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

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YUKIO NAKAMA, B.S. Honolulu, Hawaii University of Howoii Yuki was born on the island of Maoi in 1922. He offended Lohainaluma High School and fhe Universify of Hawaii, where he received his bachelor ' s degree In bacferiology in 1946. Yuki fhen worked for fhe Honolulu Wa- ter Department for six years before he decided to enter fhe profession. While in dental school, Yuki ' s name has become synonomous with fhe game of bridge. He can be seen morning, noon or night playing bridge in fhe lounge. When ask- ed which system he used, Goren or Cul- berfson, he answered, Neither, I play by the seat of my pants. Around fhe clinic, Yuki is known as the denture kid, what a whiz in prosthetics! Aside from bridge and prosthetics, Yuki is an avid tennis player and, as we will remember from the Freshman Play a virtuoso on the ukulele. Following graduation, Yuki and wife, Lorraine, will board fhe first plane to Hawaii where a general practice will be established. uld be impossible to do in someone ' ; Im not sure if the finish line ' s there or not.

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RALPH JUNIOR McNECE Xi Psi Phi Inglewood, California Pepperdine, U.S.C. This boy is Southern California ' s answer to Dr. Cory Middlecoff. Entering dental school fresh off the golf course, Ralph met his most difficult problem in school: playing bridge with Ukio. Eight o ' clock classes didn ' t agree with his disposition; as a consequence he be- came a noted lecturer in the grill. The courses he lectured on were varied but were always interesting over a cup of coffee. Ralph entered S.C. via Pepperdine and played golf for S.C. before entering den- tistry. During the senior year he could be found at the local driving range at- tempting instruction of the opens to one Dr. Charles Sweet, who seems to have the inate ability to break golf clubs. How did you ever get through Pedo., Ralph? McNese and his con artist friend Charles Boyer have great plans of expanding the door key industry. Care to give us one? Sally McNese lives in Inglewood while her husband plays golf, the 19th hole, and occasionally practices den- tistry. Keeping book. They said it was only o matter of leverage. f 112

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CHARLES FORDYCE NELSON, JR., B.S. .Vi ' ' m Phi Los Angeles, Califon U.S.C. Chuck, as he is known to his class- mates, is a local from the center of the great smog metropolis. His extra cur- ricular activities find him rebuilding a rifle, reloading his own ammunition or planning a trip back into the high Sierras. In his lighter moments he Is a real gourmet and whips up a salad dressing as involved as a class III foil. Chuck was a 1st class Pharmacist Mate for three years in the Navy, but then decided to go into dentistry. He at- tended pre-dent. at S.C. and L.A.C.C, finally obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in bactriology. While Chuck coasted through his four years of dental school, his wife Evelyn, taught school and helped prepare for little Gregory Charles, who arrived during his senior year. A mystery that puzzled Chuck ' s class- mates was where he got all the ex- tracted teeth to dissect and upon which to operate during our freshman and sophomore years. The answer came when we found that Chuck ' s father, an Oral Surgeon, was keeping him well supplied with fifty gallon barrels every weekend. Charlie is quiet and personable; he pos- sesses an honest personality that we all admired. The best of success will follow as he establishes his practice in the southland. More war stories. I fold the Wright brothers, and I ' ll tell you, it won ' t fly. ' 114