University of the Pacific School of Dentistry - Chips Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Foreword Four calendar years is a seT lengTh oT Time which has no variaTion. Cne hundred years ago Tour years was sTill as iT is Today. BuT whaT a diTFerence Tour years can mean To diTFerenT people. To a Treshman sTudenT, Tour years To graduaTion is an eTerniTy. To a senior sTudenT, Tour years was such a shorr span oT Time. The Class oT I965 experienced Tour years oT denTal school as many classes have in The pasT, and as many classes in The TuTure will have To experience. l-lowever, iT is during This Tour- year span ThaT The class oT '65 diTTers Trom iTs predecessors and will prob- ably diTTer Trom TuTure classes. We enTered a school Tilled wiTh TradiTion and seT pracTices which had noT varied in counTle'ss years. In Tour shorT years The class oT '65 has ex- perienced a revoluTion in which al- mosT every way we Turn The old lines oT TradiTion have Tallen. We are Truly The Class oT TransiTion. The '65 Chips holds Tor The sen- iors memories oT a year They realize was compleTely diTTerenT Trom The previous year, and memories oT The radical changes They experienced This year. Good, pad, or indiTTerenT. These changes are now a parT oT P845 and we as a class may Teel proud we weaThered These changes well. lvlorel Fidler

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Zin jllilemuriam I. IRWIN BEECHEN, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. On January 5, l965, lhe career ol l. lrwin Beechen came lo an unlimely end. l-lis loss lo lhe College ol Physicians and Surgeons and lo denlislry cannol be measured lor he was a man ol many lalenls. As an educalor he aided in lhe lraining ol generalions ol denlal slu- denls in denlislry lor children. As an aulhor he was responsible lor published arlicles in his chosen lield in nalional and regional journals and ediled lhe seclion on Denlislry lor Children in McGehee, True and lnslcipp. As a leclurer he presenled more lhan 200 leclures, seminars and clinics lhroughoul Norlh America, Europe and lhe Middle Easl. As a cilizen he held responsible posilions in his communily and was an inspiralion lo his lellow lownspeople. As a man ol religion he conlribuled in guidance, leaching and lraining in his church. l-le was a leader in lhe Uniled Jewish Wellare Foundalion. As a parenl he imparled lhe values ol iuslice, humilily and honor lo his children. l-le was never loo busy lo help anyone in need or anyone who soughl his help. As a lriend il is wilh sadness lhal we say larewell lo a lruly greal man. Because ol his shorl slay here, lhe world is a lillle beller place in which lo live. -E.lv1.S.