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

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President of the University V [Ickoiai fr urrau Sutler LL.D. (Cantab.), D.Litt. (Oxon. Hon. D. (Paris)

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—-■ V -HOSE who look forward to the practice of dental and oral surgery as a career find themselves increasingly in touch with many of the larger problems of public health. We have only recently begun to learn of the close rela- tionship between general health and disorders of the teeth, however slight. Therefore it is that this particular branch of surgery is one on which just now increasing emphasis should be laid. Preparation for its practice must be thorough and broad, and that general knowledge of medical and surgical science which is so essential as a foundation must underlie the useful practice of this calling. With every good wish for the students of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, and for their future usefulness, I am Faithfully yours, LJJL

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WILLARD C. RAPPLEYE Dr. Willard Cole Rappleye was born in Mari- nette, Wisconsin, on February 11, 1892, and received his early education in the schools of Wisconsin and his A. B. from the University of Illinois in 1915. He received his M. D. from Har- vard Medical School in 1918 and in 1922 Yale University bestowed upon him the honorary A. M. He began his career as laboratory instructor in Comparative Anatomy and Zoology at Colum- bia (1913-14). During 1915-17 he held a similar position at Harvard Dental School. In 1919 he went to the University of California as chief of the Clinical Laboratories and instructor in Bio- chemistry. Later he went East and held the posi- tion of Hospital Administrator at Yale until 1925. 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. HOUGHTON HOLLIDAY Dr. Houghton Holliday was born July 9, 1889, in Sanborn, North Dakota. In 1915 he received his A. B. degree from the University of Minnesota. Two years later his alma mater awarded him the D. D. S. Soon after the World War, Dr. Holliday became a member of the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. In 1920 he returned to the University of Minnesota to become Superintendent of Clinics and Assistant Professor of Dental Sur- gery. Five years later he went to China, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation, where for three years he taught Dental Surgery at the Peking Union Medical College. He became affili- ated with Columbia in 1928, holding the position of Superintendent of Clinics. In 1929 he became an Assistant Professor and in 1935 rose to Associ- ate Professor of Dentistry, heading the Radiology Department, and instructing in Periodontia. In 1936 he was made a full professor and Associate Dean of the School.