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

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Professor James Kendall Burgess — Cont. A brilliant speaker, a superior thinker, a skilled workman, and a good friend — these are the qualities that make him dear to all. Dr. Burgess is not of the opinion that a Dentist should know his profession alone, and nothing more. It is this erroneous idea that throws the gleam of coldness into the hearts of some Dental practitioners. Religion and Literature, Art and Drama, Music and Travel are things which broaden the knowledge, and it is because of these assets, that Dr. Burgess has developed so wonderful a personality. His lectures and talks show the spark of philosophy, and no mistake is made by calling him the philosopher professor ' ' of Prosthetic Dentistry. A scholar by birth. Dr. Burgess considers no time lost by traveling from New York to all parts of the country, so that he may read papers before Dental Societies, or give clinics for the advancement of the profession. His papers published by the various dental journals are masterpieces of style, study, and philosophy. Dr. Burgess is a member of the First District Dental Society of New York City, The New York State Dental Society, and The National Dental Association. He is a member of the © N E Fraternity and an Honorary Member of the Psi Omega Fraternity. In October, 1897, Dr. Burgess was married to Miss Frances Severson. He has four children, ranging in ages from twelve to twenty years. His home is in Montclair, New Jersey. The students of our College are. honored in having Dr. Burgess as one of their professors, and it is their wish that he live to an old age and spread the gospel of good Dentistry for many years. Marcu BruckEr, Historian, ' 21. Eight

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Professor iamcs cnball ]m eee |R. JAMES KENDALL BURGI ' .SS was Ijorn at Scottsville, Allje- marle County, Virginia, Novemher 3, 1870. His primary education was received and com[)leted in tlie 5 ; grammar schools of Scottsville and Culpeper, Va. Anxious to M m oljtain a further education, he entered the Virginia Mechanics W)iO), Institute, of Richmond, Va., from which he graduated in Mathe- matics. , In October, 1886. he entered the office of Dr. J. Hall Moore, { one of the leading Dentists of Richmond. Thus was started his Dental career. After working with Dr. Moore for three years, he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery on September 28, 1889. On March 23, 1891, he graduated from this college, receiving Honorable Mention. The first year and a half of his Dental practice was spent in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, and then, attracted by the magnet that draws men hither and thither to the ends of the earth, he moved to Baltimore in September, 1892. A short time afterward he was appointed to assistant demon- stratorship at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and worked through the various grades to first assistant, summer demonstrator, and, finally, to full dem- onstratorship, from which office he resigned on leaving Baltimore in 1909. He moved to New York City, where he established for himself a first-class practice, due to his magnetic personality, profound knowledge, and skilled work- manship. As years rolled by. the Baltimore College, in need of his services, recalled him to special lectureship on Crown and Bridge work. In November. 1918. he was elected to the chair of Prosthetic Dentistry, succeeding Dr. William B. Finney, who retired. In the same 3 ' ear, Dr. Burgess was elected instructor in Extension Courses in the Post Graduate Dental Department of Columbia L ' niversity. Xew York City. It is since his appointment to professorship that the graduates of this year ha e learned to know and love him. Not following any particular textbook, but taking from a multitude of sources the latest ' ' and best in Prosthesis, he brings before his classes a course of study unparalleled in the history of the college.

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