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

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FACULTY

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In Memoriam James Mullan Lionel Abzug The Denial School was shrouded in sadness after the tragic and untimely loss of two of its recent alumni, one never having had the chance to fulfill the promise of his hard-won skills, the other just nearing the peak of his career as professor and practitioner. James Mullan, Class of 1964, will be remembered as the bright, soft-spoken student whose wide range of in- terest kept him at the top of his class in both scholastic achievement and extracurricular affairs. His innate friend- liness made him known and liked by everyone who came in contact with him. To have so much potential of mind and hand so abruptly snatched away leaves a sense of loss, a hollow feeling that will not soon pass away from us. Lionel Abzug, Class of 1953, was a young man ob- viously infatuated with the difficult art of communica- ting his knowledge to others, and he was well equipped to perform this task. His lectures were consistently excellent, his material always relevant and up to date. His presen- tation was authoritative without becoming dogmatic, sprinkled with humor, and conveying a zest for the sub- ject that created a rapport between student and teacher seldom experienced in other classes. His answers to queries were unhesitant and illuminating. His loss is made greater by the misfortune of those future classes that will miss the benefit of his guidance.

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STOMATOLOGY Edward V. Zegarelli. A.B.. D.D.S., M.S. Edwin S. Robinson, Professor of Dentistry It is not with a sigh of relief nor with a note of dutiful happiness that we view your departure from this school. Rather, your graduation provokes a feeling of confident expectation. We are certain that your preparation for a career in dentistry has been more than adequate — your four undergraduate years of trials, tribulations and toils attest to that. But it is for this latter fact that we of the faculty are looking forward to your future with expectancy. We are confident that as a Columbia graduate you will maintain the high standards you have been taught — that you will continue to develop and mature through constant learn- ing — that some of you will express your professional ability in teaching and research — and that your measure of success will not be financial gain but rather your con- tribution to the health of your patient. We of the Division of Stomatology wish much of this success to each of you. Edward V. Zegarelli A.B., D.D.S., M.S. Austin H. Kutscher, D.D.S. Herbert F. Silvers, D.D.S.. Jack Budowsky, D.D.S. , Philip Silverstein, D.D.S.. John K. Lind. D.D.S. David Hendell. D.D.S.. Schiff. D.D.S. Robert F. Walsh. D.D.S.. Robert N.