Spring 1996 Volume 23 Number 2

School of Dentistry Gears Up for NIH Award Program to Support UW Dental 50th Anniversary Celebration Scholars

The Dental Alumni Association is chasing 50 simulator stations for the dental The School of Dentistry was re- pleased to announce that plans are under- student pre-clinical laboratory, took off cently presented with an Institution- way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of with a bang. During the first days of the al Dentist Scientist Award Program the dental school. Several exciting events campaign, more than $50,000 in pledges by the National Institute of Health/ are scheduled for October 18 and 19 in was received in the UW Dental Alumni National Institute of Dental Re- commemoration of this great milestone; Office. Almost 50% of the pledges were search. This training program one and all are urged to attend! for $1,000 or more! Dean Paul Robertson provides support for dental scholars On Friday, October 18, there will be a gratefully received the good news saying, for five years as they train in a dental continuing dental education program “This modern simulation facility is essen- specialty and complete studies lead- in Hogness Auditorium, “Clinical Den- ing to a Ph.D. tistry for the Next Century,” which will The participating UW graduate feature distinguished faculty and gradu- dental specialty programs are ates of the dental school speaking on Endodontics, Orthodontics, Oral state-of-the-art oral care across the disci- Medicine, Periodontics, Prosth- plines. On Friday, October 18 faculty, odontics, and Pediatric Dentistry. staff and students will conduct an open Ph.D. training is in basic biomedical house throughout the school. sciences, biobehavioral, and epide- A sumptuous gala dinner is planned miology pathways. for Friday evening in the ballroom of the The program will support train- Stouffer Madison Hotel in downtown Se- ing for two students beginning in attle. A block of rooms has been reserved each of the next five years, so that at the hotel for our out-of-town alumni. within five years the School of UW President Richard McCormick is only Dentistry will have ten total trainees. one of the many distinguished guests who According to Dr. Beverly Dale- are planning to attend. You will not want Crunk, Graduate Program Director to miss this never-to-be-forgotten evening. within the Department of Oral Saturday, October 19 will begin with Biology, “These trainees, with both the annual pre-game homecoming professional and Ph.D. training, will brunch. All are welcome, whether at- form an important cadre of faculty tending the game or not. The UW Dental tial to the education of our students and I members for dental schools in Alumni Homecoming Game against join them in thanking our dedicated alum- the future.” UCLA will follow the brunch. 200 tick- ni for their generous and caring support.” ets will be available from the Dental As this issue went to press, the total Alumni Office. amount of pledges received was $140,000. After the game, and on Sunday, alumni WAY TO GO! IN THIS ISSUE are free to gather as classes or in small A Graduate Alumni Campaign to raise groups. If you wish assistance in contact- $400,000 is also in progress and more than DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR SELECTED 5 ing your classmates, Randy Newquist, As- $30,000 has been raised so far. Sue Cor- sistant Director of Alumni Services (206/ bett, Director of Development stated that STUDENT PROFILES 6 543-7297) can help you. “it is our hope that our graduate alumni UPCOMING EVENTS 7 Please plan early to join us. also will meet the critical educational OPERATIVE DENTISTRY JOURNAL 10 needs of their future colleagues.” GRAD PROGRAMS UPDATE 12 ALUMNI ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGNS CLASS NOTES 18 The Alumni Anniversary Class Chal- DEAN JONES LECTURE 22 lenge, organized with the purpose of pur-

