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

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Don ' t use 8 round bur for retention ' I don ' t know if I ' ll ever get out. B.A., M.A., California State University Los Angeles, B.S.O.A., Summer Orientation Program. . .. . .- ' I . . .. f- Luther joined D lab in January, evidently not liking his previous student number. He became Jhe infamous 291, constantly being confused with his two predecessors, Ed Reichman and Ron Heneman. If anyone ever got his moneys ' worth out of dental school, it had to be Luther; he went through everything twice. He could be seen with a cigarette in his mouth shaking his head over his lab work until 9:30 every night. He seemed plagued by Murphy ' s Law, ' if anything can possibly go wrong, it will ' , but he took it all in stride and somehow managed to turn everything in on time. He tried everything to get ' hot ' , including setting his hair on fire. His motto was simple - If the margins don ' t fit the tooth, make the tooth fit the margins. A master of stories (plain B.S.) Luther managed to convince Helen to increase his loan so he could vacation in the Bahamas with his family one break. Luther will long be remembered for his friendship and his willingness to help. It was from Luther that I learned how to solder - occlusal perforations, contacts and margins. Undoubtedly Luther will make a fine dentist. Few made the sacrifices he did for dentistry and I hope the rewards will be appropriate. i ! i ' :if ' i g lM ■I ' ] Oh my God, I forgot the vaseline! ' It worked for Richard Pryor

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' Point me towards the bar Dr. Stephen W. ' Tiasch Newport Beach, California B.S. Biology, U.S.C, Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity, Yearbook ' 78, D-Lab Diver Young Diaper Rasch the 901 closed. I bet you tell that to all the guys. ■ I recall with. utter clarity, the first great shock of my dental school career. I met Huggy Bear Rasch . I remember asking myself, How are his hands going to fit in a mouth? Little did I know my mouth was going to be the first. I now have flabby lips. Steve, on the other hand has the smallest and tightest mouth. What a challenge to get through Perio. When Steve wasn ' t following the football team across the country, he would upgrade our dismal lab existence by singing Linda Rondstadfs greatest hits with minor variances. Or he would kneel under his desk with a syringe of water and squirt Dan Armistead ' s crotch. For two weeks, Dan thought there was something wrong with his plumbing. On a more healthy note, Steve would rally us to a den of iniquity called the Bucket . It was here that we all witnessed Steve perform his first deep oral exam. This was not easy, but Steve has an uncanny ability to handle himself in hard In lecture, Steve was at his best. In his quiet and informative manner he would let the lecturer know he ' d rather have lunch with Mary Bierle. In conclusion, other than being an enjoyable lab partner, a good friend and decent person, he ' s cute.

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East LA. College, Calif. State University L.A., B.S., M.S., Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. and then I did ttiis and stie said yes. ' Wtiile everyone else in the lab was carving and waxing, Tony ' s mind was on Dee, the lady who sat across the aisle. After a year of courtship, which included many romantic moments in the lab, Tony persuaded Dee to marry him. He was smarter than we realized then, because not only is Dee attractive and intelligent, she was a hygienist. She began working two or three nights a week to help support them. In his junior year Tony discovered that there was money to be made with his knowledge of crown and bridge techniques-making jewelry. Tony spent the first two trimesters in the clinic making and selling necklaces and rings. But he soon realized that that would not graduate him from school after he received his clinical accomplishment record. He went back reluctantly to making crowns. Tony is a multi-talented guy. He does accounting for his brother, makes jewelry and stars for the Delt ' s volleyball and football teams. The football caused Tony to learn to do left handed dentistry after injurying a thumb rushing an opposing quarterback. Tony has accomplished more than most people in Dental School. Besides learning dentistry, he found a wife, learned to make jewelry, learned to be a lefty when necessary and also learned to play football well enough to be started for the first time since he was the only kid with a football in the neighborhood. ' Boy, did I pull that one over? ' I want to patent it for weight loss. ' 166