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

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m . 1 Want me to open that beer can (or you dude? These seminars are a waste of time. ' Having arrived at these hallowed halls of futility a week after school began, I have spent four years alternating between procrastination, catching up, and outright ghostism. It ' s so much more challenging this way. For helping me maintain partial sanity through this long struggle, I would like to thank my wife, my family and all my friends. Also, I would like to add my sincerest appreciation to those few instructors and staff, who through their personalities as well as knowledge, made this asylum bearable. As for the future, hopefully it ' s back to sunny, smog-free Arizona. That is, of course, unless the Bucket or Wild Goose needs their own private dentist. Katz Family 139

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Dan and Sherry. And who disguised as Turtle Man , mild mannered dental student at U.S.C. is none other than Super(pentothal available)Kline . Able to seat castings with a single blow! Speaking of endurance, one only has to experience the famous all nighter with this man of tech-metal. He studies laboriously for a solid thirty minutes then takes one of his cat naps, waking up each hour to reset his clock for another hour. About thiry minutes before the test he gets serious and studies until they hand the test out. This study routine seemed to work well for Dan and he usually scored higher than most. Some are great -dentists BECAUSE of their hands and some, like the Kliner are great INSPITE of their hands. Dan didn ' t consider the job done until it was done twice (not necessarily RIGHT, but TWICE.) I ' ll always picture Dan huddled in his corner in C-lab or on the second floor lab. His horn rimmed magnifying glasses half-way down his nose and wearing his great earth shoes , which he kept neat by trimming the frayed edges (tags), probably with his surgery scissors. There he sat immersed in his work and encircled by garbage. You might ask, how could ' Kline dog ' manage to have two boys (Nathan and Adam) while in dental school? It ' s easy, the ONE lecture Dan went to during dental school was on reproduction. Seriously, it has been a pleasure to associate with Dan. He has sincere concern for people ( seen any concerts lately? ) and for his fellow students. Dan is a real thinker and understands concepts well. He is one of the most conscientious students I ' ve known. He plans to eventually practice in Arizona. He has a great wife. Sherry who refers to Dan simply as Kline , and whose laugh is extremely contagious. Don ' t we have a bathtub, dad? Forget it, I ' m sendin ' it out to the lab. f .

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U.C.L.A., B.A. Psychobiology, Junior Editor Yearbook 1977, Member Rumpled Foreskins, Master of Disquise. ' oc4-or of lOOoLltt ,{ JUji..u- yC - -»«- ' v erf C- 5- ' C ' ' ' «-a tf . -V — , ' - -» i 7 and Krupa. These D.H. ' s are getting shorter all the time. Trick or Squat. Tripod Todd, Dartanian, Zorro; a.k.a. Honaldo LeKrause . Ron ( made a big decision when he chose dental school over drumming for a rock-n-roll band. But he didn ' t let that slow him down as he showed that you could carve a tooth by pounding out the rhythm to Stairway, to Heaven with a 1 2 Hollenbeck and a 1 P.K.T. waxing instrument. J As Ron passed thru his 2 preclinical years, he wrote the song 50 Waj| to Leave Your OPER and FPROS instructor. In tact during one OPER| final, Dartanian received an anonymous phone call from Arizona andi 7 hours later was seen dancing at A.S.U. to Elton John ' s live perfor j When Zorro entered the clinic, he was never at loss for assistants. ' : The men of the Class of ' 78 (plus Dr. Paul Ross) were always offering Ron assistance due to the aesthetics of his patients. There was alwaysl a longer line at Ron ' s cubicle than anywhere else in the clinic in hopes! of performing 4,6,8,10, and sometimes 12-handed dentistry. When the female assistants took over, Ron taught them 4-handed dentistry (4 ; hands on the dentist!!!). | In the summer of ' 76, Ron became night manager of Hotel California ! located somewhere on the howling, steamy shores of Manhattan Beach| Ron ' s motto was Ho ' i e moe and he was determined to teach this • ancien t Hawaiian proverb to all of his Frauleins!! They usually responded and in fact wrote a song about Ron; I Can ' t Get Enough of Your Lovin ' . Occasionally, a Fraulein wouldn ' t believe in Ron ' s motto J and this would force him to reply with a reverberating Well, a Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse Meeeee!!!!! J In the summer of ' 77, Ron headed for the shores of Waikiki. Here he mastered the local island customs of 3 A.M. Chariot Races on Kalakaua Ave, Early Morning Tailor Appts., and Hide-n-S.Q.U.A.T. Well Ronaldo, from C Lab to 30th St. to Keystone to Manhattan Ave., it ' s been an exciting 4 years. Believe me, if we can make Dental School fun, that ' s one hell of an accomplishmtvit. A toast to your future my friend and hopefully some day we ' ll be drilling em ' together (teeth that is!!!) Frohliche Weinachten!!!!!