University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Xi Psi Phi, Meal Dent Student Coulzeil Repre- sentative, Mezl Deal Student Council Ser'relary, Medelzlion I didn'r ask you if you had anylhiny Io Ulll, I asked you your name. Lack of wheels. The lux! angry man. Came in on the Democratic' land- slide with L.I1'.l. for a .veeolzd term. Eternal bachelor. Me! a honey at the fair. ln- V-A In vm DDS GEORGE K. UNGERER Rochester, New York University of Rochester, B.A Senior Class President J. .J 'F

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DE TAL GRAD ATE Four short years ago we walked into the hallowed halls of Capen. Each of us knew not the other but when swept into the turmoil of year one, we banned together to even the seemingly unsurmountable odds. We recall the trembling knees in anatomy recitation and the shocking experiments in physiology, sometimes wet or hot or cold, and even the unforgettable taste of that gallon of urea. At that particular time those four short years appeared as forty or four hundred, each with its mile of nail beds or hot coals. Up we moved from the state of he who doesn't know and doesn't know he doesn't know is a fresh- man to the case toter. An occasional glimpse of the clinic kept us aware of things to come. We used agar plates, microscopes and wax blocks with equal dexter- ity. Trouble we had, imitating malposed forms later identihed as teeth, amalgam falling from uppers, foil CLA SS OF 1965 17 without cement, disappearing solder, and the ever-pres- ent miseast. The pressure was casing off and at times we heard that we were learning for the fun of learning, Another rung of the ladder had been reached for 'the who doesnft know and knows he doesn't know is a sophomore. On the downside of the hill we had not a worry except a patient who salivatcs somewhat more than the typo- dont and says ouch! to our over-zealous instrumenta- tion. Crown and bridge was everything they said it was and maybe worse. We found out our locker wasn't the safest place for folders, that you can't place foils with- out a rubber dam, and that you will not express anes- thetic on the deck! The pace quickened, the work in- creased, and the time flew. Having climbed yet another rung, we find that he who knows and doesn't know he knows is a junior. We now stand in panic and conhdence because we all know that he who knows and knows he knows is a senior. Our education has been one of the finer in existence. We have listened to, talked about and met with men from nearly all facets l of Dentistry. As the thought processes are honed to a keen edge, we feel burdened with knowl- edge and yet we realize we have but scratched the sur- face. As we step to the threshold of Doctor of Dentistry, we are some- what like explorers facing an unknown, as best armed as possible. To our men- tors we extend our thanks for the patience, careful guidance, and high educa- tional standard provided for us. With this founda- tion may we have the abil- ity to continue ever upward from this crossroads, our graduation into Dentistry.

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ENDS SAMUEL A. RIZZO Rochester, New York St. John Fisher College Senior Class Vice President Class Vice President, Xi Psi Phi Secretary and President, Health Professions Scholarship, Dental Alumni Association Junior Class Award, American Cancer Society Fellowship, Women's Dental Guild Freshman Award, Bi- sonhead Class quarterback. Member of the Rochester Club. Monday morning Grantland Rice. A land luhber. Everybody's officer. Fugitive from Fish College.