1 The next six months are going to be ex- Many Practical Uses of Adhesive Dental President’s Message citing ones for the Dental Alumni Associa- Materials.” The alumni luncheon will be in J. MARTIN ANDERSON tion. The campaign to raise $1 million in the Don James Center and Dr. Tom Mor- gifts and pledges for the preclinical simu- ton will give a “state-of-the-school” re- lation clinic will be in full swing. It is grat- port. An update on the Anniversary ifying to note that 170 pledges have campaign for the simulation clinic will already been received and $140,000 has also be presented at the luncheon. been pledged. Most of you have received a Another date that should be on your p letter and a pledge card from your class calendar is Friday, July 12 when we will representative by now. If you have not sponsor the Sixth Annual All-Classes heard from your class rep, you will very Reunion Dinner in the Columbia Tower shortly. Remember that your class is being Club. This will be a great evening and the challenged to pledge at least $20,000 to Distinguished Alumnus Award will be pre- purchase a unit for the simulation clinic. sented. Be sure to be at this event; it is a Our goal as alumni is to purchase fifty great time to get together and renew simulation units for the new teaching clin- friendships with your fellow alumni! ic for our dental students. Your financial commitment is greatly appreciated and we know we can count on our alumni to dem- The really big event of the year will be onstrate their support. the kick-off dinner for 50 Years of Excel- The faculty have also demonstrated their strong support for our school and our lence in Dental Education. At this event students. Recently, UW President McCor- mick offered to match faculty dollars and we will be paying special tribute to the our faculty claimed 9% of the total funds first class to graduate from the School of available. Forty of the faculty contributed $17,900 to 16 different eligible funds. This Dentistry—the class of 1950. is a wonderful demonstration of support A BIG WELCOME TO OUR NEW and commitment by our faculty. Thanks! ALUMNI BOARD REPS! There can be no doubt that the commit- The really big event of the year will be During the course of this past year, the ments you make as a member of the UW on Friday, October 18 when the kick-off Dental Alumni Association has seen some Dental Alumni Association make an im- dinner for 50 Years of Excellence in Dental transition in the make-up of the Board of pact in the quality of the student experi- Education will take place at the Stouffer Trustees. Please join us as we welcome our new Class Representatives, and express ence. Your alumni dues go a long way in Madison Renaissance Hotel. This should our appreciation to those that they replace supporting scholarships, emergency loan be a gala evening and celebration for all for their dedicated service. These funds, the summer research student sup- alumni. At this event we will be paying volunteer representatives provide essential port, Practice Opportunities Program, the special tribute to the first class to graduate input on how we can best meet the needs freshman retreat at Fort Worden, and stu- from the School of Dentistry—the class of of the School, students, and dental community. dent social hours. Your generous support 1950. Plan to be there! makes these things possible. Your Dental Alumni Association has a Incoming Members Plan ahead! Three big events should be full agenda. Sue Corbett, Dan Middaugh, Burton Goodman (‘53) on your calendar. The twenty-sixth annual Randy Newquist and their support staff in Peter Riley (‘62) Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lectureship is the Dental Alumni Office are hard at work scheduled for Friday, March 22 in Hog- providing the dental alumni with a great Patrick Fleege (‘70) ness Auditorium. Chairperson Dexter Bar- program of excellence for our students and Replaces Guy Lemmon (deceased) nes will introduce W. Daniel Sneed, Chair our school. I am proud of our school and I of General Dentistry at the Medical Uni- hope that you will continue to give it your John Ive (‘77) versity of South Carolina as the speaker generous support! Michael Hrankowski (‘82) this year. His topic: “Making It Stick: The Richard Green (‘83)

Carrie York (‘91) Replaces Mark Stockwell

2 Alumni Homecoming Event A Hit

November 18, 1995 was the big day. For those devout Huskies fans who stuck it out in the pouring rain, the dramatic conclusion was well worth it. The Huskies made a field goal in the last few minutes and won the game 33-30. A last desperate Cougar attempt failed. Over 130 of these fans attended the Dental Alumni Association’s pre-game brunch at the Urban Horticulture Center and enjoyed the spirited decorations, hearty fare and stim- ulating conversations with fellow grads and their families. Dr. Dave Minahan (‘75), chair of the Alumni Steering Committee in charge of the “50 Years of Excellence in Dental Education” Alumni Anniversary events, welcomed the guests and briefly spoke about the exciting upcoming alumni events involved in this cel- ebration. Michael Martin, a third-year dental student, demonstrated the pre-clinical sim- ulation unit which was on display for those who had not yet seen it.

