University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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ilsaar T nmarti iaitts. M. i.. i. i. i .. Our esteemed Professor and friend who, during the course of a quarter of a century by his intellect, kindliness and patience has won for himself a host of friends throughout the world, This volume is most affectionately dedicated by the Editors of the Terra Mariae 1913

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ISAAC HOWARD DAVIS. M. D , D. D. S.

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s ' lh j2JJ10 yf i-tHTffwm ' Tun ' y TFrFyryyij m9 ijf ' iMi:nmii iiqnTr rir Tif7r.- pr-} iT riiffTpV M neTifrK;M ' ' W ' i.iWfl ' iWJ y n ' KSI J :vi infiz [% HEua V --mrj n.iTi T.T..»Tmjrr..- T-Tfl-mrTrr? 3lsaar iHinnarit iauts. iH. 13.. i. B. . • l ' F,SS()R Is;uu ' II- na is, was Ijorn in I ' rcdcrick county, .M;ir l:ind, in 183 ' , his ancestors belonged to that sturdy tnck of Pilgrims who came over with tlie Lord ' s I ' rojirictor aiul whose descendants have cj illii lriously added to the ])ages of -Maryland hi-lory. lie is the son of Isaac and Cath- erine (Miles) Ua is, of h ' rederick county. Maryland. IliN father was a successful farniei ' . owning a large tract (if land in the southern jiart of the couni - where he lived the most of his life, lie had nine children. Dr. Davis being the seventh son. Receiving his early education in the schools of the State — he at the age of twenty-one years became a teacher at tl:c |iul)lic school, Conius, Md. After leaching the higher branches there for several ycar ridfc --or Davis decided to come to lialtimore to take up his chosen profession. . rri ing at the L ' niversit - of Maryland he matriculated at the Dental Department, under those two renowned jiioneers of the [)rofe sion. h ' crdinand C.orgas and James H. Harris, graduating in 1SS4. Professor Davis found that his love for medical .science would only he satisfied in going through the entire course of medicine— conse(|uently graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, one -cason after. The faculty realizing his abilitv ai)iiointcil him an in-trnclMV in the Dental Deiiarlincnt. in the field of clinical denti-try. l- ' or 2S vear i ' rof. DaviN ha- diligently labored in tliis di-parinicnt. during the various changes which have come about, n t only in the dcp.ntnuni. bni in the iirofevsi iii a well. (Jnlv a man f, ' ifted with a keen judicial mind .and foresight cmld rise and follow the trend of thought and learning through so long a jjcriod of time without falling behind, as even we see the most gifted some limes do. but he has successfully taught ;md lectured along the more modern ideas of the jjfofession, always keeping abreast with the latent ])rnven scientific facts. When Profes-or Harris, at last realized that the field of operative dentistry was loo large for one man he consented to have IVofessor Davis elecle l to a chair of clinical dentistry and orthodontia. .• t the death of i ' rofessor Harris he .succeeded to the chair of operative dentistry. Keeping the even tenor of his way and hard work have been the rule of his life, so at the ])resent day, tho e who know and can apjireciale the Hall-marks of a man sec in I ' rofes- sor Davis an i ' leal instructor. 6