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

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COLUMBIA He agreed and subsequently found teaching so much to his liking that he has ' . ' en teaching ever since. Hi- entrance into prosthetics as a specialty is equally interesting. L ' pon graduation from dental school the operative phase of dentistry appealed to him more than any other but the fates decreed thai he specialize in prosthetics. In North Dakota then ' were at the time no more than forty dentists. This naturally gave little opportunity for operative work and a great deal for denture work. As a result the young practitioner concluded that he had better learn more a -■nit the work that was crowding his time. Being of a curious and mechanical nature he found himself more and more deeply interested in the specialty. His work has I n so successful and his knowledge so resourceful that he is now recog- nized as one of the leading authorities of denture restorations. In 191? Dr. Rowe was appointed a member of the Medical Advisory Draft Board. In 192G the Minnesota State Dental Society honored him with the presi- dency. He is a member of the Monson Research and Study Club of St. Paul. He is also a member of the Delta Tan Delta and Delta Sigma Delta fraternities. In 192? Dr. liowe was asked to become a member of the faculty of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery of Columbia University. He was appointed a Professor of Dentistry and assigned to the (. ' hair of Prosthetic Dentistry. This position he still holds. He is at present also, an Attending Dental Surgeon to the Presbyterian Hospital. In the teaching of prosthetics Dr. liowe is primarily interested in muscle action and balance. In this work he i more concerned with the biological applica- tion of the mechanical rather than the mechanical aspect itself. It is his hope to make these biological facts easily understood by the student of dentistry rather than something which is to be learned only through years of experience. The end of the present list of events that constitute the biography of Dr. Rowe has been reached but no biography written by one who is nut a close friend can accurately and capably bring out the inherent attributes of the man. Events are easily tabulated but the love and effection which the student body en masse holds Dr. Arthur Taylor Rowe is not so easily set into print. 1 utter the sentiment of the student body when I say we look up to Dr. Arthur Taylor Rowe as a teacher and a man. JACK J. HATERS, ::-. ' . DENTAL REVIEW Nim

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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

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