P R EL IM IN A R Y
PROGRAM
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. DENTAL
AND CONGRESS
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS
AUGUST
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1947
OFFICIAL CALL T o the Members of the American Dental Association:
You are hereby notified that the Eighty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Dental Association will be held in Boston, August 4-8, 1947. The House of Delegates will convene at 10 :0 0 a.m., Monday, August 4. The second session will be held at 1:3 0 p.m., Monday, August 4 ; the third session at 1:3 0 p.m., Wednesday, August 6 ; the fourth session at 1:3 0 p.m., Thursday, August 7, and a possible fifth session at 10 :0 0 a.m., Friday, August 8. The sessions of the House of Delegates will be held in the Imperial Ballroom of the Hotel Statler. The Credentials Committee will register delegates and alternates, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 3, at the Hotel Statler. All other members will register at the Registration Office in the M e chanics’ Building. The Registration Department will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5 :0 0 p.m., Sunday, August 3 ; from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., M on day, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 4-6; from 9:00 a.m. to 5 :0 0 p.m., Thursday, August 7, and from 9:00 a.m. until noon, Friday, August 8. The first General Session, which will be held at 10 :3 0 a.m., Tuesday, August 5, will also be the opening session of the Tenth International Dental Congress. The second General Session will be held Tuesday eve ning, August 5, at 8:00 p.m. The first and second General Sessions will be held in the Imperial Ballroom of the Hotel Statler. At least thirty days prior to the first day of the Annual Meeting, the constituent societies will file with the general secretary of this Association a list of the names and addresses of their delegates and alternates. Sterling V . Mead, President Harold Hillenbrand, General Secretary
Sterling V. Mead President 19 46-1947
Sterling V. Mead, president of the American Dental Association, was born October 16, 1888, at Hutchinson, Kan. He attended the public schools and the Salt City Business College in that city. He was graduated in dentistry from George Washington Uni versity in 1914, later obtaining his bachelor and master's degrees in science from Georgetown University. In 1929 he served as president of the District of Columbia Dental Society and, in 1932, as vice-president of the American Dental Association. For several years before assuming the office of president, he served as chairman of the Committee on Legislation if-
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION BOSTON, AUGUST 4 - 8 , 1 9 4 7
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Opposite Page, Above: Philip E. Adams, General Chairman; Glenn W. Lawrence, Vice Chairman; Percy R. Howe, Honorary Chairman; LeRoy M. S. Miner, Honorary Chair man. Below: Henry Hicks, Honorary Chairman; James H. Maycock, Ex Officio; Her bert I. Margolis, Ex Officio; John R. Wallace, Chairman, Publicity
Above: Frederick E. Grant, Chairman, Entertainment; Frederick A. Trevor, Chairman, Health and Scientific Exhibits; Hyman Schwartz, Chairman, Public Relations; Roger J . Edwards, Chairman, Information. Below: Edwin M. Scribner, Chairman, Clinic; Frank W. Rounds, Chairman, Associated Groups; Maurice E. Peters, Chairman, Halls and Hotels; George C. Brown, Chairman, Reception and Transportation
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Speaker House of Representatives United States Congress
GUEST SPEAKERS
A. E. Rowlett President Federation Dentaire Internationale
Leo E. Allen Chairman Committee on Rules House of Representatives United States Congress
GENERAL PROGRAM Board of Trustees, First Session Thursday, July 3 1, 10:00 a.m. Hancock Room, Hotel Statler Board of Trustees, Second Session Friday, August 1, 10:00 Hancock Room, Hotel Statler
a.m.
Board of Trustees, Third Session Saturday, August 2, 10:00 a.m. Hancock Room, Hotel Statler State Officers’ Conference
Sunday, August 3, Georgian Room, Hotel Statler
9:30 a.m.
Registration, Delegates and Alternates Sunday, August 3, 10:00 a.m. Ballroom Assembly, Hotel Statler Registration, General
Starting Sunday, August 3, 10:00 a.m. Mechanics’ Building
House of Delegates, First Session Monday, August 4, 10 :0 0 a.m. Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler House of Delegates, Second Session Monday, August 4, Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler
1:3 0 p.m.
President’s International Reception Monday, August 4, 8:00 p.m. Georgian Room, Hotel Statler First General Session and Opening of Tuesday, August 5, 10 :3 0 a.m. Tenth International Dental Congress Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler Ladies’ Luncheon and Style Show Tuesday, August 5, 12 :0 0 noon Georgian Room, Hotel Statler Second General Session
Tuesday, August 5, 8:00 p.m. Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler
Past Presidents’ Luncheon
Wednesday, August 6, 12 :0 0 noon Parlor C, Hotel Statler
House of Delegates, Third Session Wednesday, August 6, 1:3 0 p.m. Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler President’s Dinner
Wednesday, August 6, 8:00 p.m. Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler
House of Delegates, Fourth Session Thursday, August 7, 1:3 0 p.m. Imperial Ballroom, Hotel Statler House of Delegates, Fifth Session
Friday, August 8
SECTION OFFICERS— CHAIRMEN AND SECRETARIES Above: Kenneth A. Easlick, Chairman, Ralph L. Ireland, Secretary: Dentistry for Chil dren and Oral Hygiene. W . W. Hurst, Chairman, Carl O. Flagstad, Secretary: Full Denture Prosthesis. Below: W. Harry Archer, Chairman, J . Frank Hall, Secretary: Hos pital Dental Service. J . Bernard Hutcherson, Chairman, Alexander W. Jeffery, Secre tary: Operative Dentistry, Materia Medica and Therapeutics
Opposite Page, First Row: George W. Christiansen, Chairman, Frank B. Hower, Sec retary: Oral Surgery, Exodontia and Anesthesia. L. B. Higley, Chairman, F. Copeland Shelden, Secretary: Orthodontics. Second Row: Oliver C. Applegate, Chairman, A. O. Klaffenbach, Secretary: Partial Denture Prosthesis. Hunter S. Allen, Chairman, J . A. Jacobsmeyer, Secretary: Periodontia. Third Row: Gaylord J . James, Chairman, Cecil H. Bliss, Secretary: Practice Management. H. C. Fixott, Sr., Chairman, LeRoy M. Ennis, Secretary: Radiology. Fourth Row: Hermann Becks, Chairman, Robert G . Kesel, Secretary: Research. Leo F. Marré, Chairman: Committee on Scientific and Health Exhibits. Cecil C. Connelly, Chairman: Committee on Motion Pictures