3 In the event that you are still deciding ■ For Medicine, the Commission recommends Dean’s Column what the Dean should do with the Institute reducing the number of graduate medical PAUL B. ROBERTSON training positions, reducing by the year 2005 of Medicine (IOM) recommedations, a the size of the entering medical school class whole new set of proposals for education in the U.S. 20-25% by closing medical of health care professionals, including schools instead of reducing class size, and those in dentistry, was recently published changing immigration law to tighten the visa by the PEW Health Professions Commis- process for international medical graduates, ensuring that they return to their native coun- sion. The PEW Commission maintains tries for service upon completion of training. that because health care is a labor intensive The Commission also recommends redirect- enterprise, the next stage in our present cy- ing graduate medical training programs so cle of change will demand a rapid transfor- that a minimum of 50% of them are in the pri- mation in the number and kinds of mary care areas of family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics by students produced by the health education the year 2000. system and how these students are pre-

pared for practice. The report concludes All of these recommendations from the that the new demand-driven system in health care and health professions practice PEW Commission, as well as those by the will create difficult realities for many IOM Committee, are ammunition for the health professionals and great opportuni- Dental Alumni News ties for others. Some of these realities and Curriculum Committee, headed by Tom School of Dentistry recommendations suggested by the PEW University of Washington Commission include: Morton, which has begun planning the Box 357137 Seattle, WA 98195-7137 ■ Closure of as many as half of the nation’s new dental program at the UW. hospitals and loss of perhaps 60% of hospital Alumni Editor: Vicki Breaker beds. Managing Editor: Sue Corbett ■ For Nursing, the Commission recommends ■ A surplus of 100,000 to 150,000 physicians, Assistant Editor: Jill Weseman reducing the size and number of nursing ed- as the demand for specialty care shrinks; a Freelance Writer: Candace Dempsey ucation programs by 10-20%, by closing as- surplus of 200,000 to 300,000 nurses gener- sociate and diploma degree programs and Board of Trustees Officers: ated as hospitals close; a surplus of 40,000 expanding the number of masters level nurse President: J. Martin Anderson ‘65 pharmacists as the dispensing function for practitioner training programs. President-elect: Ross Drangsholt ‘92 drugs is automated and centralized; and an Secretary: Chester Woodside ‘67 appropriate number of dentists if present en- ■ Treasurer: Donald Lederman ‘61 For Pharmacy, the Commission recom- rollments are maintained. mends reducing the number of pharmacy Members: schools by 20-25% by the year 2005 and fo- Donald Raleigh ‘50 H. Sam Anderson ‘51 ■ Consolidation of many of the over 200 allied cusing professional pharmaceutical training Robert McCarter ‘52 Donald Compaan ‘54 health professions into multi-skilled profes- on issues of clinical pharmacy, system man- Johnny Johnson ‘55 Joseph Grillo ‘56 sions as hospitals re-engineer their service Jeremy Worden ‘57 Frank Guthrie ‘58 agement and work with other health care delivery programs. Arild Hammer ‘59 Thomas Naden, Jr. ‘60 providers. Thomas Jones ‘63 Thomas Ware ‘64 ■ Fundamental alteration of the health profes- Melvin Wilenzick ‘66 James Seather ‘68 Dexter Barnes ‘69 Guy Lemmon ‘70 sional schools and the ways in which they or- All of these recommendations from the T. Michael Doyle ‘71 Richard Crinzi ‘72 ganize, structure and frame their programs of PEW Commission as well, as those by the Fred Wemer ‘73 Sherwin Shinn ‘74 education, research and patient care. IOM Committee, are ammunition for the David Minahan ‘75 Bryan Edgar ‘76 J. Michael Hardy ‘78 Brewster Bede ‘79 ■ For Dentistry, recommendations of the PEW Curriculum Committee, headed by Tom Ross Fraker ‘80 Thomas E. Jacka ‘81 Commission included maintaining the enter- Morton, which has begun planning the Vicki Breaker ‘84 LaRae Vanderschelden ‘85 ing dental school class size at about its new dental program at the UW. In general, Richard Johnson ‘86 Rosemary Warren ‘87 present level; creating adequately funded Kevin Kay ‘88 Robert Odegard ‘89 the Committee reviews these recommen- managed dental care partnerships between Beth O’Connor ‘90 Mark Stockwell ‘91 dations as directions to explore rather than Susan Mahan ‘93 Mark Grace ‘94 dental schools and their clinics and the Amanda Tavoularis ‘95 emerging integrated health care system; mandates. Moreover, the Committee

