Jesse Duncan White
Jesse Duncan White was born in Raymond, Illinois in 1873. His education in dentistry began at the Indiana Dental College in 1892. After a year at that school he transferred to the Missouri Dental College in St. Louis, where he completed one year. White then spent six years in private practice in Illiopolis, Illinois, returning to St. Louis in 1900 to finish his formal dental education at the Missouri Dental College, which by then had become the Dental Department of Washington University. He graduated in 1901 receiving the degree of D.M.D. In 1904, after a few years of private practice, White returned to his alma mater where he served for thirty-two years as an instructor, professor and acting-dean (1932-33).
White served as president of the St. Louis Dental Society in 1912 and as president of the Missouri State Dental Association in 1916. In 1908 White became active in the Prosthetic Section of the American Dental Association, giving frequent lectures and clinics. He was a charter member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon Fraternity and of the American College of Dentists. White retired from the University in 1936; he died in 1941.