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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

No abstract provided.

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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

No abstract provided.

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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

No abstract provided.

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Ada President 1939-1940: Arthur Hastings Merritt, American Dental Association Jan 1977

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 …

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Test 1231: White 2-50 Field Boss Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1231: White 2-50 Field Boss Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1233: Steiger Couger Iii St-251 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1233: Steiger Couger Iii St-251 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1239: Steiger Couger Iii St-250 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1239: Steiger Couger Iii St-250 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1241: Case 2870 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1241: Case 2870 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1237: Stieger Wildcat Iii St-210 And Rc-210 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1237: Stieger Wildcat Iii St-210 And Rc-210 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1240: Allis-Chalmers 5050 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1240: Allis-Chalmers 5050 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1248: International 1586 Diesel 12-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1248: International 1586 Diesel 12-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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Test 1244: Ford 6700 Diesel 16-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1977

Test 1244: Ford 6700 Diesel 16-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

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