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

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1964 volume:

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College of Physicians and Sum Ins at 59th Street (1887-1928) Hi t i i 4 dental Columbian 1964 grayson kirk, ph.d., II. d. president of the university b gilbert p. smith, d.d.s. dean william j. miller, d.d.s. dedication that rare individual who combines the motivating qualities of the teacher, the exemplary qualities of the professional and the compassion and understand- ing which assuage the rigors of a dental education is indeed hard to find. we the graduating class of 1965 feel honored and grateful to have been associated at Columbia with such a man. the remarkable capacity to transmit to his students his own high professional standards, which in turn become their own standards, is his hallmark. in grateful appreciation to one who always had the extra moment necessary to advise, counsel, critique or console, we dedicate this book to dr. william i. miller. quod erat demonstrandum dr. edward v. zegarelli, director, division of stomatology stomatology dr. austin h. kutscher dr. morton r. schoenberg, dr. ida golomb, dr. Joseph a. cuttita k dr. norman shiff, dr. robert f. walsh dr. frank miele, dr. ed zerden, dr. ronald tenore, dr. norman j. roland k u pfio ? i f  4- drs. John lind, robert umans, jack budowsky, James botwick, david hendell £5 2 dr. irwin d. mandel and dr. Stephen wotman dr. michael marder and dr. Stanley steinerman dr. ferdinand tuoti dr. lillian bachman dr. mortimer karmiol restorative dentistry dr. edward a. cain dr. thomas portway drs. robert allenby, william silverstein, Steven scrivani dr. james benfield and dr. herbert p. fritz dr. Joseph fiasconaro and dr. harold dr. kenneth deesen and dr. george lyons sherman dr. russell garofalo and dr. george rudensky dr. thomas portway and dr. roy boelstler dr. irvin I. hunt dr. stanislaw brzustowicz and dr. roy a. wilko dr. Joseph leavirt dr. gerald besen endodontics drs. abel moreinis, Joseph leavitt, irving naidorf drs. murray cantor, marvin firdman, howard vogel dr. william miller dr. howard blum section of periodontology dr. robert gottsegen dr. melvin 1. morris ■ % WHfw 1 It it I! U Ik ' f dr. frank e. beube prof, and director of periodontology dr. lewis fox dr. leonard hirschfield drs. murray Schwartz, norman joondeph, richard gold- berg, alvin cederbaum dr. charles berman dr. bernard wasserman dr. seymour algus dr. lionel abzug dr. albert salkind dr. herbert oshrain dr. irving karel dr. bernard telsey dr. herbert silvers dr. John j. lucca dr. frank cacciola and dr. Sebastian bruno dr. george hindels, and dr. William j. miller dentistry restorative drs. eugene lasota, victor caronia, ennio ucellani drs. edward kesseler, howard arden, Joseph delisi dr. dale hopp and dr. Joseph dejulia dr. herbert ayers drs. william dwyer jr., John scarola, paul lyons rudolph h. friedrich, d.d.s. prof, of dentistry director, division of oral surgery drs. merwin wolf, kourken daglian, theodore bundrant, raymond zam- bito, fred rothenberg ■(tor — l?i j-T j . 5J dr. george minervini and dr. Julian anderson dr. morton stein and dr. salvatore cordaro dr. harold baurmash and dr. william savoy . 1 K dr. Stanley heller and dr. betram klatskin drs. martin ames, boaz shattan, louis mandel dr. alvin s. solomon dr. robin m. rankow dr. seymour zeff L dr. richard lowell drs. William greenfield, louis loscalzo pedodontics drs. phillip kutner, Julian schroff dr. solomon n. rosenstein drs. William verlin, arnold rosenberg, kenneth levin drs. marc I. berg, george kiriakopoulos dr. mark benes orthodontics dr. richard gliedman dr. david blistein dr. bert b. schoeneman dr. henry seligman dr. nicholas r. di salvo director, division of orthodontics 2 0X L dr. monroe m. gliedman dr. edward m. teltsch dr. harold p. cobin dr. waiter g. spengeman dr. Julius tarshis dr. charles m. chayes dr. henry i. nahoum dr. laszlo Schwartz pre-clinical sciences dr. magnus i. gregarson dr. waiter s. root r dr. louis j. cizek dr. James p. cattell dr. melvin I. moss dr. dorothy d. Johnson dr. charles r. noback dr. William m. rogers dr. harry m. rose Ql dr. w. m. copenhauer I dr. max a. eisenberg m S dr. lester r. cahn dr. robert j. dellenback dr. shu chien dr. shih-chun wang dr. Stuart tannenbaum dr. curt proskauer dr. wilber h. sawyer dr. herbert j. bartelstone dr. harry b. Vandyke dr. edmund applebaum dr. arthur bushel dr. fredrick g. hoffman dental assistant utilization this year ' s senior class feels fortunate in having been given the opportunity to participate in Columbia ' s newest course, dental assistant utilization , for this opportunity, we extend our heartfelt thanks and ap- preciation to dr. george