UCLA School of Dentistry - Impressions Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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JOHN W. KNUTSON D.D.S., Dr. P.H. Acting Dean June 1, 1969 to June 1, 1970 The Class of 1970 entered UCLA Dental School when the building was not yet complete. It was the first large class, comprised of eighty students, following two small classes of twenty-six and twenty four. During those four years of education before graduation, the class saw the curriculum and faculty adjust to the new demands of a larger student body. There was also tragedy; Dr. Reidar Sognnaes, the founding dean was forced to resign from the deanship because of a serious heart condition. During the one and a half years before a new dean was appointed, two men. Dr. Gordon Nikiforuk and Dr. John Knutson served as acting deans. In 1969, Dr. Frank Sobkowski resigned as assistant dean to become dean at Southern Illinois and Dr. James Freed and Dr. Robert Thye were both appointed to be assistant deans. Now, a new dean has been appointed. Dr. Robert Caldwell.

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DEDICATION: MICHAEL C. McCANN THERE ARE MANY MEN IN A DENTAL SCHOOL WHO MAKE IT GREAT; WHO HAVE A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON THE ACA- DEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND MORAL CHARACTER OF THE STUDENTS. MICHAEL McCANN, ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF DENTISTRY, IS A MAN WHO INSPIRES EXCELLENCE IN HIS STU- DENTS, A MAN WHO THROUGH HIS OWN ACTIONS, HAS MADE THE STUDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM FEEL PROUD OF THEIR PROFESSION AND REGAIN CON- FIDENCE IN THEMSELVES TO UNDER- STAND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PROFFESSION OF DENTISTRY. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT FOR THE STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO SUCH A PROFESSOR, OFFICIAL AWARDS ARE OFTEN COLD AND IMPERSONAL, PERHAPS DEDICATION OF A YEARBOOK IS ONE SMALL WAY TO EXPRESS OUR SENTI- MENTS. JAMES R. ELLIS Editor THE COVER The pictorial, covering the front and back covers of this book, is a photograph of a collage made by Dr. Reidar F. Sognnaes, founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry, entitled The Audience. Its intent is to show how the students look to the professor lecturing to a class of dental students. As in the past, the purpose of this yearbook is to explore the many aspects of the title Impressions.

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ROBERT C. CALDWELL, D.D.S. PH.D. Dean James Freed, Assistant Dean Sameul Cheng, Assistant Director Clinics Robert Thye, Assistant Dean Robert Wolcott, Director Clinics ,— ■ i L M . S 1 m LX