About this online exhibition
This online exhibition highlighting the history of the Washington University School of Dental Medicine was initiated at the request of the dental school’s Alumni Association in 2006. The majority of the content was compiled and written by Ellen Dubinsky that year, with additional assistance provided by Dennis Eliceiri, Emily Kelly, Miranda Rectenwald, and Cathy Sarli. Notable updates to the text and layout of the exhibit were completed in 2024 by Stephen Logsdon, Anna Ruck, Mallory Rodell, and Solaris Williford.
The majority of the images and textual information presented in this exhibit were derived from the archival collections of the Washington University School of Dental Medicine, which are held at the Becker Archives. 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 dental school catalogs and class yearbooks. Every attempt has been made to create a comprehensive and accurate listing, and to resolve the conflicting information found in other 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.