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

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The library. Dr. Gerald D. Timmons was appointed Dean in 1943, and was instrumental in the perpetuation and attainment of ideas that are well recognized today in the field of dental education. In 1946, one of the foremost needs was realized by the acquisition of a new building located at Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue, which opened its doors a year later to ♦he student body. No efforts were spared to make this building outstanding in every way. The faculty of highly qualified educators follows the ideals of the founders of Temple University in accepting the responsibility of the education of those individuals who ore to care for the dental health and well-being of the nation. 4 Junior A.D.A. meeting, in our spacious auditorium.

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Founded in 1861, The Philadelphia Dental College is the Nation’s second oldest dental school. e iladelphia Dental College which become the Dental School ot Temple University, opened Its doors in November of 1863 with John H. NAcQoillen as its dean. t was first located ot 108-110 North 10th Street. This school is by tar the oldest teaching unit in the University, and is the nation’s second oldest dental school. In 1897, the school was moved to 18th and buttonwood Streets. It still holds a firm place in the memories ot those who matriculated there. Ten years later, the Philadelphia Dental College merged with Temple University, thus making dental education an integral part ot the higher education system of the times. The school, which was moved to 18th and Buttonwood Streets in 1891, became a model for the dental schools of that time. The newly equipped post graduate clime. 3 fsn

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Basic dental research under the auspices of the Henry Isaiah Dorr Research Fund. The electron microscope. Dr. Henry Isaiah Dorr, who was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College in 1876, requested that certain of his annuities, valued at $50,000, be set aside to establish the Henry Isaiah Dorr Endowment for Research. The income from the gift to be used to further investigation in the field of Oral Pathology. The Alumni Society of the School of Dentistry, Temple University, through its generous gift, has dedicated the Histopathology Laboratory in memory of Dean I. Norman Broomell. Dean Broomell was a pioneer in the study of Dental Histology, and it is most fitting that this Laboratory, representing the field of work in which he was a foremost authority, be dedicated to his memory. The Dean . Norman Broomell Memorial Laboratory. 5