Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - Dental Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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COLUMBIA DEDICATION The sentiment and feeling behind the ovation which greeted him at the senior dinner, demonstrated only in part the great admiration and love of the entire student body, who hereby shoiv their appreciation by dedicating this book to DR. ARTHUR TAYLOR ROWE DENTAL KEVIEW Six

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COLUMBIA DR. ARTHUR TAYLOR ROWE I HE task of a biographer is always difficult but when the man concerned is one who is friendly, sympathetic, kind and held in high esteem by all those who know him it is greatly simplified. In this light the life of Br. Arthur Taylor Howe is far more interesting to those of us who know and appre- ciate him than those who will make note solely of a systematic array of events. S ' Arthur Taylor Eowe was born in 1883 in Casselton, Xorth Dakota, the son of a physician. He attended the Casselton Grammar and High schools and then matriculated at the University of Minnesota. He entered the latter institution in 1901 registering as a pre-medical student. At the end of two years of study, dentistry appeared to him in a. more favorable light than did the profession chosen by his father and so he registered at the School of Dentistry of the university. Upon graduation in 1906 Dr. Rowe began his practice in Larrimore. X. D., a small but interesting town, and quickly became one of its leading personages. Throughout the eleven years of his practice in Larrimore he was held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. His ability and in tegrity quickly seen and appreciated. Dr. Rowe was elected to the town council and held this office annually for seven years. In 1915 his friends elected him mayor of the town, a position he held for two years. When mention was made of the honor such an office signified his reply was typical of the man. He said there really was not much to it. The two factions could not get settled as to a candidate and as a result I received the mayoralty. I was a sort of compromise candidate. He was also a member of the state centra! committee of the Republican party. In 1906 Dr. Rowe was one of the charter members of the Xorth Dakota State Dental Association and was elected a member of the legislative committee of that same society. Dr. Rowe. in 1917, went to Minneapolis to continue his practice. In 1924 be became a part time instructor of prosthetics at the university. His entry into the teaching field was entirely accidental. A close friend was suddenly taken ill and called upon Dr. Rowe to oblige and take over his duties at the dental school. S DENTAL MVIEW Eight