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A rm y and N avy J .A .D .A ., V o l. 33, O c t o b e r 15, 1946 1377 elected vice-president, and W. M. Springer, Cincinnati, was named chair­ man...

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A rm y and N avy

J .A .D .A ., V o l. 33, O c t o b e r

15, 1946

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elected vice-president, and W. M. Springer, Cincinnati, was named chair­ man of the executive board. Others elected to the board w ere: C. L. Barnes, Houston, and C. W . Dorsey, Philadelphia, who, with Dr. Springer, will serve for three years; A. S. Hunter, Durham, N. C., C. E. Williams, Chicago, and B. J. M artin, New Orleans, all of whom will serve for two years; and H. W. Proffitt, Helena, Ark., and C. L. Thomas, Louisville, both elected for one year. Speakers included D. H. Turpin, re­ tiring president; Clifton O . Dum m ett; M . Don Clawson, president and director of dental education, School of Dentistry, M eharry M edical College; and Drs. Thom as and Dixon. Clinics were conducted by O . B. Commer, A. M. M ackel, W illiam H. Allen, Allen P. West, Andrew J. Stith, Robert Foskett, R. H . Kingery, John W. Kemper, J. R. Bustetter, John H. Young, James F. Smith, W . T . Grady, R. W . Harrison, R. E. R. Lovell, Andrew E. M cDonald, S. J. Collum , Jr., J. Ed­ ward Bowman and Mrs. M abel Latson.

AR MY AND N A V Y N A V A L D E N T A L O F F IC E R S S T IL L R E Q U IR E D T O S E R V E 30 M O N T H S

T h e statement in the September 15 issue of T h e J o u r n a l that naval den­ tists who had received government sup­ port in their education would be dis­ charged after twenty-four months of service was incorrect. T he information was taken from a press release issued by the Army. T h e service requirement for naval dental officers who received all or part of their training at government ex­ pense is still thirty months, and no fur­ ther change has been announced.

H eads Navy D en ta l Division Rear A dm iral A lfred W. C hand ler, who was recently appointed to head the newly-formed D ental Division of the Navy Bureau of M e d i­ cine and Surgery

N A V Y D E N T A L D IV IS IO N C H IE F IS V E T E R A N O F 29 Y E A R S ' S E R V IC E

Rear Adm iral Alfred W . Chandler, chief of the newly formed Dental D ivi­ sion of the Navy Bureau of M edicine and Surgery, is a veteran of twenty-nine years in military service, it was learned last month. T h e new dental chief joined the Navy Dental Corps as a lieutenant (j. g.) Feb­ ruary 20, 1917, and just prior to the entry of the United States into W orld W ar II had advanced to the rank of captain. During his naval career, Admiral Chandler served as senior dental officer at the Navy Yard, Charleston; Naval Station, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; R e­ ceiving Station and Naval Hospital, Brooklyn; U . S. Naval Dental School and Naval Hospital, Washington; U. S. Naval A ir Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Academy, Annapolis, M d.; and Naval Training Center, San Diego.

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H e also held the posts of district dental officer at headquarters of the Eleventh Naval District and of inspector of dental activities in the Bureau of M edicine and Surgery, Washington. In addition, he served aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga and

T he J o u rn a l o f the A m e ric a n D e n ta l A s s o c ia t io n

the U.S.S. Relief. He attained the rank of rear admiral upon his appointment as chief of the Dental Division August 14. H e is a graduate of the Thom as W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute, University of Pennsylvania.

DENTAL EDUCATION O R T H O D O N T IA A N D O R A L S U R G E R Y PO PU LAR AT N O RTH W ESTERN

with the University of Louisville and has already joined that faculty.

Courses in orthodontia and oral sur­ gery were in the greatest demand when the Dental School, Northwestern U n i­ versity, resumed its sessions September 30, school officials reported. Also reported were the following faculty changes: Harold J. Noyes left his post in orthodontia to become dean of the University of Oregon; Earl Zaus retired as professor of physiology after twenty years on the staff ; Stanley Harris will replace Dr. Zaus; and John R. Thompson has taken charge of the D e­ partment of Orthodontia. Dan Y . Burrill has accepted a faculty appointment

T W O N E W M E M B E R S J O IN M EH A R R Y DENTAL FACU LTY

Tw o new members have been added to the faculty of the School of Dentistry, M eharry M edical College. T h ey are S. O . Banks, who recently completed a year of graduate work in oral surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, and Felix Lindo, who will supervise the children’s dentistry clinics. Dr. Banks will combine teaching activities with hospital duties to fulfill his residential requirements for the American Board of Surgery.

O h io University M ed ica l Center Latest drawings for the first buildings in the proposed O h io State University M ed ica l C enter, recently authorized by the state legislature. O n the extrem e right is a five-story dental build­ ing, connected on the west by a clin ic wing to the proposed thirteen-story hospital at the left. T h e hospital would start opposite the present hospital and extend west toward the Olentangy R iver