o ' grady. the army has in- deed lost an excellent dentist and magnificent teacher. THE V.EJLT with the class of 1964, the Columbia university school of dental and oral surgery has instituted a new program in order to provide a more compre- hensive dental education for its students, this pro- gram, a two week externship at the roosevelt hospital in new york city, enables students to observe the hospital routine, to participate and observe in the operating and emergency rooms and stimulates and expands the dental student ' s ideas and interests in the field of dentistry. much is owed to the foresight of dean smith and dr. friedrich of our institution as well as the admin- istration and staff of the roosevelt hospital in inaugu- rating this progressive program. drs. douglas Vandyke, melvin blake miss blossom cheney personnel marliesa roehrig, inge roehrig, evelyn ruddiman, gladys heurtas, rose tarentino, maggie white, elise boyd, emma schrier mrs. florence v. moore, director of clinic ida pascocello, phyllis denton, kay berberelly roberta reiter, ann nolan, Stephanie ullander, mary commeaux, ruth burgos, Valerie wingart ida parrell, jane hart, terry manca, Joan lamas, lerty casillas paula tosto, marie kauffman, ann emerich, dorothy yetter muriel kubiak, margaret higgins, Josephine duffy, angela o ' donnell, grace musterman linn higgins, eleanor koepchen, mary mores grace parry, Catherine wells, Joan muller nicholas vero, robert wrong albert katona, William gregory michael mcgrath o O let us seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its horrors, together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease. . . . John fitzgerald kenned y Julian e. alfandre a queens college graduate in chemistry, Julie, with a sharp mind and keen wit, has mastered all that he chose to master in dental school, he expects to serve an internship with a general practice to follow. Bernard h. benkel already a reserve officer in the united states air force, having served for three years overseas after graduating from new york university, bernie has ac- complished much at Columbia, besides serving as dr. budowsky ' s assistant for two years, having a public health fellowship, and being the yearbook shutter- bug, his greatest accomplishment was the birth of his son brian at the yearbook deadline, he will leave for wright-patterson air force base with his d.d.s. degree in hand. rsr- nc hard s. cagan the class of 64 ' s entry from fordham university, dick has been student editor of the clinical stoma- tology journal, vice president of the jarvie society and an active participant in the student recruit- ment program, his research fellowships under drs. ayers and kutscher also attest to his aca- demic and clinical achievements, he will serve a three year army i-nternship before entering pri- vate practice. james n. c lark after receiving a b.s. degree in chemistry from c.c.n.y. and working his way through graduate studies at brooklyn college, jim came to Columbia, here his diligence has been rewarded by his receiv- ing a public health fellowship, the Jesse smith noyes scholarship and the John hay whitney fellowship, he was also elected to the student council and the executive council of alpha omega fraternity, a pos- sible specialty in endodontia will follow an intern- ship at the east orange veterans administration hos- pital. jack h. charig after a distinguished world war II military career which earned him five battle stars, jack came to Columbia with many ye ars as a laboratory technician and a degree from new york university, while here he has achieved great academic success as a member of the jarvie society and wide respect as vice president of the student dental association in addition to dis- playing a magnificent knowledge of dental techniques. jack h. charig jack charig has served not only himself and his school well, but for 4 years he has been both friend and advisor to most of the senior class, in appreciation we present to him this page, for the future we wish him success and happiness. John I. cuskley holding a b.s. degree from fairfield university in Connecticut, John has been his easy-going self whether engaged in dental work or the research fellowship he held in his second year, a far east tour in the air force and general practice are his future plans. david r. fogelson dave received the unusual degree of b.a. in oriental studies at Columbia university before enter- ing the dental school, holding a new york state re- gents scholarship in dentistry, he has maintained both academic and clinical excellence for four years, be- coming a member of the jarvie society and a public health fellow, dave has taken the first step towards a specialization in surgery by accepting an intern- ship