About this Project

Entrance to the Washington University School of Dentistry, 1952

This online exhibit highlighting the history of the Washington University School of Dental Medicine was initiated at the request of the school’s Alumni Association.

Much of the content of this web site came from the records of the Washington University School of Dental Medicine, which are stored in the Archives of the Washington University School of Medicine.  Images for this digital exhibit were selected from several of the visual collections held in the Bernard Becker Medical Library relating to the Washington University School of Dental Medicine.

The list of alumni of the Washington University School of Dental Medicine was compiled using several sources, including the Executive Committee of the Faculty minutes, the General Alumni Catalogue of Washington University (1917), and alumni lists published in school catalogs and class yearbooks.  Every attempt has been made to create a comprehensive and accurate listing, and to resolve the conflicting information in different sources.

Bibliographical sources used include:

Missouri State Dental Association, History Committee. (1938). The History of Dentistry in Missouri.  Fulton, Missouri: Ovid Bell Press, Inc.

Shankland, Wilbur Morse. (1965). Missouri Dentistry: The Biography of a Profession.  Kansas City: History Committee, Missouri Dental Association.

Thorpe, Burton Lee. (1909). Biographies of the Founders, Prominent Early Members and Ex-presidents of the Missouri Dental Association.  St. Louis: Ev. E. Carreras.

Assistance for this project was provided by Dennis Eliceiri, Emily Kelly, Miranda Rectenwald, and Cathy Sarli.  If you have comments about this web site, or would like to suggest changes, corrections or additions, please contact Archives and Rare Books.

For more information about the Washington University Dental Alumni Association, please visit:

• Washington University Alumni Association Services: Dental School web site
• Washington University Dental Alumni Association web site

CREDITS:

Web site content and design:  Ellen Dubinsky

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