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

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sadena City College A. A., San Diego State College B.A. Psychology alth Sciences, Biology. VXl l oA UU %J, c? WaJ What, they towed my car away! ' ' Ten dollars on Seabisquit in the fifth. 9 ' J ' ou think your Porsche can blow the lors MY VW truck? Jamie Azdair is a man of many talents and interests. He was a leading proponent of the If-it-Glows-it-Goes school, and salvaged many a carved wax fish in pre-clinical tooth carving via his dazzlingly brilliant Azdair Primo-Polish techniques. We could always count on him to have the shiniest denture set-ups. and you had to wear sun-glasses to view his gold castings. He ' s the kind of guy who could enjoy spending hours polishing DMAT bongoes . . . dedication! Jamie is a firm believer in the aTraumatic anesthetic injection technique. In fact, when we first practiced giving injections to our lab partners, he refused to allow me to do it to him. Other interests Jamie had, included a class in self-hypnosis (you can wake up now Jamie!), and marriage to a beautiful girl he hardly knew (is 7 years a long engagement?). Jamie is a good listener and a skilled and very convincing talker when a subject interests him. As my lab partner. Jamie has been a patient advisor and an understanding friend, and I sincerely thank him for it. He has the drive and ambition to be a successful dentist (if they don ' t catch him first), and I wish him the best of luck at it.

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' Enough nitrous, where ' s the dental hygiene lab. urnji d-Ct hJi kAyiH y0 - ct What can I say about Don Carlos Atkins III? In freshman year Don came to school with a full head of hair but managed to singe most of it in his bunsen burner while waxing up. While polishing his castings, Don more often than not ended up polishing his nose also, which prompted us to call him Rudolph. As a matter of fact, Don worked so hard polishing his Operative Honor Role project, that he was forced to invent the Neopar margin. When it came to making 8:00 classes every morning, Don would somehow drag himself into lecture and sleepily say, I should be home sleeping! Oh well, he managed to catch a wink or two during Perio lectures. Don was also quite the Oral Surgeon while in O.S. Block. In between patients, he could be found playing Backgammon in the back room. In his spare time, Don took many trips with Jose and Matt to such exotic places as McDonald ' s, the Redwoods, Eureka and the Grand Canyon. By the way, the three musketeers hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon just to have lunch! All kidding aside, Don has a sense of humor that never quits; he manages to keep his patients laughing no matter what. If a patient complains about the cost of their work, he simply tells them that it is cheap at half the price! Don is a very warm, sympathetic and intelligent person and has been a good friend. Good luck to you Don, you ' ll go far. What do you mean extract the tooth I haven ' t fit the master cone yet. ' How do we get out of here Jose?

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FAiioaaiMrM Santa Monica College A.A., U.S.C. Dental School First Lady 1977. ' .. ■ iccdJ tt ' That PFM doesn ' t look green to me She was young and he was nervous. I ' m not sure what you need, let me check my requirement book. Jan ' s always had trouble with mashers. Jan started school behind the eight ball. Initially she had to prove to every male in the school that she was competent enough to produce work as well as they could. Guess what? In no time at all she was a winner and everyone quickly forgot that a female was working that handpiece. Everyone that Is, but Joe. ° One can hardly forget that fateful day when Jan and The Bear actually fell in love. The auspicious occasion took place while working over a cadaver in the Anatomy lab. After dissecting the rectum, Joe looked up at Jan, and said, I love you . This new relationship took the dental school by surprise. Joe was a model husband. He never smoked, drank or chased women. In fact, he was verging on Homosexuality. All kidding aside. Jan is a lovely girl who will make a tine wife, mother and dentist. Good luck to her in the future.