University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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In 1S7S, Doctor I ' inney was called to accept the position of Assistant Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. This and the Maryland Dental Collegfe had amalgamated the year previous, adopting the name of the former for the combined institutions. His diploma from the Maryland Dental College entitled him to one from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery also. Dr. Finney served as Assistant Demonstrator for six months, when he was made Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry, and Demonstrator in Charge of the Infirmary. In this capacity Dr. Finney served for ten years, and during that time did not miss a single day ' s attendance at College. Professor Finney is a member of the Maryland State Dental Association, the Southern Dental Association, and the National Dental Association. He is a Royal Arch Mason, having received that degree when but twenty-two years of age, and (last but not least) up to the present time has remained a bachelor. OlilUain f. Smith, H.B., M-D. ' illiam F. Smith, A.B., M.D., Lecturer on Regional Anatomy, Osteology and Bacteriology, graduated from City College, 1883: graduate from Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1886; Teacher in McDonogh Institute, 1886-87: graduate from College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1889; Resident Physician City Hospital, 1889-92; Demonstrator of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1893-96; Professor of Anatomy and Dermatology, 1896-99, College of Physicians and Surgeons; Lecturer on Anatomy, Bacteriology and Osteology, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1894, which position he holds at present. edw. Roffmeistcr, H.B., pb.6., D.D.S. Edw. HolTmeister, A.B., Ph.G., D.D.S. , Lecturer on Materia Medica and Demonstrator on Chemistry; graduated from Zion School, 1883; in City College, 1888; graduate from Maryland College of Pharmacy, 1892; graduate from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1894, during which time he also took a special course of Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University; graduate from Loyola College, A.B., 1896; Demon- strator in Chemistry, 1896, and Lecturer in Materia Medica at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1897, which two latter positions he holds at present. 14

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Harris ' L ' rincii)les and rraclicc (if Dentistry. His chapter on CJcreljro-Spinal Meningitis is a well-written |)art in T.ooniis ' lV ' xt-l!ook on iVledicine, and liis many nionoj raplis are papers of recognizerl merit. B. Roily Smith. B. Holly Smith was graduated from the lialtimore Colleye of iJenlal Surfjery in i88r, anci made Assistant Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry Ihe following ' session. He was next appointed Lecturer on Special Anatomy and Dental Materia Medica, later Professor of this chair, and is now Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Surgery. He was graduated from the College of Physicians and .Surgeons in 1883, and is now Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Surgery as applied to medicine in that institution. He was formerly President of the Maryland State Dental Association and is now Chairman of its Executive Committee. He was at one time President of the Southern Dental Association, also of the National Dental Association; now a member of its Executive Council. He is now President of the National Association of Dental Faculties, of whose Executive Committee he was for some time the Secretary. He is an honorary member of the Washington City Dental Association, New Jersey State Society, North Carolina State Association, Texas State Association, Associate Member of the New York Academy of Stomatology, and New York Odontological Society, and also a member of the Baltimore County Medical Association. Dr. CdtUiam B. f inncy. Dr. William B. Finney, Professor of Dental Mechanism and Metallurgy at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, is one of the foremost dentists of Baltimore. He was born in Accomac County, ' a., August 27, 1854, on the plantation of his father, the late Andrew Gordon Finney. He pursued his studies at the Academy of Locustville, Va., and at William and Mary College. Coming to Baltimore, he acted as bookkeeper for the firm of T. C. Bunting Co., and later entered the ofifice of Dr. R. B. Winder as a private student, concurrently beginning his studies at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. About this time the Maryland Dental College was organized and Dr. ' inder was made its Dean. Here Mr. Finney took his second year course and graduated, being yet under twenty-one years of age. After graduation, he returned to his home, remaining there one year. He then went to Moorefield, Hardy County, W. a., where he practiced three years. 13

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aiilUain 0, foster, D.D.S. William G. Foster, D.D.S., Demonstrator of Operative- Dentistry ; entered Agricultural College of Mary- land, 1876; appointed Captain at this institution, 1877; g-raduated from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. 1881; Demonstrator Meclianical JDentistry, i88q; Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry, r8o?. whicli poiiiiion he holds at present. George e. Rardy, M.D.. D.D.S. George E. Hardy, M.U., D.D.S., Demonstrator of Mechanical Dentistry; graduated from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1888, graduate from College of Physicians and Surgeons, i88(j; Assistant Demon- strator Operative Dentistry, iSgo; Demonstrator Mechanical Dentistry, 1895, at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, which position he holds at present. It may be stated that Dr. Hardy was in i88g tlie youngest M.D., l).i)..S. on recorrj. IS LIBRARY DENISTRY-PHARMACY UNIVERSITY or MARYLAND BALTIMORE