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

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U.S.C. Biology, Psi Omega Fraternity a -e«cX e .x ZciJi .e. ■Oh. will you quit playing with that airhose down there! ' Let me know if it hurts. ' Chris and Wayne. I Chris entered school already aware of the psychological bullying of the first trimester, because of a part time Df AT job. Chris mastered most of the early problems of tooth carving without resorting regularly to her bunsen burner. From there it was all downhill. Chris was a charter member of the optisil waxing study club, a veteran of the black friday operative sessions with Bradbury and Bryman. Chris is also going on doing research in a new cyanoaccyralate technique for cementing gold foil. Beyond her obvious talents technically, Chris is a past master of the get by method. Seriously Chris is a good technical dentist. Chris has been a good lab partner and friend. She is one of the most organized people in our class and I could always count on her to bail me out with notes or pieces of equipment I had misplaced. If Chris had one hang-up it had to be the fact that at under 5 feet she was sensitive to jokes about working intra-orally standing up on the patient ' s tongue. That and the fact that she had overcompensated for her height by marrying Wayne at 6 ' 4 ' led to some awkward positions. Overall I don ' t know whether dentistry will be the same without my little buddy.

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J.S.C. Chemistry, Sophomore Class President, Newspaper Editor. Student 3ody President. ,g ' The denture final is really canceled? £.■■- Oh God. will dental school be this bad? • ' I ' m telling you sweetheart, my work is tits ' The big trout is in my pants. ' Bear . as we so often hear Joe affectionately called, was a specialist from the beginning, he always loved anatomy, or so we thought. When no one else showed up to class. Joe was always dissecting. We later found out it wasn ' t just anatomy he loved, it was women ' s anatomy; actually it was one woman ' s anatomy . . . Jan ' s. He loved it so much that he married her and from then on it was fun with the Beierle and Bailee Circus . Joe ' s great sense of humor surfaced often during Operative finals. We all remember him dressing up as Santa Claus and giving out Vaseline for Christmas. Or the time, after having retried beans for lunch, he blamed his own foul odors on me as the instructor came over to grade my prep. But. by far the most memorable event was when we placed a thumb tack on Joe ' s chair, during finals, and he had Dr. Clever sit on it by accident. Joe thought he would have to give his first CPR. In addition to his many hobbies (hunting, fishing, playing grab-ass) and interests (lovely Jan), Joe made time to serve us not only as Sophomore class president, and editor of the Tongue Thrust , but also as Student Body President. This display of leadership is only one of his many fine qualities. Joe is an excellent operator, an honest person (disregarding Pedo and Occlusion quizzes) and his concern for his patients, friends and colleagues will make him a super dentist. Having him for a lab partner and friend was one of the nicest things that happened to me in dental school. Thanks Joe. for all your hard work and good luck from all of us. 85

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Oregon State University, Lab A Veteran, Editor 1978 El Molaro. g)o- C .vx o,. Sc. xJl o .4- J ' Jtry Jim left God ' s Country in Eugene, Oregon to conne to dental school here at U.S.C. When he recovered from the shock of smog and life in the ghettos of L.A., Jim had to contend with Dr. Solnifs dental anatomy class, better known as tooth carving. Like everyone else, Jim ' s first tooth looked more like an ice cream cone than a tooth and this depressed him to the point that he was sure he would never be a dentist. Needless to say, Jim learned to carve halfway decent teeth and successfully completed the course! Jim also tended to be a worry wart concerning exams, always feeling sure he had done poorly on them; his fears were ill-founded since he always excelled academically and more often than not was the one responsible for bringing up the curve for the rest of us! Probably the worst thing that ever happened to Jim was taking General Pathology. From day one of the class, he started having severe headaches and other symptoms, and after referring to his Merck Manual he was sure he had a brain tumor or some form of brain cancer. After appropriate tests, his neurologist quickly dismissed his fears and Jim ' s wife Claudia hid his Merck Manual. In spite of this. Jim could still be seen sitting in class taking his pulse every now and then just to be sure he was still alive! Why Jim worried so much was a mystery to us all since he completed all his requirements almost two semesters early and passed all his clinics with little difficulty. For the next few years, Jim will be working for the Army to pay back his scholarship; after that it will probably be going home to Oregon for Jim and Claudia. We wish you the best of luck! Thanks for being a great lab partner, Jim, and please don ' t develop any ulcers! ' Anything for a friend. 1 Jim and Claudia