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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 …
Ada President 1949-1950: Philip Edwin Adams, American Dental Association
Ada President 1949-1950: Philip Edwin Adams, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Adams, of Boston, became the eighty-sixth president of the Association at the 1949 meeting in San Francisco. The House of Delegates, which consisted of 385 members in 1949, considered proposals to reduce its size, but voted against reduction. Doctor Adams, an orthodontist, was secretary of the Massachusetts Dental Society from 1929 to 1949. After serving in the Navy in World War I, in 1919 he began private practice and joined the staff of Tufts College Dental School, where he later became head of the orthodontics department. Doctor Adams served the American Dental Association for many years as a delegate …
Ada President 1860-1862: William Henry Atkinson, American Dental Association
Ada President 1860-1862: William Henry Atkinson, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Atkinson, of New York City, was elected first president of the American Dental Association at the i860 meeting in Washington, at which the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association were adopted. A "preliminary meeting," with Doctor Walter W. Allport as chairman, had been held at Niagara Falls in 1859. No meeting was held in 1861. Doctor Atkinson presented an essay on "Has Dentistry Attained to the Dignity of a Profession?" at the 1862 meeting. He was an ardent student of microscopy and the natural sciences. Doctor Atkinson was a frequent contributor to the dental literature of essays on subjects …
Ada President 1886-1887: Walter Webb Allport, American Dental Association
Ada President 1886-1887: Walter Webb Allport, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Allport, of Chicago, was elected twenty-sixth president of the Association at the 1886 meeting at Niagara Falls. He had served as president of the "preliminary convention" of the Association in 1859, also held at Niagara Falls. Doctor Allport opened his dental practice in Chicago in 1854. Over the years he excelled as a practitioner, essayist, teacher and speaker. He firmly believed that dentistry was a specialty of medicine and was the author of a resolution, adopted by the American Medical Association, calling for preliminary and professional education in dentistry equal to that of the best medical colleges. Doctor Allport …
Ada President 1863-1864: William H. Allen, American Dental Association
Ada President 1863-1864: William H. Allen, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Allen, of New York City, was elected third president of the Association at the 1863 meeting in Philadelphia. Doctor Allen read a paper on "Irregularity of the Teeth and its Treatment." Doctor Allen was widely known as a most progressive dentist who pioneered in the use of gold for extensive restoration of defective teeth. Active in several dental societies, he was one of the incorporators, and later president of the board, of the New York College of Dentistry. He was born in 1821 and died in 1882.
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 1873-1874: Thomas Lea Buckingham, American Dental Association
Ada President 1873-1874: Thomas Lea Buckingham, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Buckingham, of Philadelphia, was elected thirteenth president of the Association at the 1873 meeting at Put-In-Bay, Ohio. A gold medal was presented at that meeting to Doctor Sanford C. Barnum, who originated the rubber dam for use in dental operations. Doctor Buckingham, a dental educator, was a delegate from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, of which he was one of the founders. He was born in Delaware in 1816 and died in 1883.
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 1904-1905: Waldo Elias Boardman, American Dental Association
Ada President 1904-1905: Waldo Elias Boardman, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Boardman, of Boston, was elected forty-second president of the Association at the 1904 meeting in St. Louis. This was a business meeting only, because the Fourth International Dental Congress was also being held in St. Louis. Following Doctor Boardman's graduation from the Harvard University dental department in 1886, he held several positions with that school: instructor in operative dentistry, curator of the dental museum, librarian and member of the administrative board. Doctor Boardman was president of the Massachusetts Dental Society in 1896. He was born in Maine in 1851 and died m 1922.
