Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THOMAS COOK STEILWAGI S, A M. M.li.H I'S. I'flifti-Mii u Ptn :i» 'ly Thomas Cook Stku.w ac.kn was born in Pliil.i tlclphia, Pa.tJulyr4, 1841, and oldest child of V. S. X. Captain H S. Stcllwageu and Mary A. Cook. lie was graduated at Philadelphia Central High School as IJ. A. in t.s.sg. and received tin- degree of M. A. in 1X64 He studied dentistry in 1X5., under Ur. X. I., Dickey, of New Orleans, and at the Pcnna. College of Dental Surgery in 1S5S, 7.o and ‘61, graduating as U. U. S. in tStii. He was served as Paymaster in the I'. S. Navy in 1861, taking part in several engagements and on blockade duty until 1863. where he went to the Mediterranean to join the I-. S. ship Constellation. the senior of the fleet that his father used to command. In 1865 lie resigned from the I' S. Navy, ic-sumed practice in his native city and accepted the demonstratorship of Operative Dentistry in the Philadelphia Den tat College from which he received the iid t undent degree March i. i8r 6. Two years more of study in the Medical l»cpart nient of the T'niversity of Pennsylvania were followed by the degree of M. I), from it. The same year 1S60 he was elected to the chair ot Dental Histology and Operative Dentistry in the Philadelphia Dental College. In 1870 he was given the chair of Opera live Dentistry and Dental Pathology, Finally, in 1M79, upon the death of his professional lifedong friend. Prof. John H. McQuillcn. M L».. 1 . I). S., the founder of the College, the professorship of Physiology thus sadly vacated was by the Board of Trustees at the recommendation of the Faculty conferred upon him Since 1861 lie has had a lively interest in dental societies, being one of the original members of the Penna. State Dental, of which he was its first secretary and later president. Among foreign societies lie is one of the two corresponding members in the U. S. of the Odontological Society, of Great Britain, to which he was elected after lie had edited the American Kdition of Coleman's Dental Surgery and Pathology 1.1