Periodontology, and the American College of Dentists. He helped to found six dental journals, the Columbia University School of Dentistry, the International Association for Dental Research, the Children's Aid Society Dental Clinic, and the Guggenheim Dental Clinic. Dental awards and honors received by …
1977 Transactions, American Dental Association
1977 Transactions, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Transactions of the ADA, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT). It is from the Transactions section, one of three subtitles that make up the full publication. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Pages from the Annual Reports and the Transactions are numbered consecutively (e.g. Annual Reports volume ends pg. 500 and Transactions volume starts at pg. 501). NOTE: All three subtitles are collectively known as the Transactions of the ADA or, alternatively, the ADA Transactions. Transactions refers …
1977 Annual Reports And Resolutions, American Dental Association
1977 Annual Reports And Resolutions, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Annual Reports and Resolutions subtitle of the ADA Transactions, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT) made up of three separate subtitles: Annual Reports and Resolutions, Supplements, and Transactions. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Older versions include reports from all departments as subsections, while more recent versions include only those of councils, commissions, and committees.
1977 Supplement Vol. 2, American Dental Association
1977 Supplement Vol. 2, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Supplements subtitle of The ADA Transactions, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT) made up of three separate subtitles: Annual Reports and Resolutions, Supplements, and the Transactions. Generally, The ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. The Supplements function like an appendix and are, in more recent editions, numbered separately with page numbers determined by HOD reference committee assignation. Items are described variously as "Supplement #", "Volume #", etc. throughout the series but have been labeled here as Vol. # for …
1977 Supplement Vol. 1, American Dental Association
1977 Supplement Vol. 1, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Supplements subtitle of The ADA Transactions, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT) made up of three separate subtitles: Annual Reports and Resolutions, Supplements, and the Transactions. Generally, The ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. The Supplements function like an appendix and are, in more recent editions, numbered separately with page numbers determined by HOD reference committee assignation. Items are described variously as "Supplement #", "Volume #", etc. throughout the series but have been labeled here as Vol. # for …
Ada President 1922-1923: John Peter Buckley, American Dental Association
Ada President 1922-1923: John Peter Buckley, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Buckley, of Los Angeles, became the sixtieth president of the Association at the 1922 meeting in Los Angeles. Under a new charter granted by the State of Illinois in June 1922, the name was changed from National Dental Association to American Dental Association. Doctor Buckley was president of the Illinois State Dental Society in 1915. He was professor of materia medica and therapeutics at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery from 1904 to 1927, although his residence was in California after 1918. He was the author of a textbook used by many universities, entitled Modern Dental Materia Medica, Pharmacology …
Ada President 1913-1914: Homer C. Brown, American Dental Association
Ada President 1913-1914: Homer C. Brown, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, was elected fifty-first president of the Association at the 191 3 meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. The Association was reorganized in 1913 under a new Constitution and Bylaws which established the House of Delegates and the Board of Trustees. Doctor Brown was chairman of the Committee on Dental Legislation for 21 years following his presidency. Through his efforts the status of dentists in the armed forces was equalized by law with that of physicians, and proposals for a sharp increase in tariffs on dental imports were defeated. Doctor Brown was instrumental in the establishment of …
Ada President 1890-1891: Alison Wright Harlan, American Dental Association
Ada President 1890-1891: Alison Wright Harlan, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Harlan, of Chicago, was elected thirtieth president of the Association at the 1890 meeting at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. He had served as first vice president the two preceding years and as corresponding secretary from 1882 until 1887. Doctor Harlan was professor of materia medica and therapeutics at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery for more than 20 years. He established the Dental Review and was its editor for many years. Doctor Harlan served as president of the Illinois and Chicago dental societies and as secretary of the World's Columbian Dental Congress. He was born in Indiana in 1851 and …
Ada President 1930-1931: Robert Todd Oliver, American Dental Association
Ada President 1930-1931: Robert Todd Oliver, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Oliver, of Philadelphia, became the sixty-eighth president of the Association at the 1930 meeting in Denver. His presidential address was a scholarly review of the history of the young profession of dentistry in the United States. Doctor Oliver served for many years as chief of the dental corps of the United States Army. Shortly after graduating in 1888 from the Indiana Dental College, he became professor of oral surgery at that institution. He was in the Indiana National Guard and saw active duty in the Spanish-American War. Doctor Oliver served as a dentist in the Philippine Insurrection and the …
Ada President 1967-1968: Floyd Darl Ostrander, American Dental Association
Ada President 1967-1968: Floyd Darl Ostrander, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Ostrander, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, became the onehundred-and-fourth president of the Association at the 1967 meeting in Washington. The Virgin Islands Dental Association was admitted as a constituent society of the American Dental Association. Doctor Ostrander, an endodontist and educator, was speaker of the House of Delegates from 1961 to 1966. He was a member of the Council on Dental Therapeutics for 18 years and was its chairman in 1960-1961. A professor of dentistry at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Doctor Ostrander served as president of the Michigan State Dental Association, American Association of Endodontists, and the …
Ada President 1944-1946: Walter H. Scherer, American Dental Association
Ada President 1944-1946: Walter H. Scherer, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Scherer, of Houston, became the eighty-second president of the Association at the 1944 meeting in Chicago. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Omaha; the change to Chicago was caused by wartime travel restrictions. Doctor Scherer, a professor of oral medicine and a private practitioner, served as president of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Houston Dental Society, and the Texas State Dental Society. At the University of Texas School of Dentistry, he served on the board of trustees and as president of the faculty. In 1945 Doctor Scherer was appointed to the board of regents of …
1976 Transactions, American Dental Association
1976 Transactions, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Transactions of the ADA, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT). It is from the Transactions section, one of three subtitles that make up the full publication. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Pages from the Annual Reports and the Transactions are numbered consecutively (e.g. Annual Reports volume ends pg. 500 and Transactions volume starts at pg. 501). NOTE: All three subtitles are collectively known as the Transactions of the ADA or, alternatively, the ADA Transactions. Transactions refers …
1975 Transactions, American Dental Association
1975 Transactions, American Dental Association
ADA Transactions
This item is part of the Transactions of the ADA, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT). It is from the Transactions section, one of three subtitles that make up the full publication. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Pages from the Annual Reports and the Transactions are numbered consecutively (e.g. Annual Reports volume ends pg. 500 and Transactions volume starts at pg. 501). NOTE: All three subtitles are collectively known as the Transactions of the ADA or, alternatively, the ADA Transactions. Transactions refers …