Paul V. Reid (1909–1989)

Paul V. Reid (1909–1989)

eid (I 909-1989) n July 24, 1989, the specialty sustained a great los th the death of Paul V. Reid following a lingering illness. Dr. Reid served as ...

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n July 24, 1989, the specialty sustained a great los th the death of Paul V. Reid following a lingering illness. Dr. Reid served as president of the American Association of Orthodontists in 1969, and president of the American Board of Orthodontics in 1965. He received his DDS degree from the University of Michigan in 1929, but was too young to enter private practice. This professional obstacle actually became a benefit to orthodontics because Dr. Reid then decided to continue specialty training at Michigan where he received his master of science in orthodontics degree in 1931. He became associated with Andrew F. Jackson in downtown Philadelphia in 193 1, and practiced with Dr. Jackson until he entered the U.S. Navy in 1942. Dr. Reid achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and served at various ports, completing his active duty at Pearl Harbor in 1946. Dr. Reid returned to Pennsylvania and developed a most eminent practice in Bryn Mawr, a suburb of Philadelphia. A master clinician, he became professor and chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1952. For 15 years he remained devoted to teaching, ran a multidisciplinary program, and made many valuable contributions to orthodontic education at Penn. He founded the Orthodontic Alumni Society in 1953; it has been active for 35 consecutive years. He shared his knowledge by giving many excellent lectures and presenting well thoughtout papers before many associations. In addition to his leadership as an educator, he was also a leader in many professional societies. On the local scene, he was a member of the Philadelphia Orthodontic Society, the Academy of Stomatology of Philadelphia, the Stomatological Club of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons. Dr. id served as president of the Middle Atlantic Society Orthodontists and maintained an affiliate membership in the Northeastern Society of Orthodontists. He was also a member of prestigious Philadelphia Dental Club. His various fraternal organizations included Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Phi Sigma Phi, Kappa Phi, and Xi Psi Phi. He was an avid golfer and a long-time member of the Merion Golf Club. Dr. Reid is survived by his charming and inspirational wife, Eleanor Brokaw Reid. The specialty fondiy salutes a talented, dedicated, and tireless contributor, who was a socially admired

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member of the profession. Our specialty is proud to have claimed him as one of its own. Robert L. ~a~ar~d~~l, Jr., DDS Chairman, Department of Qrt~~doi~tics The Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute ~h~L~delp~~a, Pa. Earl E. ~hepard, DDS St. Louis, MO. Robert B Hedges Jenkintown, Pa.

eorge F. Andreasen, professor of orthodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, died Aug. 11, 1989, at age 55. Dr. Andreasen, son of George and Laura May Andreasen, was born in Fremont, Neb., Feb. 16, 1934. He attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, receiving both a BS degree in mechanical engineering and his DDS degree in 1959. Following a 1-year research fellowship in Oxford, England, in 1960, he returned to the University of Nebraska to study orthodontics and received his MSD in 1963. Dr. Andreasen joined the University of Iowa faculty in 1963, and