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

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STERLING E. OTTESEN Springville, Utah Univ of Utah Sincerity, personality, and ability are the stock-in-trade of Sterling Ottesen. Utah born and raised. Sterling graduated from Springville High School in 1948. After attending the University of Utah from 1948 to 1949, he served the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on a two year mission in England. The U. of U. was re-entered in 1951 where he com- pleted his pre-dental training. Sterling and Carol are the parents of two healthy sons, Eric and Craig. With his usual ambition, Sterling has also com- pleted a course in fatherly obstetrics, also known as One easy lesson in street-side delivery, self taught, having become ambulance driver and mid-wife on the hospital steps. He also holds the dubious honor of being one of the few Angelenos to receive a traffic citation on the way to pay a previous ticket. Sterling will enter the Navy upon grad- uation, but is uncertain whether to re- turn to his native Utah or practice in California. Regardless of his decision, his integrity and sincerity insure him a bright future. $3.75 and i can hardly Oltesen delicately closes the bite. 15

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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

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JACK DAFOE PRESTON Lovell, Wyoming Univ. of Wyoming, U.S.C. When cowboy Jack arrived in L.A. from Wyoming, he hung up his spurs and began doing research on one of his greatest talents, dragging gold. He en- tered the School of Dentistry with two years of pre-dent, which were spent at the University of Wyoming. Jack is known as a hunting enthusiast and is one of the lucky fellows who was able to sneak in an antelope hunt as well OS do deep sea fishing during the busy grind of lectures and clinics. The friends in Jack ' s fraternity called on him to be house manager because of his financial ability. Ironically, soon after beginning his job, there was no house, and there was Jack with an empty money bag. Naturally frustration took its toll, but his developing neurosis was nipped in the bud when the fraternity again acquired a home. Hyper-Preston carried his dental training into every as- pect of his life; after getting a radio he used a large inverted cone bur to mount it in his car. Jack reached the ultimate achievement his last year when he married Nadine. Being a school nurse, she successfully nursed him through his last year of school. Jack is seldom seen when he doesn ' t have an ear to ear grin and a witty comment to keep things from stag- nating. After a sojourn in the Army, Jack and family will settle in the Southern California area, where he will raise little super-hyper-Prestons. I don ' t see it, but I ' ll drow it. Blind, but lots of faith. 116