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

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gleaned from this pleasant intercourse was widely disseminated by him throu.s;h ' the me- dium of the many students whose rare privilege it was to learn from him. He was rej eatedly honored by those members of his i)rofession, and he was honored and wonderfully respected by those students. He was twice president of the National Dental Association, and represented that Asso- ciation as a delegate at the International Dental Congress in Paris and the International Dental Federation at Stockholm, and he was one of the organizers of the Notional Associa- tion of Dental Faculties. He was also a member and at one time president of the Mary- hmd State Dental Association, as well as an honorary member of the New Jersey State Dental Society. Men in evei-y (|uarter of the globe, ]iraetiitoners of dental surgery, whose early steps in dental knowledge were guided by him, whose subsequent and successive ste]3s of advance- ment were steadied and directed by him to completion, all hold warm and glowing spots in their hearts, wherein the name of Dean Foster is en.shrined. He was a kindly, courteous gentleman of the old school. Kver upi-ight and honest, over fair and s npathetic, always affable anc ' congenial in his relationships between man and man, and between the teacher and the scholar, Dr. Fostei ' won the unalloyed and undy- ing friendshi]) of all who knew him. His grey hairs have descended into the grave full of honor. His record is one brim- full of achievement and of duty well and nobly done. His monuments ai ' e many, all more lasting than marble and granite, upon which his name is imperishably carved in the golden letters of friendship, and his fame will live forever in the annals of his belo -ed school. To the memory of this man — Dean Foster — the stiadents of the Baltimore ' Oollege of Dental Surgery do now, silently, devoutly and sorrowfully (jay homage! 8

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He became, successively, a doctor of dental surgery and a doctor of medicine, althougli he chose to adopt the former profession as his life ' s vocation, and in this he shone re- vsplendent throughout his long years of humanly beneficial endeavor. Dr. Foster was married in eighteen hundred and fifty-six, at West Chester, Pa., to Miss Anna E. Green, and of this union his widow, his son (Dr. William G. Foster, who has succeeded his father as Dean of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery) and his daugh- ter (Miss Isabel Foster) sui ' vive. He was always regarded among the other members of his profession as one of its lead- ers. His earnest, consistent, patient and studiousty expert ministrations and expositions brought to him that recognition of his fellows which he so well merited, and he was honored in many ways, such as his colleagues, in expression of their eminent esteem, could bestow. Upon the organization of the Maryland Dental College of Baltimore, in eighteen hun- dred and seventy-three. Dr. Foster was elected to its professorship of dental mechanism and metallurgy, and he remained in that chair until eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, the Maryland Dental College then being consolidated with the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Thereupon the latter institution conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery and elevated him to its professorship of pathology and thera- peutics, in which Chair he continued throughout his life. In eighteen hundred and ninety-four, upon the demise of Dr. R. B. Winder, Dean of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dr. Foster was selected to succeed him, and so endured until his departure hence. Those extended years of his incvimbency all attest the true worth and value of the man. ■ - r ■ During that period Dr. Foster was uninterruptedly in close association with the lead- ers of thought among the members of his profession, and the benefit of all the knowledge

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To Our Faculty Here ' s a toast to tlie men who liave taught us so well. It would take a whole volume their merits to tell. There ' s our Dean, Dr. Foster, who all will agree, That Pathology- to him sounds like A. B. C. Dr. Finney, the next on the slate, Knows Prosthetic Dentistry right up to date. There are Smiths hy the thousands, hut none like our man, Dr. B. Holly ' s a dandy huilt on the right plan. U ' ith the eminent chemist in all this broad land, In the very front row Dr. Simon dost stand. A man we all like, and a fellow well met, Our Dr. Hoffmeister ' s a good one. vou bet. When it conies to the heart, Dr. Hardy ' s riglit there. He has it all down and he has it to spare. Dr. Grieves is well posted on teeth of all shapes. On the teeth of the man and teeth of the apes. Dr. Kelsey has taught us to put teeth in line. If you have listen ' ed to him you should have it down fine, Xow Dr. ilcCleary the next man in line. Tlie bones and bugs, he has them down fine. How to fill, how to save, how to put out a tooth, Our B. Holly. Jr., has told us the truth. Mioii it comes to the making of a bridge or a plate. Dr. Street has everything right up to date. So here ' s to our faculty ; here ' s to their wives, God bless them and keep them all through their lives. But most of all. good health to the Dean. Sent from the class of 1915. O. H. M.. ' 15.