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

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Horace Meredith Davis, DD..S., F.A.C.D. 1881-1935 Horace M. Davis, late professor of exodontia and anesthesia in the School of Dentistry, University ot Marvland, was born in Orrsville, California, Julv 1 , 1881. While he was yet an infant his parents removed to Montgomery County, Maryland, where he grew to young manhood and where he received his preparatorv schooling. Thrown upon his own resources it was necessary for him to seek employment to finance his professional education. He entered the University of Marvland where he graduated with honors in 190?. Im- mediately following his graduation, he located at St. Michaels, Maryland, where he practiced for a short time, then moved to Centerville, Marvland, where he continued to practice until 1916. In both locations he was eminently successful, attracting to himself a substantial clientele and establishing himself in the esteem of these communities and the profession. Despite his success in these smaller communities, he was not satisfied with the limited opportunities they offered. He finally decided to move to Baltimore where a larger field awaited him. Before opening offices in Baltimore, he took a number of post-graduate courses, perfecting himself in the principles of surgery, anesthesia, and roentgenology. He located in Baltimore in 1916 and immediatelv associated himself with the School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, which he continued to serve to the time of his de ath. In 1918, Dr. Davis discontinued the general practice of dentistrv to devote his time exclusivelv to exodontia and diagnosis. His deep interest in his work, his skill in operative surgery, his careful attention to details, his profound knowledge of his subject, and his rich experience gained in vears of practice combined to produce one of the most distinguished national figures in dentistrv. He was eminently successful as a teacher, was a sldllful operator, respected as a citizen and prized as a man of ideals and purpose which con- tributed so much to the progress of his profession and the success of the educational program of his Alma Mater.

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ASSISTING E. REBECCA GRIFFITH BEATRICE MARRIOTT ELEANOR R SPIELMAN - LARGARET M. NIXON MATILDA WEBER - L RY C. REED MARY A. HAGAN CHARLOTTE P. CARROLL FRANCES MULLEN MAE STOKES GRAFFAM, R.N. MARY M. LEE, R.N. STAFF Dental School Librarian .Assistant Librarian Cataloger Stenographer Stenographer Secretary, Operative Clinic Secretary, Orthodontic Clinic Secretary, Prosthetic Clinic Information and Case Record Clerk Assistant in Oral Surgery Technician, Radiodontia Clinic