University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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THOMAS BAN Los Angeles use ALPHA OMEGA Tom is a boy who loves his card games and considers himself an A-1 penny logger between classes. He is a very good golfer and finds time to play a few holes when he can. An accomplished guitar player, he is always willing to give a couple of solos at a party if coaxed, and if not coaxed, will do so anyway. Despite all of these extra-curricular attributes, he is a good student and is always willing to help a friend in need. Tom specialized in three-quarter crown foils on ower bicuspids. On three foils he specializes in over condensing incisal margins. After a whirlwind courtship in his Junior year, Tom married his lovely wife, Gilda, during the summer of 1 954. Tom ' s future plans include a two year tour with the Navy. He will practice in the Southland upon parole. Nj«- r- VA ce o or r 4Vw ■fevjJTTeC. RICHARD 3AUER, B. S. Glendale, California Glendale C. C, University of Oregon DELTA SIGMA DELTA, SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON, ALPHA TAU EPSILON Affectionately known as Slimy, Dick evolved a sensational idea in his freshman year. Halfway through the year he said somebody stole his wax teeth carvings. Everyone felt sorry for him so each of his friends carved a tooth for him while he scabbed on his bridge. Very clever! Dick calls Glendale home where he harbors his wife Marilyn and son Rickey, Jr. They say that he got into ATE because he could pack more foil into the distal of a cuspid than anyone else in the class (24 grains yet!). Dick served as president of said organization quite ably and after graduation, like any true blue American youth, plans to sail away and fight our country ' s battles.

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E. THOMAS ANDERSON Twin Falls, Idaho Idaho State College, Long Beach City College Compton College The Ex potato picker from Idaho, came to dentistry by way of the Navy and aircraft industry. Beginning at Lockheed as an aircraft mechanic he enlisted in the Navy where he served during the late unpleasantness and aboard several aircraft carriers as an aviation machinist mate. After the war he returned to the aircraft industry where he worked on secret guided missels for Northrop while he was taking his predental. E. T. as he is known to all of us is a quiet easy going guy who gets the work done without any muss or fuss, but a nicer guy we could not find and he will be a credit to dentistry wherever he goes to practice. E. T. became interested in dentistry when after the war he worked as a lob technician. -ire ' Wappy r Fe ' -i Happy I lomtwT A. STEPHEN BALENT Sun Valley, California Los Angeles C C XI PS! PHI, TAU ALPHA EPSILON The greying dad of the class was born near Pittsburgh, Penn. and finished high school in 1930 at the dawn of the Great Depression. With no job nor school, he hoboed a couple of years before joining the Pineapple Airforce to get his three squares a day. Steve spent the war as an aircraft service representative or feather merchant in the U. S., Greenland, Iceland and Scotland (where he met his wife, Euphemia) . Now they have two little bundles of heather, Stefan and Stephanie ( that figures) . He is best known for his corny jokes and per- sistent questions in class. Steve says that he will probably go into dentistry after graduation.

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RICHARD V. BENNETT La Jolla, Calif. San Diego State PS! OMEGA Dick, who apparently works on a forty hour day, has financed his education by being a one- man commercial lab and one he can be justly proud of. Some who have seen the ease and speed with which he handles this sort of work believe he was born on a lab bench. Dick also finds time to hunt, fish, and swim. He is an expert at all three and enjoys them with his lovely wife, Lorraine. Dick ' s skill and speed have made him one of our finest operators. His personality and ability will no doubt put him in good standing wherever he chooses to locate. ROBERT BERCU Denver, Colorado University of Utah, U S C ALPHA TAU EPSILON This ex-captain of the Army Air Corp thought there must be something in life as thrilling as flying so he chose Dentistry. (Don ' t get him started on his War Stories.) Thinking that USC would be a good place to hide out from all the girls who were chasing him, this mature, dapper dandy enrolled. Bob has nearly as many angles as Bill Molle — and loves to work in crown and bridge cause he and Dr. Avak are drinking buddies. He ought to do well in Dentistry because he is an excellent stu- dent (ATE), sharp operator, and with his gift of gab will be a shining star in the firmament of Dentistry.