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

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ORAL SURGERY BION R. EAST, D.D.S. Prof. Emeritus — Acting Director of Div. of Oral Surgery t is my hope, and that of others, that more emphasis will be placed upon the responsibility of the dental profession to further basic research. I believe that the President ' s Committee on The Edu- cational Future of Columbia University sums up what I have in mind: The aim of all Columbia ' s professional schools . . . should be to bring to the problems of the professions the perspectives and fruits of liberal university scholarship and to produce young men and women able to enrich the body of knowledge on which a profession leans . . . and further, in the future, much attention should be given to a closer integra- tion, recently badly neglected, between the work of the dental profession and public health interests, which would place greater stress on preven- tive measures . Dr. Bion R. East WILLIAM J. SAVOY, B.S., D.D.S. Clin. Prof. Director of Division of Oral Surgery T.Mitchell Bundrant D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Alvin S. Nathan, B M.A., D.D.S., Clin. I : . vFm w Morris Fierstein, D.D.S. Fred Rothenberg, D.M.D., Kourken A. Daglian, B.S. Bertram Klatskin, A.B., Morris Kavelle, B.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. D.D.S., Asst. Clin. Prof. Robin M. Rankov, B.S., D.D.S., M.D. Assf. Clin. Prof. Julian W. Anderson D.D.S, Instructor Harold D. Baurmash D.D.S., Instructor Stanley S. Heller, B.S., D.D.S., Instructor Louis Mandel, B.A., D.D.S. George Minervini, A.B., Instructor D.D.S., Instructor Boaz Shattan, A.B D.D.S., Instructor Alvin L. Solomon, D.D.S. Instructor iichard J. Lowell, D.D.S. Sidney Silver, B.S., M.S., Clin. Asst. D.D.S., Clin. Assf. Morton J. Stern, B.A., D.D.S., Clin. Assf. Lours J. Loscalzo, B. i D.D.S., Instructor Seymour Zeff, D.M.D. Paul Schneider, B.A., Clin. Assf. D.D.S., M.Sc, Clin. Assf. Allen L. Firestein, . D.D.S., Clin. Ass

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he future does not suddenly materialize in response to any single act but is built up of a framework and clothed in a tradition. When the School of Dental and Oral Surgery was established at Columbia University, this was a recognition of the fact that the teaching of dentistry constituted an academic discipline. Moreover, the concept was established that the role of this school should be to strive for excellence in all its activities, tutorial and investigative alike. To achieve this aim, it was necessary to assemble a staff which accepted this purpose, to choose a student body which could profit from this type of instruction, and to provide sufficient, appropriate facilities. The extent to which this was achieved can be judged from the accomplishments of the staff and the graduates. In addition to being part of a university, we have also been part of a medical center dedicated alike to research, to teaching, and to treatment. A relation, therefore, between dentistry and the various aspects of medicine has also been established through a process of evolution and experiment. Since there is a continually extending body of knowledge common to all the healing arts, the several basic science departments have been serving, and continue to serve all branches of practice. The recent reconstitution of the Faculty of Dentistry implies that instruction in dentistry will be independent of medicine but will remain in proximity to it. Our common purpose is the advancement of dentistry in its methods, in its accomplishments, in its scope, and in its dignity. All we need say of the future is that we shall continue, each in his way, to work for this aim. DR. SOLON A. ELLISON Arthur Bushel, D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dental Public Health ;Curt Proskauer, D.M.D. Zvrator of the Museum Maxwell Karshan, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry Wesley Halperr, D.D.S. Assoc, fn Bjocftemisfry Harry Van Dyke, Ph.D. Hosack Prof. of Pfiarmaco ogy Frederick G. Hofmann, Ph.D. Assf. Prof. of Pharmacology Shih-Chun Wang Ph.D., M.D. Prof, of Pharmacology Harry M. Rose, M.D. John E. Borne, Prof, of Med. and Surg. Research Herbert J. Bartelstone D.D.S. Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology lart W. Tanenboum Ph.D. Assoc. Prof, of Microbio ogy

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Standing Left to Right; Anna Soave, Rose Feinman, Margaret Lambert, Inge Roeh- rig. Seated Left to Right: Constance Scar- valone, Marliese Roehrig, Doris Tormes, Edna McNeil, Judy Leopold. PERSONNEL n any gfield of endeavor, there are several paths a group may follow. One is that fraught with difficult problems and filled with indecision, frustration and snafu. Another, more welcome path, is that one of purpose, order and organization. We of the senior class have been very fortunate to have been able to follow the latter path in that the pitfalls concomittant with working in the clinic have been eliminated by a highly efficient and understanding Administrative Staff under the direction of Mrs. Florence Moore. We shall be ever thankful for the way they lessened our burdens during the clinic years. A special note of gratitude must include Mrs. Moore ' s assistants: Mrs. Musterman, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Katz and Mrs. Soave. Many many thanks. MRS. FLORENCE V. MOORE Director of Clinic MICHAEL McGRATH Dental Stores Standing Left to Right: Leticia Casillas Grace Musterman, Kathleen Shailey, Eleanor Koepchen, Josephine Lamas, Pari Vahdat. Sealed Left to Right: Judith Katz, Joan Schmitt, Sally Webster, Rosa- lind Lyons, Theresa Belideau. 19