Ada President 1978-1979: Joseph P. Cappuccio, American Dental Association
Ada President 1978-1979: Joseph P. Cappuccio, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Cappuccio of Baltimore became the one-hundred-and-fifteenth president of the Association at the 1978 meeting in Las Vegas. Major issues during Doctor Cappuccio's term included institutional advertising, revision of the Association's Principles of Ethics, "denturism," and improving access to dental care for underserved groups. Doctor Cappuccio was born in New Jersey in 1921. An oral surgeon, he was a member of the House of Delegates for 18 years and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1971 until 1977. He also was a member of the Council on Relief and a director of the American Fund for Dental Health. …
Ada President 1907-1908: William Carr, American Dental Association
Ada President 1907-1908: William Carr, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Carr, of New York City, was elected forty-fifth president of the Association at the 1907 meeting in Minneapolis. In his presidential address the following year, Doctor Carr deplored the lack of interstate recognition of dental licenses and said the main barrier to such recognition was the variation in pre-dental educational requirements. Doctor Carr, dentist and physician, practiced dentistry in New York City. Later, he was dean of the College of Dental and Oral Surgery of New York, which, largely through his efforts, became the Dental School of Columbia University in 1923. He was active and influential in the elevation …
Ada President 1934-1935: Frank Monroe Casto, American Dental Association
Ada President 1934-1935: Frank Monroe Casto, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Casto, of Cleveland, became the seventy-second president of the Association at the 1934 meeting in St. Paul. One of the matters discussed at the meeting was the widespread practice of radio advertising by dentists. Doctor Casto, a graduate of the Angle School of Orthodontia, established an orthodontic clinic at the Ohio State University Dental School. He practiced orthodontics in Cleveland and Columbus. At Western Reserve University Dental School, he was professor of orthodontics from 1904 to 1937 and dean from 1917 to 1937. He served as president of the American Society of Orthodontists in 1909. He was born in …
Ada President 1903-1904: Charles C. Chittenden, American Dental Association
Ada President 1903-1904: Charles C. Chittenden, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Chittenden, of Wisconsin, was elected forty-first president of the Association at the 1903 meeting at Asheville, North Carolina. The program included a paper on "A Plea for the Abandonment of Vulcanite for Base Plates." Doctor Chittenden was active in the National Association of Dental Examiners, advocating higher dental educational standards. He was mainly responsible for enactment of the first Wisconsin dental practice act and was president of the Wisconsin dental board for many years. Doctor Chittenden was one of the founders and several times president of the Wisconsin State Dental Society. He was born in New York in 1842 …
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 1916-1917: Lafayette Layman Barber, American Dental Association
Ada President 1916-1917: Lafayette Layman Barber, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Barber, of Toledo, was elected fifty-fourth president of the Association at the 1916 meeting in Louisville. During Doctor Barber's term, The Journal of the National Dental Association was established as a monthly publication. Dr. Barber was president of the Toledo Dental Society in 1900, the Northern Ohio Dental Association, also in 1900, and the Ohio State Dental Association in 1906. He served six years as a member of the Ohio State Board of Dental Examiners. He was born in Ohio in i860 and died in 1929.
Ada President 1883-1884: Edwin Tyler Darby, American Dental Association
Ada President 1883-1884: Edwin Tyler Darby, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Darby, of Philadelphia, was elected twenty-third president of the Association at the 1883 meeting in Niagara Falls. In his presidential address the following year, Doctor Darby reviewed developments in the profession since the Association was organized in 1859: the number of dentists increased from less than 4,000 to more than 12,000; the number of dental colleges, including dental departments of universities, increased from three to twenty; the number of states with laws regulating the practice of dentistry was twenty in 1884 compared to none in 1859. Doctor Darby was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society in 1875. …
Ada President 1970-1971: John Michael Deines, American Dental Association
Ada President 1970-1971: John Michael Deines, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Deines, of Seattle, became the one-hundred-andseventh-president of the Association at the 1970 meeting in Las Vegas. The House of Delegates adopted a statement on the "25th Anniversary of Fluoridation," saying "The American Dental Association urges state legislatures and public officials and agencies involved in health planning or care programs to give the highest priority to implementing fluoridation without further delay." Doctor Deines, a general practitioner, was a member of the House of Delegates from 1956 to 1963; he then served six years as a member of the Board of Trustees. He also served the Association as a member of …
Ada President 1931-1932: Martin Dewey, American Dental Association
Ada President 1931-1932: Martin Dewey, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Dewey, of New York City, became the sixty-ninth president of the Association at the 1931 meeting in Memphis. In that year the Association established its headquarters at 212 East Superior Street in Chicago. Doctor Dewey was an orthodontist and a physician. He served as professor of orthodontics at the Kansas City Dental School, University of Iowa Dental Department, Chicago Dental College and the New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery. He gained wide recognition as an outstanding teacher, debater, public speaker, and writer on dental subjects. He was the editor of the International Journal of Orthodontia for 17 …
Ada President 1951-1952: Leroy Massey Ennis, American Dental Association
Ada President 1951-1952: Leroy Massey Ennis, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Ennis, of Philadelphia, became the eighty-eighth president of the Association at the 1951 meeting in Washington. In his presidential address at the 1952 meeting, Doctor Ennis spoke of the rapid institution of fluoridation of public water supplies since it was approved by the House of Delegates in 1950. Doctor Ennis was a professor and chairman of the department of radiology for over 40 years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He was the author of a textbook, Dental Roentgenology, and was a founder and president of the American Academy of Dental Radiology. Doctor Ennis served as …