at mt. sinai hospital in new york city. joel a. goldstein a queens college graduate, having secured a b.a. degree in romance languages and a new york state regents dental scholarship, joel has been the class pen through the years, in addition to being an editor of this yearbook he has been a public health fellow and researcher at babies hospital on cystic fibrosis children, he plans to serve the air force for two years before entering private practice. robert i. goldstein from alfred university where he won a place on the dean ' s list as well as a major track letter and a b.a. in biology, bob has sped through dental school and the hempstead turn- pike with ease and ability, mr. r. goldstein counts his public health fellowship in the vanderbilt obstetrics clinic as one of his many accomplishments in dental school, for the immed- iate future he will enter the army for two years and later hopes to fish in international competition and raise a whole troupe of goldsteins. joel m. hauptman an active dental researcher and devoted member of the alpha omega fraternity, joel came to us with a b.a degree from new york university, he will intern for a year in miami beach and will set up practice in florida. burton j. hochberg also a graduate of new york university with a ma- jor in biology, burt has performed admirably in the clinic and has proven himself as a researcher, having an article published in the j.a.m.a. after a hitch in the army he hopes to enter private practice. gerald e. lederman jack-of-all-trades and master of most, gerry came to the dental school after a tour in the air force where he was a communications engineer, he has not only been editor-in-chief of this yearbook but has been president of the student dental association, an officer in the alpha omega fraternity, and a mem- ber of the william jarvie society, he will take over the internship at the roosevelt hospital after graduation. bernard b. luftig bernie, in addition to his work as business editor of the dental Columbian, has done both his school and fraternity great serv- ice since finishing his undergraduate days at Columbia, he has accepted an internship at brooklyn Jewish chronic disease hos- pital, and eventually plans to enter one of the dental special- ties. 1 . - terrance j. mcc ulle the fighting irishman from notre dame, terry has succeeded with an independent and determined spirit in dental school, he has been accepted as an intern at the university of Chicago clinic, after which he plans to enter a general dental practice. robert j. magnoli bob has shown both academic and clinical excel- lence since coming to Columbia from n.y.u. where he was a member of both the german and biology honor societies, he will serve a two year tour for the army at fort deven, mass, after graduation. robert g. marcotullio class president for four years, student council and fraternity leader, bob has made many friends since graduating from boston college and coming to Columbia, bob has been re- warded for his good deeds by the arrival of his bride from italy and his acceptance as a surgical intern at metropolitan hos- pital in new york city.  H ronald a. montana ron graduated from manhattan college receiving a b.s. de- gree in biology, at Columbia he has served on the student coun- cil, edited the esc journal and was a public health fellow for the new york city department of health, after graduation he will return to take the periodontia post graduate course. james i. mullan from st. peter ' s college where he received a b.s. degree, jim has amassed many honors while at Columbia, besides being awarded a first prize on student clinic day for the first and third years, he has been a student council and student dental asso- ciation officer and has eagerly worked as a member of the william jarvie society, after receiving his d.d.s. degree, jim will serve a pedodontic internship at the children ' s hospital in boston. Joseph d. osipow joe, since arriving at Columbia from queens college has performed with excellence in the clinic, he has also served dr. kutscher as a public health fellow and dr. cacciola as a chairside assistant, he will be a rotating intern at long island Jewish hospital after which he looks forward to a practice in restorative dentistry. I© hn I. parry John has kept us laughing for four years since arriving here from st. peter ' s college where he was active on all school publications and dramatic pro- ductions, he has ably served dr. portway as his chairside assistant and has also served drs. cain and caronia. for the next two years he will be brighten- ing up the air force and then on to teaching and a private practice. w .ilia m r. piro bill entered dental school after two years at holy cross and another at