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

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 THE RECORD 1919 In 1869, Professor Kingsbury resigned his chair and was made Emeritus Professor, and Dr. Thomas C. Stelhvagen was chosen his successor. In 1870 Professor Flagg resigned bis chair. Thus far some change had taken place in the personnel of the Faculty each year but one. During the succeeding eight years no changes occurred, but in 1878 Professor C.arrelson resumed his chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. Henry J. Dorr was made Adjunct Professor of Practical Dentistry. In 1879. the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Professor Flagg was chosen to fill it. Owing to the lamented death of Professor McQuillen during this year, some changes in the chairs were made necessary. Professor Stellwagen succeeded Professor McQuillen in the chair of Physiology. and his former chair of Operative Dentistry was united to that of Mechanical Dentistry. At the same time a new chair of Clinical Dentistry was established and Professor 11. J. Dorr was chosen to fill it. In 1881. Professor Smith resigned, and Dr. S. H. Guilford was elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodontia. In 1889, Professor Dorr's chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry. Anesthesia and Anesthetics. From then until the death of Professor Garretson in October. 1895. a period of fourteen years, no change occurred, but after his death Dr. H. C. Boenning was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. C. Cryer. for many years the assistant of Professor Garretson. was chosen Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In January. 1896, Professor S. H. Guilford was elected Dean of the Faculty. In the spring of the same year Professors Dorr and Flagg resigned, owing to ill health. Dr. Leo Greenbaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Professor Dorr, and the chair changed to include Materia Medica, Anesthetics and Odon-totechny. Dr. II. II. Burchard was also chosen to fill the place of Dr. Flagg and made Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. After serving the School most acceptably for three years. Dr. Burchard’s failing health compelled his resignation. In October. 1896. Dr. Cryer resigned to accept a position in the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In May, 1899, A. H. Thompson, of Topeka. Kansas, and Dean of the Thirteen

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rt YY?2 THE RECORD 1919 WVYV2 fijistorp of tfjc JDfjtlabclpfjta Cental College anb hospital of Oral burger? Jfrom its inception in 1S52 to 1919 HE first institution established in Pennsylvania for imparting of knowledge in the science and art of dentistry was organized in 1852. under the title of Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery. After a useful but short life of four years, it yielded to internal dissension and ceased to exist. In the fall of 1862 I)r. John M Quillen, holding the chair of Operative Dentistry and Physiology in the Pennsylvania College, retired from the faculty, and in 1863. with the assistance of other members of the profession in the city and State, after great expenditure and overcoming great opposition, he succeeded in obtaining from the Legislature of Pennsylvania a charter for a new institution under the name of the Philadelphia Dental College. After the securing of a competent Faculty and Board of Trustees, the new institution opened its first term in November of the same year. Its Faculty consisted of: Dr. J. H. McQuillen, Professor of Anatomy. Physiology and Hygiene. Dr. J. Foster Flagg, Professor of Institutes of Dentistry. Dr. C. A. Kingsbury, Professor of Physiology and Operative Dentistry-. Dr. Thomas Wardell, Professor of Mechanical Dentistry and Metallurgy. Dr. Henry A. Morton, A. M., Professor of Chemistry. Dr. McQuillen was elected Dean, and held that office continuously until his death. In 1865, Professors Kingsbury and Morton resigned and were succeeded by Dr. George W. Ellis and Alfred R. Leeds, A. M. In 1866, Professor Ellis resigned and Professor Kingsbury resumed his former chair. In 1867. Professor Warded resigned, and Dr. D. 1). Smith was elected to succeed him. The same year two new chairs were created, one of Principles and Practice of Surgery', and the other of Anatomy. Dr James E. Garretson was chosen incumbent of the former, and Dr. Harrison Aden, of the latter In the following year, 1868, Professors Garretson and Leeds resigned, and Dr. S. B. Howell was elected to succeed Professor Leeds. Page Twelve

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 THE RECORD 1919 IIIMIttlllltllllHUIttimtlHM I Kansas City Dental College, was chosen to succeed Dr. Burchard, and the chair was extended to include comparative Dental Anatomy. In May, 1900, Dr. Thompson resigned to resume his former Professorship in Kansas City Dental College, and Dr. Otto E. Inglis was elected Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In October, 1901. Dr. Boom succeeded Dr. S. B. Howell, who became Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Physics and Metallurgy. At this time also Dr. Otto E. Inglis was elected to the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In 1905. Dr Leon Greenbaum was elected Assistant Dean, and in June, 1906. Dr. S. H. Guilford resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Greenbaum was elected to that position. In June, 1907, the Philadelphia Dental College, by a vote of its Board of Trustees, was affiliated with Temple University, thus becoming an integral part of the large institution. The former Dean and members of the Faculty were retained, and the course of instruction and governmental policy continued as they had been. In 1908. Professor Stellwagon resigned and was succeeded by Dr. Henry F. Slifer. In the same year, Dr. W ayne Babcock was elected to the chair of Oral and General Surgery; Dr. John Byers Roxby to the chair of Anatomy; Dr. Henry Augustus Bacon to the chair of Bacteriology and Anesthesia; Dr. Sidney E. Bateman to the chair of Histology, and Dr. Mervyn Ross Taylor to the chair of Materia Medica. In the same year Dr. Thomas E. Weeks was elected Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Operative Technics. In 1909, Dr. Babcock resigned his chair, and Dr. Carlton N. Russell was appointed Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In 1911 he was advanced to full Professorship. In 1910, Dr. Bacon resigned and his chair was divided. Dr. G. McConnell assuming the chair of Bacteriology, and Dr. Taylor adding anaesthesia to his chair. In 1911. Dr. Bateman resigned his chair of Histology, and Dr. F. E. Freeman, his former assistant, succeeded to the position. The College has witnessed few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Newton, D. D.; the second was Hon. Janies Pollock. LL. D., and the third, General James A. Beaver, LL. D., while the present incumbent is Russell H. Con well, D. D.. LL. D., President of Temple University. 1‘age Fourteen