Ada President 1897-1898: Thomas Fillebrown, American Dental Association
Ada President 1897-1898: Thomas Fillebrown, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Fillebrown, of Boston, was elected thirty-fifth president of the Association at the 1897 meeting at Old Point Comfort, Virginia. This was a joint meeting of the American Dental Association and the Southern Dental Association, the purpose of which was to plan a merger of the two associations. Doctor Fillebrown, dentist and physician, was a professor of operative dentistry and oral surgery at the Harvard University dental school for 21 years. Author of Textbook on Operative Dentistry, he wrote extensively for dental journals on such subjects as oral surgery, cleft lip, cleft palate, hypnosis, anesthesia, the physiology of speech, and …
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 1866-1867: Chauncy P. Fitch, American Dental Association
Ada President 1866-1867: Chauncy P. Fitch, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Fitch, of New York City, was elected sixth president of the Association at the 1866 meeting in Boston. This was a seven-day meeting instead of the usual four. Part of the meeting was concerned with negotiations with the Goodyear company regarding the use of patented vulcanite material in dentures. Doctor Fitch held a Doctor of Medicine degree and maintained that dentistry was a specialty of medicine. In a paper delivered at the 1866 meeting, he said that dental education should consist of a "full curriculum of medical study" in addition to the dental courses. Doctor Fitch was one of …
Ada President 1966-1967: William Andrew Garrett, American Dental Association
Ada President 1966-1967: William Andrew Garrett, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Garrett, of Atlanta, became the one-hundred-and-third president of the Association at the 1966 meeting in Dallas. The House of Delegates adopted the American Dental Association Dental Health Program for Children and established the Council on Dental Care Programs. Doctor Garrett, a general practitioner, served the Association as a member of the Board of Trustees for two terms and as a member of the House of Delegates for many years. He was also chairman of the Council on Scientific Session and the Section on Operative Dentistry. Doctor Garrett was president of the Georgia Dental Association, the Atlanta Dental Society, and …
Ada President 1910-1911: Edward Sanford Gaylord, American Dental Association
Ada President 1910-1911: Edward Sanford Gaylord, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Gaylord, of New Haven, Connecticut, was elected forty-eighth president of the Association at the 1910 meeting in Denver. This meeting was considered to be the golden anniversary of the Association, the first regular meeting having been held in 1860. Doctor Gaylord practiced dentistry in New Haven for 60 consecutive years. He was the last president of the Association having only preceptorial training. Doctor Gaylord was president of the Connecticut State Dental Association in 1893. He was born in Connecticut in 1840 and died in 1926.
Ada President 1923-1924: William A. Giffen, American Dental Association
Ada President 1923-1924: William A. Giffen, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Giffen, of Detroit, became the sixty-first president of the Association at the 1923 meeting in Cleveland. There were 196 members of the House of Delegates and nine trustees. Doctor Giffen was in general practice in Detroit. He was recognized as an expert in denture construction. Doctor Giffen served as president of the Detroit Dental Society, the Michigan State Dental Society, and the Michigan State Board of Dental Examiners. He was born in Canada in 1866 and died in 1929
Ada President 1882-1883: William Henry Goddard, American Dental Association
Ada President 1882-1883: William Henry Goddard, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Goddard, of Louisville, was elected twenty-second president of the Association at the 1882 meeting in Cincinnati. He had served as treasurer since 1867. Doctor Goddard was born in Massachusetts in 1808 and died during his term as president, on March 4, 1883. An obituary in the 1883 edition of Transactions of the American Dental Association included the following: "In his profession he strove to be abreast of the times. Honors came to him unsought; and whatever station in life he occupied or whatever trusts he administered, he was honest and faithful.''
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 1921-1922: Thomas B. Hartzell, American Dental Association
Ada President 1921-1922: Thomas B. Hartzell, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Hartzell, of Minneapolis, became the fifty-ninth president of the Association at the 1921 meeting in Milwaukee. In that year, a number of dental schools began stipulating one year of predental college work as a requirement for admission. Doctor Hartzell, who was a dentist and a physician, in 1904 organized the periodontia department at the University of Minnesota, where he was a professor of oral and general surgery. He was the author of several books on mouth diseases and surgery. Doctor Hartzell was for many years a member of the Research Commission of the American Dental Association. He was born …
Ada President 1912-1913: Frank O. Hetrick, American Dental Association
Ada President 1912-1913: Frank O. Hetrick, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Hetrick, of Ottawa, Kansas, was elected fiftieth president of the Association at the 1912 meeting in Washington. Doctor Hetrick served as president of the Kansas State Dental Association and the National Board of Dental Examiners. For many years he was chairman of the Research Commission of the National Dental Association. He was born in Ohio in 1859 and died in 1934.
Ada President 1963-1964: James Porter Hollers, American Dental Association
Ada President 1963-1964: James Porter Hollers, American Dental Association
ADA Presidents 1860-1979
Doctor Hollers, of San Antonio, became the one hundredth president of the Association at the 1963 meeting in Atlantic City. Doctor Hollers was a member of the House of Delegates in 1949-1953 and again in 1956-1962. He was president of the Texas Dental Association in 1959-1960 and the San Antonio District Dental Society in 1955. He served in both World War I and World War II, and later was a brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. Doctor Hollers served as president of the San Antonio Board of Education and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. He was chairman and …