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

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U.S.C, President Senior Class. ' Mai e me an offer. ' r Utt A ' h L The Kamens. O kW l ere V. con Pedo patient? Kamen and manikin. i. Chris??? I can remember walking into C-lab for orientation and on reading the seating chart noticed that a Chris Kamen was to be my lab partner. (Wow, I get to sit next to a chick, wonder what she looks like?) Well, not only was this Chris married, the sucka was a dude and an ugly one at that (heh, heh). Yeah, it seemed to be one interesting thing after another with greasy mouse. His special humor and wit has not only gained him many a friend and notoriety throughout the school, but has gotten him first hand instructions on when to mimic the KAG or one why its disadvantages to take your occlusal reduction on a Vt cuspid down to the CEJ, especially during a FPROS-TPX. Talking about first hand instructions, Chris was offered a few from Pretty Patty , though the specific nature of them slips my mind. It never ceases to amaze me how someone can do all the junk we have to do to get through this place plus finish early, do the job as president of the class (and an exceptional one at that) and run a family (Donna might approve). Yet, Chris has done all this and still has managed to keep a very high standard of etiquette and diplomacy along with maintaining skills and reflexes of Butter knife sharpeners in foosball. As the time has grown closer and closer for departure from dental school, Chris has given this Institute more and more. We would all like to think that each of us has given S.C. something tor its future success, but contributions of a tangible nature are sometimes hard to give yet Chris has left this school something very real and you will find it-fourth floor head, second stall from the left. Chris-it was a privilege.

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' Don ' t bug me O ' brien. U.C. Berkeley A.B. English, U.C. Berkely Secondary Teaching Credential. ,:± t ' Estee Lauder gets me better grades. ' - rJI • A few close friends knew her as Annie, some called her Sunshine, Chris Kamen thought she was Anne Jaworski, others knew her simply as Anne. But, the name she liked best was Anne Jegurgowitz! Anne Jurewitz— the one with the big eyes and huge smile, a smile so big that it required the largest impression trays available. Anne was not the type that liked to rush into things. She was most famous for advocating the four day work week. She frequently spent extended weekends at t lammoth and at her private beach in Laguna. Once she disappeared for so long that it was rumored that she was having an affair with Vince Katow. Her time in school, however, was well spent. She stayed late in lab so often that she eventually met all the janitors and security guards. But it was worth it since she saved a lot of money on towels and toilet paper. Anne was also famous for her thoroughness. She studied for exams up to the last minute— but it got her A ' s. She worked on her clinical projects up to the last second— but she always passed. It was amazing how she was able to work through all the chair basketball games, optoball games, cotton roll wars, and exploding plaster bombs. Perhaps Anne ' s greatest accomplishment was getting through dental school inspite of the few instructors and many patients that were biased against women dentists. In the years to come Anne will prove that women can be just as good and in many cases better than their male counterparts in the dental profession. I might consider it.

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BH U.C.S.B., U.C.L.A. (Cybernetics) B.S., F.E.C.E., Smegmasonics. ' MM ' Dr.Herrick, you ' re getting sleepy. ' ' No more wine until you can focus the camera. I ' m keeping the engine warm. ■Ahhhhhl Vince Bonsai Katow became the lab idol early in the game - it seemed like everything he touched became a 4.0 . Next to Ingy he was probably the best operator in our lab. Later he earned our respect as a formidable opponent in the Lab C Alba wars , and foremost lecturer on the Kennedy assassination. Vince also had his priorities straight and so he was never too busy with school to drop whatever he was doing at a moment ' s notice to go play raquetball or grab a quick beer. While we never knew for sure we always suspected he had a black belt in karate. If he didn ' t he would never have stood up in a room full of veterans at the Nine-0 on Pearl Harbor Day and yelled Bonzai as loud as he could, or introduced himself to the girlfriend of a perfect stranger by casually pouring a beer on her. Vince does have a serious side however and we all learned to admire his diverse knowledge. He could discuss a variety of subjects in detail and I always enjoyed talking to him because I usually walked away having learned something I hadn ' t known before. I ' m sure Vince will be as well liked by his patients as he was by all of us, and that, coupled with his clinical skills, is bound to lead to success.