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

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Richard Montoya D.D.S. Vic Mora D.D.S. Rich came to UCLA from El Paso, Texas, where he has lived all of his life and where he attended the University of Texas. Richvdivided his time at UTEP playing intramural sports, working con- struction every chance he could get to keep up his favorite pastime of horse racing, meeting his wife, Christine, and L still managing a B.S. degree in biology. Although by first impression Rich ap- peared to be one of the quietest students ' in the class, he was one of the busiest ' ones. Rich could be seen making friends with everyone, including the other stu- dents' patients and he never seemed to know of the word no when it came to helping anyone. If Rich does not decide to stay in Holly- wood Park lhorseodontist?J or lose all of his dental equipment in Las Vegas on the way to El Paso, he will either be found practicing dentistry or raising horses and children with his wife Christine in the West Texas town of El Paso. x. I ,3 Fresh from the high living El Centro atmosphere, Vic managed to include in his undergraduate studies: zoology, biology, ornithology and anything else with pretty legs that moved. During those carefree years, Vic held down a total of three jobs, his favorite one being lifeguard duty on the beaches. All was happiness and nooky until a beautiful girl named Barbara kicked sand in his face. Vic followed up with the logical route when accosted by someone tougher, he married her. Both he and Barb are avid travelers and spend so much of their free time on weekenders to San Diego that Jimmy the Greek was laying odds on Todd Victor dropping out of the chute somewhere between Oceanside and La Jolla. Around the clinic, Vic is easily identified as the dentist with the sweatiest hands but the best all around disposition. Look for Vic next year at the VA or the Public Health Service if you're looking for a ride to S.D.

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During the pre-awakened years of Uncle Sam, Captain Pete Minjarez II managed to elude the ride paddies of Nam by taking an extended R 84 R in Germany. Tiring of the easy life, Pete decided that he would avoid further conflicts by hiding out in dental school until the disturbance settled. Once here, though, M II quick- ly barked out orders to stand clear and proceeded to establish his 2.68 amalgams per minute record. Pete has promised to up this to an even 3.0 by graduation. Every so often, M II longs once again for the khacky green, and slips away to do his thing for Uncle Sam's reserves. We can always tell if Pete has come back from one of these junkets, when he orders Dr. Federick to take three laps around the clinic before checking his state board set-up. If the Feds ever forget about him, Pete will someday have his eyes on a plush pri- vate practice. More than likely, though, we'lI probably see Pete as our command- ing officer when they ship us all off to the Middle East. -ai ?. 19 IRR l 1 W iff- 155 lgliilfgl-tx .Q ' E X. We 1' I. .mm-. ff? 2 ':1' ii -if' .L Milli. i 41725, ,iflg .Vigo N' ,SX - il' Ron Mito D. D.S. Ron, one of the most popular members of the Class of '76, has acquired more nicknames than Chow has magic tricks: Mito Mosquito, the Provider, Meeter, Mito Miter Motormouth, and the Stump. Actually Ron at one time was 6'6 un- til a refrigerator fell on his head. He still maintains his 48 shoulders but the effect is not quite the same. His roommate, Chow, describes Ron as a great animal lover having dated in succession, a bird, a kitty, a beaver and a turkey. Ron's list of accolades are as follows: CD he was the only one in the class to own two roommates and a house, l2i he is the only one who can lose and gain more weight on a skiing trip than Joanie, l3J blessed with an unlimited bank account, he almost bought a Pan- tera, a van, four girls and new every- things, and UH he is the best left- handed dentist to work from the right lwrongi side. Meet's future plans range from teaching at UCLA to constructing lnaturallyl a building to house his private practice in Watsonville. Pete Minjarez D. D. S. .ff5?:

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A-rl..-gr Brian was bus his first ear in dental school He was our class president and served Y Y - on various school committees, thus preparing for his future political adventures. Brian likes to plan ahead, so that year he also had his checks printed with DDS. After putting in more time during the nexttwo years as a regional ASDA director and GSA Veep, Brian discovered the sacred edict lrequirementsi and quietly re- tired to the Silent Minority of the front row for his Senior year. Brian will be remembered as one of the few to enjoy the sophomore Ortho class since he was planning to go into Ortho, only to decide that his real calling was elsewhere. Besides, Oral Surgeons make more money. Brian may not have had much to say to his fellow classmates but he seemed to have found at least one member of the staff here more interesting. Marilyn and Brian were married the summer before Senior year. Both she and her sense of hu- . 1 mor will help him through the difficult extractions in his future. Y ' 1' I r- :N iff'-, F VA . Ay I . V' l wwgllblrgl if E is l . ,gl-'H 4 - fl 1 !' J ij it -' - t at I .., Q . V Y 4 Ang Q 1 Y' +P fl , 1 ,- A l 1 . , .1 t W0fT'lel'h X- .pf V .PM . .3 4 I 4, I. , toilet. more women. Wake up Frank! Frank initially left UCLA to pursue a career in engineering. After spending a year in the engineering world, Frank re- turned muttering something about no money and no women in engineering. To alleviate this problem he decided to dedicate his life to dentistry where he he had heard there was money and women and promptly slept through all of it. Once again, no money and no Quiet, lexcept for his snoringi and hard working, Frank spent many nights and early mornings laboring over his soph- omore and junior lab work. The Regents would have had a bargain if they had utilized Frank as a nightwatchman, but they probably would have taken a loss on on coffee needed to keep him awake. -TM 1 ,Q Dental school has given Frank two mem- rl - orable awards. One, obviously, was the Sleeping Beauty Award , the other was the FecaI Frank Award for dropping his natural dentition typodont down the Frank's future plans are indefinite, but one thing is for sure, when he is not f sleeping, Frank wants more money and l k 1., 1 ,V-il iff: Brian Mudd D.D.S. ' v Frank Murakawa D.D.S ,im hr'