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

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In Memnriam Dr. Gordon Richmond Winter, Professor of Oral Diagnosis died suddenly on July 29, 1951, a victim of a heart attack. He was born in Middletown, New York, on December 22, 1896, but spent his boyhood in Binghamton, New York, graduating from the Bing' hamton Central High School. He attended Wyoming Seminary, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania, and received his dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1919. Devoting his time till 1945 to private practice, post graduate study and hospital service, he was then appointed to the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. There, in a short time, he became Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine On coming to Temple in September of 1950, he was appointed Professor of Oral Diagnosis while still holding a position on the faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. His Dental Society affiliations were numerous and productive, and he was the president of the American Academy of Dental Medicine. His unselfish contributions as a patient teacher and highly competent clinician will remain long at Temple Dental School, and it is with deep regret that the faculty and student body mourned his untimely death. 1 Jlie day which thou feareit Jo much, thy [ast, ij the birthday of an eternity. thou ca Sen oca. Mrs. Hilda Jane Griffith was born March 9, 1901, in Pitman, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the Jefferson Medical College Training School for nurses in 1924, and did general nursing. In 1945 she entered Temple University for advanced study in Teaching, and on completing her training accepted a position at the Temple Hospital Nurses Training School in the Pediatric Department. In 1950, she became a member of the staff of the Dental School of Temple University, being the attending nurse in the Oral Surgery Department. She served well in her capacity and was a patient and cheerful assistant to the students. Mrs. Griffith was on vacation this past summer of 1951 when she was befallen by an accident that ended her nursing career.

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ROBERT LIVINGSTON JOHNSON A.B., LL.D. President of the University To the Class of 1952: You Seniors have completed the prescribed courses, you have passed your examinations, you have met all the requirements set up by Temple University and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I have no alternative except to grant to you the degrees to which you arc entitled. Yet we arc not going to let you go—not quite. In the years you have been here, you have become almost a built-in feature of the Temple University Dental School. By being the kind of people you are, you have shaped the teaching of your instructors in devious and subtle ways. Students always do that. The character of a student group leaves its imprint on the character of an institution. That is why we sift so carefully the applications of those who want to become members of our student body. We know you are going to leave with us a part of your identity. At the same time we know you are going to take something of us away with you. That something is far more than an assortment of professional skills. The faculty under which you have studied has infused you with—what shall I call it? a point of view, a professional concept, an approach to problems, that is essentially Temple. A group of great teachers working together over the years jogs into an institutional pattern that is distinctive. You are part of that pattern now, and it is part of you. You can never entirely get away from us. I hope you won't try. Your Dean and faculty, your Alumni officers will make frequent occasions to bring you back to share new professional knowledge, to counsel together, to recall common experiences. Accept those opportunities. Living group-wise gives to each the strength of all. Temple University is your group. Robert L. Johnson President