st. John ' s, perhaps the most natural dental student in our year, he numbers his serving as dr. port- way ' s assistant in the third year as just one of his many accomplishments, after graduation he will enter private practice in roslyn, long island. It 1 herbert d. rod herb graduated from Cornell university with a degree in agriculture and is the re- cipient of a scholarship from the 5th district dental society for his senior year, he even- tually intends to enter general practice in new england after an internship at albany medical center. i - 1 K i m Kfl V r marshall roffman one of the four queens college graduates at Columbia and one of the three n.y. state regents medical and dental schol- arship winners in the senior class, marshall will fulfill a lifelong ambition upon receiving his d.d.s. he will serve the army for two years overseas following which he plans to specialize in orthodontics. george i. schnapp since graduating from n.y.u. george has shown excellence in both his academic and clinical endeavors, a jarvie society member, he has also been a public heath fellow and done re- search for the department of stomatology, after graduation he will enter private practice. kenneth I. siegel a dartmouth graduate in biology, ken has been active in physiology and oral surgery research and has shown admirable clinical and academic prowess, upon graduation he would like to enter private practice while studying for an eventual specialization in periodontia. alien c. silverstein an alumnus of rutgers university where he excelled both athletically and scholastically, al has become one of the out- standing clinicians in the senior class as well as being a talented artist and amateur jewelry designer, with his new bride, al will move into the big city and enter a private practice, externing part-time at a hospital. harold i. sussman harold has displayed a dual personality since coming to Columbia from c.c.n.y. as the alpha omega social chairman he has been the fun-loving, down- to-earth suss, but he has also been an outstanding student and clinician, being elected to the student council and the junior a.d.a. executive board, before entering private practice harold hopes to have a girl in every port as a naval officer for two years. Joseph a. tamagna joe came to Columbia from iona college having earned a b.s. degree in biology, a member of psi omega he has frequently demonstrated his dental skill on the clinic floor. His plans are set following graduation, having accepted an internship at mary im- maculate hospital in new york city. V7 charles a. trad chuck, the bon vivant of the jersey shore and psi omega ' s social chairman, has been handling the class ' finances since arriving at Columbia from villanova and seton hall universi- ties, he plans on demonstrating his superior dental skill while serving as an intern at the Philadelphia general hospital after graduation. alan uger after spending four years of having his name mis- pronounced and keeping a good part of the class smiling, al has come a long way since his three years at alfred university, a booster of authentic folk music, nitrous oxide and dr. miller ( of the prosthe- tics department, ) he plans to enter, and possibly make a career in the public health service, having been inspired while serving a fellowship during the sophomore year. david I. valenstein leader of the miller for president campaign, dave has diligently pursued his career in dental school since arriving from new york university, with equal diligence he won the hand of a girl from massa- chusefts whom he will wed after graduation, val will step down as house chairman of the alpha omega fraternity and will enter the army for two years, settling eventually in massachusetts. leonar d b. zaslow having come to us after three years at dart- mouth college, lenny has served his class as vice president, his fraternity as president and his school as president of the william jarvie society, he has been awarded the mosby scholarship for three years, already an ensign in the navy he plans on a two year hitch and then a private practice in restorative dentistry. albert n. zengo after graduating from tufts university and teaching high school science for a year, al voyaged from massa- chusetts to new york city and Columbia dental school, displaying an abundance of energy, he took first place in the third student clinic day and represented the school at the american dental association convention, he has led the psi omega fraternity, co-edited the jarvie journal, has initiated many dental research projects and has been a student council member, he will partake in the post- graduate orthodontia program starting in September. | '  i CITT ' ' tread softly for you tread on my gingivae . . courses for dental hygienists mrs. patricia mclean, acting director u ] front, eileen seiden, patricia wright; standing, Joan conklin, sharon stantorf, elaine malinowski, susan ludwig. Julia woodall, donna kelley, ann dinius, ellen lou winship, margaret Straus, Janet huefner ) marjorie goldberg lilly mosk beth courtade v susan levin I t faith perna, helaine Schneider, millie pincus, carol freer, shar- on raskin anita carlile, nancy catlin, ann ehleider, debbie harcourt, Judy franz jan yoritsune, bette anderson, Judy reisir sharon amer, Janet hahne the dentist ' s world wide, wide dental world it has been established that the theme of this yearbook is the presentation of the dentist as a well-rounded, down-to- earth man of many facets, it therefore might be interesting to pour through the annals of history and discover those dentists who have succeeded in other fields of endeavor, and to trace the steps leading to these successes. our first case in point is that of dr. edward gibbon, one of the world ' s greatest historians, it won ' t seem too unbelievable that this man, the author of the monumental historical classic, the decline and fall of the roman empire, was originally a periodontist, dr. gibbon, in fact, had originally written a simi- lar piece as a sort of joke on his perio instructor while in school, this work, which he called, the decline and fall of the epithelial attachment earned for gibbon three perio patients each clinic session as a sort of punishment. in the field of entertainment one dentist stands head and shoulders above the rest, it was as a movie producer that this gentleman proved himself, having based all of his productions on dental school experiences, as examples of his talent we have his popular, wild strawberries, based on his first cpc case, whose diagnosis proved to be multiple hemangiomas; his classic whatever happened to baby jane, a touching story of a pedo patient disappointing two consecutive weeks; and his epic twenty thousand leagues under the sea, based on his early experiences with the page-cheyes on maxillary teeth, his most famous work we all recall as being cleo from 5 to 7, a heartwarming story of a girl whose battle with society was won after having a posterior bridge constructed in the dental clinic. rtftCr John getty was always one step ahead of everybody while in dental school, it was he, in fact, who ran up three class II amalgams into three thousand operative points as an under- graduate. while in school a tip from his prosthetics instructor led him to buy two shares of syntex corporation. John, his wife and fourteen children now live in the lap of luxury as he, along with so many of his dental colleagues, has become one of our coun- try ' s financial geniuses. dr. albert kinney, for a long time an orthodontist, achieved great success in moving teeth, nonetheless, at the peak of his career he became disillusioned, for he had a pressing desire to move bigger and better things, he sold his practice and took a job, much to the amusement of his colleagues, as a parking lot attendant, it was here that dr. kinney originated a new sys- tem for moving cars both quickly and with great accuracy, a system which has made him world famous. HAG- in the world of engineering, many dentists have excelled. first there is the story of harvey lowenstein, who entered dental school with big ideas, and while in school limited himself en- tirely to deep excavations, now, as dr. harvey lowe, he heads the lowe institute of mine engineering, thus initiating the first undercut coal mines in the united states, (although as of today no ore has been recovered from his mine, dr. lowe remains extremely optimistic.) also in the field of engineering, two more dentists have made their mark, dave adams and marty abramson, the numbers one and two men in the class of ' 47, joined together on a com- prehensive case to construct a masterpiece of crown and bridge work, these two made a full arch splint using only two abut- ment teeth, the right and left maxillary third molars, recently they became responsible for the construction of the verrazanno narrows bridge, the longest single-span bridge in the united states. the participation of the dentist in other fields is a living testament to the quality of the people who make up the dental profession, will the dentist continue to have this great scope of interests in the future, you may ask. one only has to look to recent developments in the field of preventive dentistry to answer this question — he may be forced to! j.a.g. the gold all those in favor oj signing a petition outlawing gold foil . . . think it ' s a bluff it ' s a strange looking chart, but i ' ll sign it oh no, why didn ' t i read it first? foil story there will