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

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Yes folks, at my downtown office, crediton request, se habia espartol, dentures while you wait ... U.C. Irvine B.A. Chemistry, B.S. Biology, Edward Hatton Research Award Competition, Make it go Study Club, 1 ain ' t comin ' back team. cii ,ij xc i ' • ' ' Dental hygiene taught in my West Valley location. Here, at my Huntington Beach location, you can see our advanced sterilization center. What, some guys from the F.D.A. want to talk to me again! Phil is one of those few individuals born with the wrong name. Had his mother realized what we now know to be his true disposition, he wouldn ' t have had to wait until the freshman year of dental school to earn the name Bumpy . The Bump earned his reputation early by short-cutting his way through every class, exam and pre-clinical project while proclaiming, You ' ve got to know this stuff, you ' ve got to know this stuff. The spector of Templeton, Soule et. al. had its effect on the Bump, but he quickly retaliated, much to the dismay of Dexter Smith. We wondered why Bumpy didn ' t attend oral surgery block frequently, not remembering that he had gotten valuable experience extracting third molars from his lab partner ' s ortho models with a melite bur (and miraculously gaining seven millimeters on the back of the models). Petty tricks, like telling his lab partner to inject only a half-millimeter into his mucosa, were beneath him; the Bump went for the more exotic maneuvers, one of which Dr. Reitz is still trying to forget. In all, Phil made his presence well known, and long after we all leave, he ' ll still be known as the Bump .

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iSsiSiW ' S asmvaiXBaismiri ' i ■My patients usually pass out ' No, you blow and I ' ll suck. ' Fresno State University O.B., as Pat was known to his many friends, became a reject from the class of ' 77 after taking a summer off from the hassles of dental school. Rumor has it that he spent his summer running Rick Kahn ' s practice while Rick wrote his family dentistry grant, but, those of us who know knew he spent his time creating Klancy and scuba diving in Laguna. Pat could be a most obnoxious person - especially when you weren ' t looking for it. Many was the time he strolled up to your patient in the chair and said, What did you cut that with - a machette? But, even with incidents like that who else would you go to to have your ortho wires bent (for a minimal fee, of course) Not having seen any of his pre clinical work, many of us were surprised to see the superb quality of his clinical attempts, and we are still waiting for him to put some of those talents to work on that eyesore of a truck - porcelain hubcaps perhaps, or maybe just a paint job. O.B. ' s many hobbies which include radio control airplanes and gliders, scuba diving, electronics, Beierle ' s sister, and fartin ' and tap dancin ' took up alot of his time. Unfortunately, his many hours of plane and glider building often ended up nose down on the runway due to a thumb glich . After USG O.B. will owe the airforce several years of his lite in return tor their generosity. When we all meet again we may see quite a change in Pat, or at least we may hear a yes sir or no sir instead of cuz or posta . Than again, Oh well! Good luck and good flying Pat! Sure I ' m hot in operative, but Obie ' s Wire Service pays the bills. ' Boy, is this stuff bad. i ' S ' f mi %

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Boy, that slid right In. Harry ' s imitation of an Armenian pirate. What do you mean, you can ' t make it! Remembering our first meeting, a shy, not obtrusive, not devious but rather pleasant figure comes to mind, I recall him saying, vi lth a sparkle in his eyes, HI, my name ' s Harry. I used to have Idiopathic Internal resorption, but Its cleared up novif since Dr. Gllck helped me, do you know him? I smiled and walked away. Harry was the type of guy you wanted to get to know and afterwards you asked yourself whether It was worth the effort. One of his most endearing qualities was his honesty, which I rapidly grew to appreciate after he emptied his Armenian Spagetti Delight all over my newly pressed lab coat during Impression techniques. He told me he was a gagger, but I just laughed, thinking it was just another cheap Armenian trick to get out of doing the procedure. And if there was a simpler method of getting the job done, Harry would find it. like bribery. He was a true artist too, like the time he placed slick die on his wax pattern for that extra glow and Dr. Lenschs memorable critique: We ' ve got another slippery one. Dr. Helffrich . Hands fvlarkarian truly lived up to his name, but all joking aside, when the ships were down the Fresno kid came through. The only attribute that surpassed his prowess In acadamla, was his willingness to help you when you needed It most. His organization and effectiveness in getting the job done seems contrary to the mellow, easy going nature he portrays. With his many talents, Harry still maintains an air of modesty about him, a feat seldom accomplished when subjected to so much frustration and utter Insanity. But regardless of all his accomplishments to date, I will always remember him as a Kiss-but, pain in the ass .