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

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March of Time i

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Foreword TO BUILD A MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN GRANITE . . . TO ESTABLISH A RECORD AS ENDURING AS TIME . . . TO CREATE AN IMPERISHABLE ALBUM OF MEMORIES . TO ENABLE US TO RELIVE THE PLEASANT MOMENTS SPENT AT OUR ALMA MATER

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Philadelphia Dental College and Hospitals of Oral Surgery T the fall of 1862. Dr. John H. McQuillen. 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, and after the expenditure of much effort and the overcoming of great opposition, for charters were not as readily obtained in those days as now, he succeeded in obtaining from the legislature of Pennsylvania a charter for a new institution under the name of the Philadelphia Dental College. After securing a competent faculty and board of trustees the new institution Opened its first term in November, 1863. 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 Dental Physiology and Operative Dentistry; Dr. Thomas Warded, Professor of Mechanical Dentistry and Metallurgy; Dr. Henry 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 Drs. George W. Ellis and Albert R. Leeds, A. M. In 1866 Professor Ellis resigned and Professor Kingsbury resumed his former chair. In 1867 Professor Warded resigned and Dr. I). I). Smith was elected to succeed him. In 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 the incumbent of the former and Dr. Harrison Allen of the latter. In the following year, 1868. Professors Garretson and Leeds resigned. Dr. S. B. Howell was elected to succeed Professor Leeds. In 1869 Professor Kingsbury resigned and was made emeritus professor, and Dr. T. C. Steliwagon was chosen as his successor. In 1870 Professor Flagg resigned and his office was divided among the other professors. 8