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

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sracuit y Below are presented ten of the forty faculty personalities of the B.C.D.S. This section is designed so that the receipt of any four consecutive Mirrors insures the student a coverage of all members of the dental faculty. Joseph P. Cappuccio, Oral Surgery Rhode Island University (B.S.), 1943 . . . B.C.D.S., 1946 . . . University Hospital internship . . . B.C.D.S. Fellowship . . . Psi Omega . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . Middle Atlantic Society of Oral Surgeons . . . extract eight teeth and trim tuberosities in three minutes . . . fast . . . efficient . . . per- petual 5 o ' clock shadow . . . Chanticleer . . . snappy dresser ... his pet: paper-thin cystic ramus . . . Get some light in here. . . . All right, lady. . . . Suction! . . . Little Caesar . . . extrovert . . . makes pre-diagnostic diagnosis. Stuart R. Londeree, Oral Surgery Marshall College . . . B.C.D.S., 1947 . . . Cincinnati General Hospital intern- ship . . . Fort Howard Veterans Hospital residency . . . Psi Omega . . . Phi Tau Alpha . . . child oral surgery . . . operator par excellence . . . tactfully helpful . . . amiable . . . good-looking . . . golf . . . skiing . . . HO gauge railroad . . . poker . . . tells shaggy dog stories . . . collects rare old gold . . . sleight-of-hand artist . . . Do you have fifty cents with you today? . . . I ' ll raise you five. . . . Come out to see my office. . . . two thousand a week. Jose ' Enrique Medina, Operative Dentistry Johns Hopkins University . . . B.C.D.S., 1948 . . . Psi Omega . . . Kappa Alpha Order . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . sophisticated . . . sticks to business . . . sincere teacher . . . coffee . . . bow-tie . . . I ' ll tell you what I think we should do here. . . . Tell me why you don ' t like gold foil. Alvin D. Aisenberg, Periodontia Washington and Lee University . . . B.C.D.S., 1945 . . . University of Illinois, Postgraduate . . . Alpha Omega . . . Phi Epsilon Pi . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . clandestine personality . . . dilatory walker . . . limp-wrist grasp on mirror . . . examines patients from a distance . . . You ' re going to see her again, aren ' t you? . . . Polish it up on the seventh visit. ... I wonder if it is chronic marginal gingivitis. Sterrett P. Beaven, Operative Dentistry B.C.D.S., 1941 . . . Psi Omega . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . taciturn . . . inlay man . . . advocate of noiseless dentistry . . . rimless glasses . . . straight hair . . . conservative to the nth degree . . . imperturbable . . . the third man in the pathology bull-session . . . Sparkie . . . The preparation is all right if you can get a pattern. r i

