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

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ROBERT D. GREENIER Bob is one of a tightly knit group in class who are known collectively as the Shankers because thev commute daily to and from their respective domiciles in Camp Shanks. Bob came to us from Fordham University where he received his B.S. in 1 94 1. From Fordham he went into the Navy Air Corps and earned two full stripes as a pilot of PBlMs and PBYs, and saw service in the Pacific Theater around Hawaii and the Aleutians. Inci- dentally, Bob ' s charming wife, Elaine, is an R.N. and has been employed in a dental office, so Bob shouldn ' t have any assistant problem when he goes into private practice in Bloomingdale, New York after graduation. Bob enjoyed the benefits of a summer junior internship at Rockland State Hos- pital. He has been a member in good standing of Psi Omega fraternity. f ■ EDWARD MITCHELL GRIFFIN Eddy hopes to be the dentally distinguished son of a dentally distinguished father, since his father is a noted orthodontist of Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. Ed, however, hopes to specialize in oral surgery and intends to intern in Kings County Hospital toward that end. Eddv is one of our several Ivy League collegiates, having received his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1947. Previous to that, he served as a Naval officer in a mine disposal unit and reached the grade of Lieutenant Cj-g.)- Ed ably served us as class Secretary during the freshman year and is a member in good standing of Psi Omega fraternity. We wish him luck in his oral surgery aspirations.

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EDW RD LI. 1 RII DM I he shadow of a dark and vague mystery hangs over Eddy. It is rumored that he possesses strange powers and Has the secrets of sorcery at his com- mand. How else, it is argued, how else can it he explained, that a dental student in his entire career, from freshman Dental Anatomy through to senior Prosthetics, has never, hut never, been in the build- ing alter 4:45 P.M. Those on the inside, ol course, know that there is nothing supernatural about the affair at all. It ' s just that Evelyn, who is finished with her school duties at three, awaits at home. Eddv. not content with one institution or learning gleaned his pre-dental education from Mount Union College and from New York University. During the war. he served in the Army Air Force as a 2nd lieutenant. He was a navigator and engineer on a B-29 which, he tells me. outdid Daniel ' s feat for danger. Ed is a member in good standing in the William Jarvie Society and is associate photo editor of the ' 51 Dental Columbian. After graduation, he hopes to find a good residencv or internship. I DICRAN GOULIAN JR. Dick hasn ' t onlv one claim to fame, but several. Besides being the white-haired bov of the ' 51 class, he also happens to be the youngest. He has the greatest number of nick-names, he is the only one of us that uses loupes, and he is the only dental student in captivity who has a mother who is a fully quali- fied, if unlicensed, dental technician. Dick is the photo editor of the 1951 Dental Columbian and deserves manv thanks for the hard work involved and the great results that he produced. Dick got his A.B. from Columbia College in 1948 after serving in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman in the Dental Corps. Dick is a member of and official bartender for Psi Omega, a member of the William Jarvie Societv. and is on the staff of Dental Ab- stracts, and the Dental Columbian. He is also unique in regard to his plans for the future. He intends to practice dentistry part time while he attends medical school. His ultimate aim is a spe- cialty in oral and maxillo-facial surgery.

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II 1 1 1 VV. HiHIM 1 ' . Bill came to us in the Freshman year as the only m.in with two children. Suzanne is now 8 and Sheila is ti and Bill and Ann are justifiably proud of their beautiful blonde daughters. Incidentally, while Bill is bus) ai school. Ann has found time, besides caring for the two girls, to run a disk-jockey show- on a local (Jtica, V Y. radio station. Bill got his undergraduate education at Colgate and of course had to go on to dental school because all readers of the Re . . . r ' s Di . . st know that Colgate reduces tooth decay. During the war. Bill served as an Army Air Corps pilot flying twenty five missions in the ETO. At school he has ablv represented our class on the Student Council through the freshman. sophomore, junior, and senior years, and served as its secretary in his junior year. He is also a member in good standing in the William Jarvie Society and in Psi Omega. He plans to rejoin the Air Force as a dental officer following graduation. • ' • ■ ■ . PHILIP KUTNER Phil ' s forte is making models. There is little else that gives him the exquisite pleasure of a model well made. For Phil, the model is God, and dupli- cating colloid its Prophet. Another outstanding quality of the man is his unexcelled popularity at exam time. Phil received his B.S. from C.C.N. Y. in 1944. and entered the field of petroleum chem- istry. His job sent him to Lake Charles, Louisiana with his brand new wife, Eth. During the war the chemist was converted to an infantrv T Sgt and Phil served in the Philippine Campaign and later in Japan with the 25th Division. Phil has served the class well as Secretary during the sophomore, junior, and senior years. He has been a member of the William Jarvie Society and this year ablv served as Secretary of that organization. Phil had a junior internship at Creedmore State Hospital last summer and liked it so well that he plans to return at least for a short time after graduation.