be no gold foil on the clinic floor ' hoorayyyy! C- = shhh, i ' m not supposed to be doing gold joil a petition s a petition surgically speaking let me have the uh . . . uh . . . i think you made your incision too far to the labial, doctor ' labial, shmabial, a lot she knows ' sussman, if you don ' t shut up about my haircut . . . ' that ' s all right, we love you anyway at rando m ' being so tough takes a lot out of a man ' if one of you gentlemen will put your finger on the end of the curette. . . . you can lecture, but stay off the clinic floor!!! i ' ll take alfandre thru cuskley, you take fogelson thru hochberg Jj www JR nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence . . . juniors our jaunt through the junior year on the clinic floor was a memorable experience, we began the year in summer surgery, where the overtones of the aspirating syringe affair were replaced with the headlamp headache. when we were finally let loose on the eighth floor we quickly demolished the old record of iatrogenic pulp exposures, we completed perio histories that were just shorter than tylman and tylman, and we recorded mobilities in microns. our mornings were spent in friendly discussions with dr. bluff bluster and dissertations on idiopathic traumatic allergy recurrent ulcerative nectrotic dentistry generalisata. later on the ortho department showed us how kick teeth, discuss the ups and downs of the stock market, and extract plaster teeth with hawleys. one instructor delivered an eulogy for departed class members that began, aronson, botwinick, canizzaro . . . during the winter a very few of us showed up to hear how dentistry is practiced in the sticks, and malpracticed in the courts, we saw forty billion slides, mostly about a hydro- colloid machine and its mysterious dials, we also saw some out-of-date perio movies, and somebody let us in on the secret code concerning partial somethings. in the lab and on the floor we lost so many handpieces, no. 7 ' s and such that one instructor felt we were also busy losing perio patients, on our trips to special assign- ments we met the toothless texan In x-ray, the smiling ortho twins and the surgery sisters. half of us spent our free time doing something for dr. kutscher that was called a re- search project while the other half lounged in the lab and dreamt of earning money some day. after a year like this, the 26 of us can only wish to enjoy our senior sojourn nearly as much, at least we ' ll try. sophomores there is no doubt that the most harrowing and difficult experience of our sophomore year was our first clinic en- counter for here we had not only to start our practical work, but we also had to master the mechanics of last century ' s dental equipment. we have had our first patients, and shall never forget, through all our future years, our first feelings of fear and anxiety when finally faced with a tooth not imbedded in plaster, nor a tooth of plastic which cut like cream cheese, we were faced with a pan of instruments which were all different, went different places, did different things, but they all looked the same to us. And though we tried to follow the rules, we all ended up following the advice of our upperclassmen, who said, scrape with it where it fits! we all gave our first injections, or we held on while the doctor did . . . and some of us got our first four, and to pre- pare for our future in oral surgery, we all wrote papers, all from the same sources, and most with the same words, and were assured that one of us was going to win an essay con- test, we tried to find out who was doing independent work. the year began with an anxious class, chomping at the bits which restrained them from the truths of dentistry which we had been promised. Upon counting our numbers in Septem- ber, we concluded that we had entered upon act 2 of Colum- bia ' s version of, and then there were none. but, undaunted by our meager forces, our hopes high, we pressed on, only to be stopped in our tracks by our first female teacher who rendered 33 brutes helpless with, let me see your acid fast. our only link to the outside world was a young, forward think- ing dentist who lightened our lab hours with harrowing stories of broken down dentitions, and malpractice suits he had known, what a pity that only one-third of the class was allow- ed to have farewell tea with dr. seegal. dr. ayers received plans for sixteen research projects, which if carried through successfully, would, no doubt, revolutionize dentistry, what a far-thinking and ambitious group of young men with such a passion for cement! we found out that the air jets on the 9th floor tend to lighten a heavy atmosphere. we grew up so much this year . . . it ' s impossible to enum- erate our learning, we