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ADALBERT VOLCK, DENTIST AND ARTIST (This is the first in a series of articles about distinguished graduates of the School.) In studying the history of the dental profession in the United States one is impressed by the versatility exhibited by the large number of dentists who have matched or excelled their professional work by their accomplishments outside the dental office. Ranking high among those few dentists who have achieved fame both in and out of their profession is Adalbert J. Volck who earned national recognition as a dentist and as an artist. Volck was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, on April 14, 1828, the son of Andrew Von Volzsck, a prominent and prosperous manufacturing chemist and landowner. Most of his youth was spent in Nuremberg, where he attended the Polytechnic Institute. During these formative years he became interested in art; this interest was developed and sustained by visits to the studios of many of the famous artists residing in Nuremberg and by summer residence in art colonies in the nearby mountains. When his family moved to Munich, Adalbert entered the University of Munich, where he majored in chemistry. Volck journeyed to America in 1848 and eventually became associated with Dr. Nathan C. Keep, who was interested in the young German ' s abilities in chemistry. While working with Dr. Keep, Volck attended Harvard University and engaged in experiments in the coloring of porcelains. The turning point of Volck ' s career came when Dr. Chapin A. Harris offered him attractive inducements to come to Baltimore. At the B.C.D.S. Volck assisted Dr. Harris in chemistry and completed his requirements for the D.D.S. degree. Volck ' s training in chemistry and his experimental work with porcelain had an important bearing on the development of his professional reputation. A fine technician, he was a pioneer in the use of porcelain in the filling of teeth. In the field of dental anatomy Volck, collaborating with Christopher Johnson, did sDme excellent work in the microscopy of dental tissues. In the field of metallurgy he made an important contribution to his profession by conducting a series of assays on the gold foils supplied to dentists by the manufacturers. True to his high professional ideals, Volck gave staunch support to both the spirit and the force of organized dentistry. A founding member of the Association of Dental Surgeons, he was one of its most active supporters throughout his professional career. He was a charter member of the Maryland State Dental Association, formed in 1883. Until his retirement in 1902 Volck devoted himself ceaselessly to the best interests of dentistry. He earned a national reputation not only as a highly capable practitioner but also as a valuable contributor to the great progress in the art and science of dentistry accomplished during the period of his half century of practice. The predilection for creative art that Volck had demonstrated during his youth lay dormant for many years. His place as a prominent figure in American art was not achieved until the Civil War, when his caricatures in sup- port of the Southern cause brought him wide recognition. Over the years Volck developed astonishing versatility and achieved expert craftsmanship in several fields of art. In 1872 he founded the Maryland Academy of Fine Arts. Through his school he contributed much to art in Mary- land. The school existed for only three years, but in those years Volck trained several of Baltimore ' s leading artists. The most remarkable feature about the school was that Volck served as the entire faculty, giving capable instruc- tion, based upon his own training and experience, in oils and water colors, modeling, etching, and repousse work in copper and silver. Among the best known works of Volck are The Elaine Shield, a bronze shield depicting characters from the King Arthur mythology; The Silver Tankard, the motif of which is the German legend of Siegfried and Brun- hilde; The Shield to Confederate Women, executed in silver to record the bravery and the patient endurance, the pluck of the finest women in the world. Volck also did some exquisite work in the media of ivory and porcelain. Adalbert Volck is one of the twenty-four dentists included in the Dictionary of American Biography. {7 y

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p erSonauued lih W. Robert Biddington, Endodontia Potomac State . . . Hampden-Sydney College . . . B.C.D.S., 1948 . . . Psi Omega . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . culture tube shaker . . . barbed broach expert . . . periapical practitioner . . . sports fan . . . smooth complexion . . . Well, what do you do in that case? . . . Just carry it to the apex. . . . First take a vitality test. . . . All ' s I know is ... .. . Dodge is better than a Cadillac . . . There ' s a differ- ence between a file and a 9 iron. . . . Wish I could get a deal like that. Charles W. DeVier, Pedodontia University of Virginia . . . Kansas City- Western Dental School . . . B.C.D.S., 1948 . . . University of Michigan, Postgraduate . . . Xi Psi Phi . . . Phi Gamma Delta . . . pompadour hair style . . . Dosh ' s and Dobbs ' buddy . . . beginning golfer . . . auto hobby . . . coin collector . . . dry sense of humor . . . the elbow . . . Alan Ladd of the Pedodontia Clinic (gets rough with the kids and they love it) ... Huhhhhh . . . chronic phone conversationalist . . . Enlist now, son! Conrad L. Inman, Anesthesiology B.C.D.S., 1915 . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . Psi Omega . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . Fellow of the American College of Dentists . . . Kiwanis . . . Shriner Wiltondale Coun try Club . . . Baltimore Country Club . . , skillful nitrous oxide administrator . . . Medical Arts exodontist . . . Just increase the oxygen to 20 ' v . . . . Sometimes they come out fighting. . . . friendly word for everyone . . . Hi, boys. . . . Be good, now. Algert P. Lazauskas, Operative Dentistry B.C.D.S., 1942 ... Psi Omega . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . kadon . . . golf . . . Charles Atlas of the clinic floor . . . promoter . . . plays golf when it is 10 below zero . . . conservative color car ... I can get it for you wholesale. . . . It had 5,000 miles on it, so I traded it. . . . You failed to condense the amalgam on the proximal. . . . Allrighty. Edmond G. Vanden Bosche, Operative Dentistry Penn State College (B.S.), 1943 . . . B.C.D.S., 1947, ... Psi Omega . . . Gorgas Odontological Society . . . Omicron Kappa Upsilon . . . prolonged student helper . . . rapid and elastic gait . . . talks while working . . . sincerity personified . . . multi ideas about inlays . . . fond of gold . . . treatment plans M.FD. ' s . . . When I get a day off, I ' m going to move.