University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Our Own Dean Dr. J. Ben Robinson ' R. J. Ben Robinson was born on a small farm near Clarksburg, West Vir- ginia, April 16, 1883. He received his early education in the public schools of his native state. After teaching in the rural schools for three years. Dr. Robinson entered Marshall College, in Huntington, West Virginia, from which he graduated with honors in 1908. The following three years he spent in high school teaching and in special work in science and mathematics at West Virginia University. In 1911 Dr. Robinson entered the University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, where he distinguished himself as an excellent student and a leader in scholastic activi- ties. He graduated in 1914, winning the University Scholarship Gold Medal. Dr. Robinson has taken a keen and active interest in the advancement of the dental profession, particularly in Maryland. From 1914 to 1921 he successively held the positions of Instructor and Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Professor of Operative Page Nine

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The First Dean Dr. Chapin A. Harris LJK. Chapin A. Harris, one of the trvie fathers of dental education, was born in New York. Little is known of his life until 182 when he began the study of medi- cine. Dr. Harris commenced his medical practice in Ohio in 1823, but for several years gave little attention to dentistry except to extract and clean teeth and to insert a few fillings. In 1827 he began to practice dental surgery exclusively. In 1833 Dr. Harris moved to Baltimore and opened a practice. In 1840, with the help of Dr. Horace Hayden, he founded the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, of which he became the first dean. Dr. Harris was greatly beloved by the profession for which he labored as a prac- titioner, writer, and teacher for more than a quarter of a century. Vage Eight

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Dcntistr) ' .it the University of Maryland. In 192 1 he resigned to devote liis lull time to private practice. However, in 1924 Dr. Robinson again became actively associated with the School when he was appointed Dean, succeeding Dr. T. O. Heatwole. Dean Robinson is nationally recognized for his achievements In the dental profes- sion, having acted in an advisory capacity for both the federal and state governments. He has also played a prominent part in fraternal affairs, having served as Supreme Grand Master of Psi Omega Fraternity since 1931. Dr. Robinson ' s name now appears in Who ' s Who; he is one of the few of his profession to be so recognized. The Dean ' s Messsage Any arrangements which in any considerable degree prevent superiority from profiting by the rewards of superiority or shield inferiority from the evil it entails — any arrange- ments which tend to make it as well to be inferior as to be superior are arrangements diametrically opposed to the progress of organization and the reaching of a higher life. Herbert Spencer. Page Ten