found out that the best treatment for a nosiy tmj is to eat and talk louder, we learned the melting point of ivorine teeth, and that festooning is easy if you know the right people, we found the first course in the history of the school which tried to make it impossible to fail, where the lab exam grades sounded like the tuition. we have much to be thankful for in the past year, our clinical years are ahead of us in which to apply the multitude of theories we have gleaned from our past two. we must thank dr. e. kessler for his thoughtful halloween party, and wish dr. lyons luck in his job as a cabbie, we must congratu- late dr. scarola on winning the world series pool and wish dr. arden better luck in the next winter Olympic tryouts. finally, we must thank the numerous dentists who helped us on the weekends, though they must remain nameless, we know we wouldn ' t have made it without them. leslie seldin freshmen the first words we heard as freshmen were uttered by our anatomy professor, dr. moss, in his own inimitable way: this is gross anatomy, you are two weeks behind. we soon found out he wasn ' t kidding, dr. brant thought it his duty to enlighten us on the finer points of spelling, which we all agreed were truly amazing, the first semester was terminated with a gala affair at the pad of classmaster smith and goldberg. all who attended found it an enjoyable afternoon even if the host did prove himself to be a rather loud and obnoxious bore. by the second trimester everyone had succeeded in assert- ing himself in one way or another to firmly establish in his mind that he was an integral member of the class, class presi- dent torn wilson, known to all by his dry throated hey fellas chant, ruled the class with an iron fist, which he used on art wein occasionally when art tried to open his mouth and say something typical, jim piano could always be found getting un- der foot and stan bartkow became famous for his impersona- tion of rudy kazooty, achieved simply by wearing a hat. there was a tall dark stranger we ' d see now and then in class but nobody minded except maybe his lab partners, morris feder could always be found in a corner arguing with gil tabbot. don ' t give me heat , morris would say in his own stylish way and gil would cleverly retort don ' t yell at me morris, i ' m sensitive . the pace got hot and heavy as the spring approached, the librarian found it necessary to buy extra chairs to accommo- date the conscientious freshman class in their unquenchable thirst for knowledge as they raced to the library during every free minute to read their dental history assigned readings, even dr smith, our bio chem prof, was seen in the library on occasion for various reasons, the main one being to chase everyone back to bio chem lab. as the year drew to a close, we were all glad that the first one was gone but to a man we all anxiously await the inaug- uration of year number two. joe d ' onofio omicron kappa upsilon dr. edward a. cain dr. Joseph a. cuttita dr. John j. lucca leonard zaslow albert zengo James mullan george schnapp william jarvie society albert zengo, leonard zaslow, richard cagan, jack charig, James mul- Ian, david fogelson ralph neuhaus, william lancaster, Joseph ragosta, david Schwartz, ken treitel, paul rasmussen, robert balfour, martin greenberg, gerald leder- man, william montano student council ronald montana lames mullein robert marcotullio jack charig student dental association |ames mullan gerald lederman leslie seldin jack charig executive council psi omega dave valenstein, leonard zaslow, Joel hauptman, James dark, jack charig, bernie luftig executive council alpha omega John mclean, albert zengo, James mul- lan, charles trad, ronald montana, Jos- eph ragosta, peter carolyn 1964 awards of achievement rowe-wiberg medal for greatest proficiency in prosthetic dentistry Joseph d. osipow prize for excellence in operative dentistry herbert d. rod k ewell prize medal for proficiency in oral surgery dunning award for excellence in periodontology gerald e. lederman certificate for excellence in pedodontics James i. mullan van woert scholarship fund prize alpha omega fraternity prize leonard b.zaslow award of the international college of dentists— united states section albert n. zengo psi omega fraternity award robert j. marcotullio wives c lub our dental wives club holds its monthly meetings with the objective of achieving the p.h.t degree (putting hubby through) for each of its members, it may truly be said that each of us receives his dds by the sweat of his frau. for the 1964 dental Columbian editor in chief associate editor business editor photography editor faculty advisor gerald e. lederman Joel a. goldstein bernard b. luftig bernard h. benkel victor