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

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till I John, one of your foil patients is on the phone. ' Dr. John G. Bishop West Covina, Calif. i.S. Zoology Cal Poly Pomona Calif., Vice President Delta Sigma Delta •raternity, A.A.D.S. Pacific Regional Correspondent. What do you say guys out? is she checking me Come on boys, let ' s go! ' Dr. Crawford, you mean I can ' t get n til ' 74! John was accepted to dental school the night before classes started. As an eager freshman, he was anxious to make an example of the Admissions Office ' s lack of ability to judge talent, and did so by being the only person in Lab A to get As in both operative and fixed prostodontics. In his sophomore year, Bish made his mark in Removeable Pros-thodontics (which he refers to as loose proctodontics ) by staging his own one man fire show. It started when Bruce Beard lit poor John ' s right sock on fire with droplets of flaming alcohol, resulting in the sock being burnt off to the shoe. The show continued 30 minutes later when his lab partner threw a flaming alcohol torch onto Bish ' s lab bench, spilling more liquid flames onto John ' s bench, scab box, and chair. The show was concluded when ex-Fresno fireman Richard Cohrs grabbed the lab fire extinguisher and put-out the bench, scab box, chair, and Bish. When he entered the clinic as a junior, John went through his first 1000 business cards in one week - a school record, which, however was broken by his roommate, Chris Truhan, this last fall. As a senior. John was Vice-President of the mighty Delta Sigma Delta fraternity and played a viscious cornerback for the school ' s football team (although he would have given his right testicular artery to play QB). In the last 4 years, John has proved to be a great friend to me as well as a credit to his school, his fraternity and most important, his profession. He was also an excellent student and a fine lab partner. I ' ll never forget you and I wish you the best . . . forever! 97

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tL ' N-3 Well, Christ Cappeletti, if Brohard ' s in the pool ... If Dr. Bryman doesn ' t like these margins, then I ' m going to red line his eye. Gary first came to ' A Lab ' s attention when, in the first few weel s of school, he almost had a nervous breakdown due to his temporary inability to handle the now famous Cappelletti Carver . Upon its mastery. Cap (as he was referred to, along with a few other descriptive terms) went on to even greater challenges; such as, an imitation of Mac Templeton that would have made Rich Little eat his heart out, as well as a remarkable recovery of a wax pattern that a certain coach felt would look better shaped like a football rather than a first molar. Gary knew more ethnic, religious, wife, and girl friend jokes than anyone I ever met. And, when he wasn ' t gracing the lab with that repetoire, you could probably find him commenting on how well the operative finals were going, Clever(ly) making sure an instructor got the point, or trying to incinerate his lab partner. That last incident was Gary ' s only failure in school (thank God). However, had it not been for the heroic actions of engine company 224 (thanks Rick) it might have been different. Gary turned out to be the most unlucky guy in the history of dental school when it came to keeping cars around. After having his first car stolen, the rental car which he was using was totaled while parked outside the dental school (only two days later). He obtained a new car, only to have that one stolen a few months later. Finally, the third, and newest car, was found in its parking place at his apartment one morning minus its front wheels. Well, hopefully, he ' ll have better luck in the San Francisco area where he plans to set up practice. He sure won ' t need any as a dentist, we all know he ' ll be a fine one. B.S. Biology, University of California Riverside, Delta Sigma Delta Fraternit; No, Doctor Walker, my barber didn ' t retire. 96 Doctor Gary Cappelletti please report to oral surgery immediately! '

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4 • i to4 B - ' m is ' ' ' f t g w ' w K r V 1 -«a dt - ►.,. ' Oh no, another denture ruined by melite bur. ' U.C. Berkeley. ' I don ' t look like Dr. Kim. I remember meeting Matthew at orientation; he was smiling and friendly in every way. And somehow, with all the stress and stains of this institution, he managed to retain that composure while the rest of us went down the drain. If you ever needed help, (vlatthew would still be there anyway! In fact, I never knew anyone that worked as hard as he did . . . evenings and weekends included! Just about midway through the curriculum, Matthew decided to get married. Now that I think about it, it was about that time Matthew started coming in a little late every morning (Hmmm? Never lost that smile?) Even then, he always was consciencious and did well; and with all the competitive spirit, he ALWAYS supported and helped everyone with an encouraging word. Good luck to you Matthew! We all know you ' ll succeed out in the real world. Hollywood! Hollywood ' s exgirlfriend.