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

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L. ASHLEY FAUGHT, D.D.S. Professor of Operative Dentistry

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Dedication THE CLASS OF 1929 Dedicates this Dental Record to L. ASHLEY FAUGHT, D.D.S., F.A.C D. and ALFRED M. HAAS, D.D.S. In appreciation of their sincerity and interest in the welfare of the CLASS OF 1929

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L. Ashley Faught, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. AS horn at Atlanta, Georgia, March 29th, 1857. He is the son of Luther Reynolds Faught and Mary Jane Faught, of Sidney, Maine. He received his early education in the Public Schools of Philadelphia, graduating from the Senior Class of Lincoln Grammar School in 1872, immediately entering the West Penn Square Academy, primarily for the purpose of acquiring knowledge in Greek and Latin. From this Academy he graduated in 1874, receiving the silver medal and acting as Valedictorian of the class. He entered the Philadelphia Dental College in 1873, graduating in February, 1877, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Almost immediately after his graduation he began the practice of Dentistry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Odontographic Society of Pennsylvania. In 1878 he became one of the organizers of the first “Dental Quiz in the City of Philadelphia; also in this year was elected Demonstrator of Physiology and Dental Histology in the Philadelphia Dental College and Curator of its Museum. Dr. Faught delivered in this year the first graded course of lectures on Microscopy and Dental HiS' tology ever given in any Dental College. In 1879 he was elected to a Lectureship on Physiology in the Philadelphia Dental College. In 1881 he published a com pend of Physiology. In 1882 he was elected President of the Odontographic Society of Pennsylvania. In 1883 he served as Dentist to the Presbyterian Orphanage. In 1884 he served as Dentist to the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, Radnor, Pa. In 1885 he became Editor of the Dental Practitioner. In 1886 he was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia County Dental Society In 1887 he was elected a member of the Odontological Society of Pennsylvania, also a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons, and a member of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society. In 1890 he was made President of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society. In 1891 he was elected a corresponding member of the First District Society of the State of New York. In 1892 he was elected an honorary member of the Maryland State Dental Association. In 1893 he was elected a member of the Pennsylvania State Dental Examining Board, becoming its President in 1896. In 1894 he was elected President of the National Board of Dental Examiners, also in this year he was elected a member of the American Dental Association. In 1895 he was elected an Honorary member of the Alumni Association of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; also in this year an Honorary member of the Central Dental Association of Northern New Jersey. In 1898 he was elected an Associate member of the New York Institute of Seven