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

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Sure it hurts kid, wliatya thinl this is, Disneyland? ' Lido Isle Tustin California, B.S. U.C.L.A., U.S.C, C.C.H,, C.S.L.B., O.C.C, Lunch burglar. Stone Man. ' But they ' re all yellow. ' t )0 i M E .. Hello Dental School - Connmander Woody here. Still exploring the cosmos and I must say things are looking up. When Woody started his universal adventures is not quite clear but upon entering dental school his frequency became tuned to a different channel. Another anonymous face from U.C.L.A. Woody quickly distinguished himself as an outstanding craftsman. What took many of his classmates hours or days to complete, he artfully polished off In one short session. I should mention that Woody vi as already an accomplished artist with media ranging from painting rocks to drawing stationary and lapidary. I ' m sure this skill greatly added to Woody ' s success in dental school. Woody grew up a native of Southern California and as such developed a flair for all water sports including taking a dive with all his prospective fiancees. He clearly entered the mainstream of dental school life and became well known for his antics and practical jokes. In fact, his popularity never faltered for everyone seemed to share their lunch with him. Though Woody was a serious student spending many late hours in the laboratory, there was always time to take his B lab buddies out water skiing, sailing, snow skiing or most of the time just taking them . But as Lois and Dale gratefully acknowledge Woody in fact, Had no time for he was out selling watches . By the time all of the final projects were due in the pre-clinical laboratories, everyone knew that Woody would be delivering some outstanding work on the clinic floor. He proved no one wrong. Woody has a real knack for prosthetic dentistry and has achieved some beautiful, aesthetic results in difficult cases. Woody is possesed with some unique talents and I ' m sure he ' ll use them successfully in whatever endeavor he undertakes. And pretty soon, its history . God, my first clinic and no vaseline. The morning stone man.

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1 You did say you were going into Perlo. didn ' t you. ' University of Maryland, B.S. Zoology On So vOe.xA; Wofi oA , Wanna go back in the stacks? I ' m Gay Gwill from Brooklyn, New Yawk . . . The stage is set, here comes the would be medical student who settled with the idea of being a dentist. Not knowing much about the field he decided to come to the school in California because he wanted to be in the sun. Well, ' he never saw the sun the first year e.xcept to run during his lunch breaks. He also began to refine and increase his vocabulary of blasphemous terms during operative clinics. We could always hear Gary ' s four letter screams from A to B labs with that distinct Brooklyn accent. Where 95% of the class would have quit after a third of Gary ' s problems, old Gair plugged on through insurmountable mishaps from operative to back injuries, Gary never had a problem with didactic work. He could get an A on any exam anytime. When Gary entered clinic he showed he was capable of doing excellent restorative dentistry. It was just his sporadic bad luck which seemed to get in the way. Aside from clinic, Gary also managed to become an accomplished wine connoiseur and the Venice terror of the paddle tennis court. It has been a long hard road for Gary in all respects. Fortunately, he has that uncanny ability to bounce back and do extremely well. In fact he will probably join the ranks of the advanced periodentist at USC. Gary is tough, honest, and a sincere person. You ' re ok Gary. By the way, where IS my half hollenback? I had ten fingers when I started in this business . , .

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.Jft 7T i e World Brigham Young University, Mobile Clinic Staff. Dental School Ski DuO£ A Lor- o m s Vhat did you say about clinics? ' Two Years, two kids, not bad. Funny, those crowns weren ' t loose before the impression. Dale came to USC by the way of Utah, Sacramento. Canada, Kansas, Oregon, New York, Thailand, New Mexico and Utah again. He and his wife Elaine drove to L.A. from Utah in Blossom their little red Pinto. Wanting to adapt well to L.A. and USC, Dale bought Sparky , his 260Z and a l-londa 360 bike (What, no name for bike?). Elaine finally persuaded Dale into getting what she wanted; baby Jason and a year later Baby Jeni. Dale never liked to spend too much time in the lab. He had the knack for recovering from most anything that might go wrong, especially if all it took was a poly or green stone, or just a bit of luck. Aside from being one of the fastest guys in B-lab, Dale would dazzle the instructors with his amalgam, gold casting, or foil polishes. He is best remembered by those around him in lab, for his corny but clean expletives (and his continual efforts to reform the rest of us from using our not so clean expletives), his regular 8:00pm bedtime, he and Woody ' s constant competition, he and Gary Grill ' s differences of opinion on everything including methods of gross anatomy dissection, taking the day off to ride bikes with the phantom Furgeson or water and snow skiing, and his education on the Chicano by his dynamic and beautiful lab partner Lois. Once in the Clinic, Dale spent more time in the lab as well as at chair-side, but he never let his spare time activities suffer for it. No longer satisfied with just land, water or snow, he took to the sky and plans to have a plane of his own some day. Spending increasingly more time on Mobile Clinics, Dale quit his full time position on the mobile clinic football team and joined the clinic staff. He developed a strong interest in treating children and welcomed the challenges it brought. Dale plans to practice in central Oregon. With his strong clinical abilities, his desire to do well in all he attempts, and the support of a lady like Elaine he can ' t miss. Good luck, Partner!