s. caronia staff joel m. hauptman Julian e. alfandre alan c. silverstein joan t. conklin Josep h d. osipow robert j. magnoli Janice e. yoritsune dear miss nolan, before con- sidering your application to the N.Y.U. dental school we must have the following information. that ' s right, mrs. Johnson, one year ' s subscription to Life Mag- azine for $6.50 ' just one more oops from you guys and i ' ll break all your models i know he ' s waiting there vie, but if he still wants me to check out his work, let him wait. dietetic? look ma ' am it ' s cepacol, not lo-lo cola. and if she ' s a bad little girl you pull back the rubber band and let go, like this i always get mixed up. is this a gauze pad or a glass bead sterilizer? local irritating factors, tha t ' s the answer to all their ques- tions. you ' re kidding! stainless steel blades in next year ' s kit? all right, tell me if I do it right this time. i ' m booked solid for 2 months, couldn ' t you come to my house on Sunday? well 1 guess we could search their lockers, but who would steal those ri- diculous glasses? O y ISM ■ I directory alfandre, Julian e. benkel, bernard h. cagan, richard s. charig, jack h. dark, James n. cuskley, John I. fogelson, david r. goldstein, Joel a. goldstein, robert i. hauptman, Joel m. hochberg, burton j. lederman, gerald e. luftig, bernard b. mcculle, terrance j. magnoli, robert j. marcotullio, robert montana, ronald a. mullan, James i. osipow, Joseph d. parry, John I. piro, william r. rod, herbert d. roffman, marshall schnapp, george i. siegel, kenneth I. silverstein, allan c. sussman, harold i. tamagna, Joseph a. trad, charles a. uger, alan valenstein, david I. zaslow, leonard b. zengo, albert n. 99-18 66th ave., forest hills, n.y. 223 ryder ave., brooklyn 30, n.y. 1372 leland ave., bronx 62, n.y. 265 lafayetle St., new york 12, n.y. 943 fulton St., brooklyn, n.y. 1 thompson place, larchmont, n.y. 620 w. 239th St., bronx 63, n.y. 63-10 108th st., forest hills 75, n.y. 800 avenue h, brooklyn 30, n.y. 1695 grand concourse, bronx, n.y. 12 laken terrace, new rochelle, n.y. 300 w. 109th st., new york 25, n.y. 84-01 main St., briarwood 35, n.y. 228 long ave., hamburg, n.y. 8 seminary court, bergenfield, n.j. 544 manor ridge rd., pelham, n.y. 40 clinton St., mt. vernon n.y. 26 montgomery place, brooklyn 15, n.y. 83-64 talbot St., kew gardens, n.y. 41-24 denman St., elmhurst, n.y. 298 dekalb ave., brooklyn 5, n.y. 920 meehan ave., far rockway 91, n.y. 32-17 171st St., flushing 58, n.y. 2101 morris ave., bronx 53, n.y. 100-40 67th drive, forest hills, n.y. 335 robin rd., englewood,n.j. 367 wadsworth ave., new york 40, n.y. 1264 astor ave., bronx 69, n.y. 65 richmond ave., deal, n.j. 30 e. 208th St., bronx, 67, n.y. 590 ft. 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CONGRATULATIONS, SENIORS Sigma Phi Alpha Lambda Chapter Dental Hygiene Honor Society . . . the new WORK-MODEL FORMERS These quick, easy steps from the impression to the -finished model 1. After taking the impression, re- move excess material from the outside surfaces of the tray. (A proper fitting tray should contain all essentials of the impression within its confines,) 2. Hold the impression tray with the borders facing up; insert the handle of the tray down into the slot of the model former, and press tray into place. With the proper size model former the tray fits snugly along front and sides and there is some space at the posterior border. 3. Keep the tray firmly in place by placing the thumb on the top of the tray handle, and the index and mid- dle fingers along the bottom of the model former. 4. The impression is now ready for pouring the cast. The borders must face up. as with a boxed impression, so that the impression should not be inverted. 5. Once the cast has set, pull the posterior wall of the model former away from the cast, and slide the cast and impression tray up and out. The impression tray can now be removed from ihe cast. Here is Columbia Dentoform ' s latest addition to its well-known line of aids to dentistry. These rubber formers eliminate boxing-in of impres- sions and excess pouring and waste o£ stone and plaster, and allow immediate pouring of models, without loss of time. FEATURES — ADVANTAGES • Accurate Models • Controlled dimensions • Ready for immediate use • Cleaner and neater • Preserves and protects impression borders • Mounting plates can now be used • Eliminates boxing-in, waste of materials, impression distortion, trimming, weak, thin models, lost time, assemblage of parts. The outfit consists of 4 sets of different sizes of upper and lower rubber formers which can be used with any standard make of impression trays and with all kinds of impression materials. 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