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

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R. 4 y c Skak What, a T.G. at the Psi O? Awc h Yj±± VoiOt l 5. ' Ho(lKi There will be a saga In the years to come about a dental student that everybody knew of, but nobody could tell you what he looked like. The Invisible Student is none other than (Calvin)? Alex Fuqua. Due to the fact that for 2 years I sat next to him, I learned to recognize him thru his many clever disguises. From the astute Biochemist and Anatomist to the Funky lead guitarist of Tumbling Dice, Alex flowed with chameleon like grace. Full-bearded every other 61 2 days, Alex maneuvered thru clinic with no one instructor able to identify him for remedial grading. The gold foil wizard could astound everyone by removing his glasses and producing perfection. Macro-vision Alex called it. A very sensitive man, Alex blended in with any group of people without a ripple. There ' s no smell other than success as Alex heads into married life, rock stardom and of course dental professionalism. As a dentist, Alex can smile when leaving this school when people ask, Who was that masked man. Wow, have you seen the new hygiene class. Alex during finals. 114

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The Forrest at rest in Sweet Water Junction. Citrus College, Kansas State University Calif. Poly Pomona, B.D.S.A. President, Student Admissions Committee. Hey bigtime, want to see some cherry dentistry? Can ' t see the Forrest for the trees? Not so with Art around, at least not if he had some gold work with him. Then it was can ' t see the gold for the shine. Known for his willing to give anything a try to make it more shinny. Art quickly became the experimentor of B lab (like putting floor wax on his denture set up). Now Art, you gotta know that stuff became words for Art to live by. Being one of the hardest workers, he was never afraid of opening the Book , discouraged by late nights in lab, or beaten by 90 miles of freeway every day for 4 years. He was the kind of guy to search out the hardest of instructors while most of us were looking for, shall we say, a less demanding alternative. Art, together with his wife Leslie, have created some very fine jewelry by the Black Forrest . As if all this weren ' t enough, he was also a member of the Admissions Committee (is it all right to say that, now. Art?) And in his spare time he was enjoying his family and painting his study casts. Quite a guy, I ' m sure that Art will go far (at least as far as Pomona) and whatever he does, be it jewelry or dentistry, it will certainly be a work of Art! See daddy, I did brush all of my teeth

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=.I.S.L., H.P.S.L., Student Life Funding, Bank of America, Dental Bool store, J.C.B., Alumni Loan, Work Study, Dial Finance, Loan Sharks. OO Furgeson getting tubed going backside, El Porto. .■ ' JC , 4 , ■| love ttiese no shows ' It ' s coming in tonight by parachute! Our most difficult patient. Someday, as you walk along a beautiful beach at dawn and stop to gaze at the shimmering waters- you may see the silhouette of a crazy seagull against the sunrise. But he won ' t be of the feathered variety (though he may be flying high at the time!). No, this unusual, redcrested creature, whose major habitat is the ocean, will be none other than tvlike Furgeson, catching those first big waves. As you might have noticed, Mike doesn ' t spell his last name the way most respectable Fergusons do. He claims this is because he has descended from a long line of illiterates- cattle rustlers, horsethieves, and the like Maybe so, because during his stay at the dental school- Mike has managed to make the ' wanted poster in just about every department. I think Dr. Pinkerton is still waiting for him out in the parking lot! Part of Mike ' s notoriety also derives from the fact he was hardly in school for the first 2 years, ' y ' et between surfing, part-time jobs, and his kids, he managed somehow to pass everything. Being as fast as I am slow- he could come in one evening and finish in a couple of hours something I had been working on for days! Mike found dental school sometimes disappointing but loves dentistry, as can be seen in his devotion to Mobile Clinic. From Rosarito Beach all the way to Yugoslavia, he has managed to combine work with pleasure in caring for the kids. 115