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

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CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY To the Class of I960: I read recently that in the years that lie just ahead, the profession of dentistry will offer more opportunities to young men and women than any other profession in our country today. I congratulate you on choosing a career that is so vital to our country's well-being, and I know that Temple University will be proud of the 1960 graduates of its School of Dentistry, as they meet the challenging calls to service and cope with the problems of the population explosion that faces us in the next decade.

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t. PRESIDENT To the Class of 1960: This is the first time I have had the privilege of extending a greeting to the classes of the Dental School through the year book. This volume, which becomes a particular remembrance for the Class of 1960, records the activities of an important academic year. It is the first of the Diamond Anniversary years. Seventy-five years ago Temple University was founded. Four years later if was chartered. During the recognition of these founding years we will also celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Dental School of Temple University. I salute you then as one of the classes to be associated with the anniversaries of two of America's significant institutions of higher education. MILLARD E. GLADFELTER President 10

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DEAN GERALD TIMMONS The boss is visiting the floor. Big Dean and little Dean. In September of 1956, I met with you and sincerely welcomed you as Freshman Dental Students of the Temple University School of Dentistry. Now, it is again with that same enthusiasm that I bring this message to you after your having spent four years of progress and achievement at this educational institution. Though you have just completed a curriculum in dental education which is considered one of the finest in the world today, still, I feel that I should inform you, that in actuality you are merely commencing the second phase in your dental education. Indeed the foundation you received here at Temple Dental School is strong, sturdy and complete and one on which you are expected to build and create; for the dentist of today is not merely a practi-ioner; Rather, he is a student, a researcher, a builder of the community, and an individual who serves as a guardian of the health of society. As a member of a healing arts profession, you are expected to constantly keep abreast of, and aid in the growth of that profession; to bring honor to it, to reflect credit on your alma mater, and as a result derive a sense of high standards and satisfaction for yourselves. 12 Our glorious leader.