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

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Dr. S. Leonard Rosenthal, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., F.I.C.D. Class of 1966, I am proud to graduate with you. You are exceptionally well prepared to con tribute to the further growth of our profession. The recent changes from a tooth rehabilitation technology to a comprehensive health service augur ever greater advances in the future. To meet the challenge, you will have to be perennial students - reading and keeping abreast of scientific progress in graduate, postgraduate and refresher courses. My final year at Temple has been greatly enriched by acting as your class advisor. Your scholarly and technical attainments, your courtesy and kindness have transmitted the usual pleasant teacher-student relation to one of warm and rewarding friendships. As we leave the academic world together, my best wishes for your success and happiness go with you.

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DEDICATION Dr. Rosenthal was bom in Philadelphia on August 19, 1899, and has been associated with dentistry cither in actual practice, or in education, since 1923. He received his D.D.S. from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School in 1922, and then stayed on to become a research associate in bacteriology and an instructor in oral medicine at the Graduate School of Medicine (1943-47). In 1945. he became visiting periodontist at Ml Sinai Hospital of Philadelphia, and then two years later was appointed to the faculty of the Temple University School of Dentistry 1955 then saw him the Professor and Head of the Department of Oral Diagnosis. Dr. Rosenthal is an Honorary Professor of the University of El Salvador and San Marco University. Peru, having received from the latter a Fullbright Grant in Oral Medicine. He also holds an honorary-membership in the Scicdad Pervona de Paradonlologia. He is a fellow in the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the following fraternities: Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Sigma Xi, and Sigma Epsilon Delta, having served as the latter's Grand Master in 1954.

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Charles L. Howell TO THE CLASS OF 1966: In extending my very best wishes to each of you upon your graduation, may I offer a word of counsel. You will receive your diploma from a University nch in a dedication to “providing opportunities to those of a good mind and a willingness to work. It has been this dedication to service and to excellence that will enable the University through legislative action from the Commonwealth this past year to expand these opportunities to increasing numbers of deserving young people; the same opportunities that have been yours while students in the School of Dentistry. You will receive full membership in a Profession that is equally rich in a dedication of service to the Seneral public thereby providing each individual opportunities of optimum dental health. Dentistry, as tc University, is being provided opportunities of expanded service, an increasing body of knowledge, and improved methods of delivering care through research supported by public and private funds. Yes. you are leaving the University as it enters a most exciting penoo. And you are entering the Profession as it continues in a period of excitement and challenge. The manner in which you fulfill these challenges will determine in large measure the legacy you leave for future generations. The challenges arc clear. You have the knowledge to exercise proper judgement. The University and the Profession, indeed society in general, will grow and prosper depending on how well you serve each. The opportumucs arc yours - use them well. Charles L’ Howell. Dean January 25. 1966