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

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NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, LL.D. (Cantab), D.LICE. (Oxon), HOND. (Paris) PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

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Dr. Willard Cole Rappleye, born in Marinette, Wisconsin, February 11, 1892, received his early education in the schools of Wisconsin and his A. B. from the University of Illinois in 1915. In 1918 he received the M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School and in 1922 Yale University conferred an honorary A.M. on him. The varied nature of his career is brought out by the chronicle of the positions he has held. From 1909 to 1911 he was an assistant fac tory manager; from 1911 to 1913 he was Office Secretary and on the Cabinet of the Y.M.C.A. at the University of Illinois. From 1913 to 1914 he held the position of Laboratory Instructor in Comparative Anatomy and General Zoology at this University. Of special interest to us is the fact that during his first few years at Harvard Medical School he was Laboratory Instructor in Comparative Anatomy at Harvard Dental School (1915-1917). During this same period he was student interne at the Psychopathic Hospital, Boston. The year 1919 marks the beginning of a new phase in Dr. Rappleye ' s career. From Boston he was called to the University of California to serve as Chief of Clinical Laboratories and Instructor in Biochemistry. After serving in this capacity for a year he became Director of Hospitals for the University and Acting Superintendent of the Pacific Colony for Feebleminded in 1921. This same year he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Committee on the Training of Hospital Executives. This position terminated when he was called east by the New Haven Hospital to serve as its Superintendent. He held this position in conjunction with that of Professor of Hospital Adminis- tration at Yale University until 192 5. He continued as Hospital Superin- tendent for another year during which he became Director of the Studv Com- mission on Medical Education. He held this position until 1932, the year after this Commission had published its final report. Dr. Rappleye ' s connection with Columbia began in 1931 when he was elected Dean of P. S. In 1933 the University appointed him Acting Dean of the Dental School and Director of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. With Dr. Rappleye ' s appointment as Dean of the Dental School, another step was taken toward a better understanding between the Dental and Medical professions.