Faculty Representative: changing the clinical training of dentists to re- agrees that the most critical issue is pre- James Stoddard ‘61 flect a broader orientation to the efficient serving and expanding academic, clinical Alumni Services: management of quality dental care; and inte- and research excellence at UW. Before all Dan Middaugh, Associate Dean grating dental education more thoroughly Sue Corbett, Director with that of the other health professions. The else, we must ask how the emerging health Randy Newquist, Assistant Director most controversial recommendation for den- care culture can be used to increase the tistry was to create the opportunity for a post- Please send class notes updates (including level of excellence of our students, im- marriages, births, professional news, awards, travel graduate year of training for all graduating prove the quality of care delivered to our and photos); correspondence; death notices and general dentists and accomplish the training patients, and enhance the scholarly contri- remembrances; and address changes to Dental for a dental degree and the one year of post- Alumni News, UW School of Dentistry, Box 357137, butions of our faculty. Seattle, WA 98195–7137. graduate training in four years of post-bacca- Phone: (206) 543-7297 FAX: (206) 543-6465 laureate training.

4 INTERNET UPDATE Those of you with access to the World Wide Web may be interested to know that the University of Washington School of Dentistry home page (http://weber.u.washington.edu/ ~dentstry) is rapidly expanding and becoming more comprehensive. Currently, you can access the following pages within this site: About the School of Dentistry Admissions Information General Practice Residency Program Office of Alumni Affairs Calendar of Events Faculty and Staff Directory Curriculum Catalog Continuing Education Course Catalog Infection Control Diagnostic Services Practice Opportunities Program (POPS) —access classified Roy Page Selected as Next Distinguished ads posted by dentists from all around the world, or Professor leave an ad of your own Scholarly Opportunities in Dentistry Summer Institute (Department of Dental Public Health Dr. Roy Page, associate dean for research in the School of Dentistry Sciences) and director of the University of Washington Research Center in Oral Dental Folklore Biology for more than a decade, has been selected as the third recipient Internet Links to other dental-related Web sites of the Washington Dental Service Foundation Endowed Professorship in Dentistry. Some other addresses that might be of interest: As holder of this prestigious appointment, Dr. Page accepts responsi- American Dental Association home page: http:// www.ada.org bility for planning an international symposium that will highlight cut- ting-edge dental issues and serve as the vehicle for the transfer of American Association of Dental Schools home page: http:// www.aads.jhu.edu up-to-date scientific knowledge to dental professionals. Financial sup- Global Health Network’s global health information server port for this activity comes from an endowment established in 1988 with discussion: http://www.pitt.edu/home/ghnet/ghnet.html matching funds from the Washington State Legislature and Washington Another individual dentist with an interesting home page is Dental Service Foundation. Dr. David Dodell. His page is found at: Dr. Karl-Åke Omnell, former endowed professor and chair of the ad- http://www.primenet.com/~david/ visory committee, calls Page an “outstanding teacher and educator” who He has a pointer to a very large list of dentistry-related will provide the skills essential to organizing a successful symposium. Internet resources, which can be found directly at the New Page, who joined the UW faculty in 1967 as associate professor of pa- York University College of Dentistry at: http://www.nyu.edu/ thology and periodontics, founded the Regional Clinical Dental Re- Dental/intres.html search Center at the UW. In addition to serving as president of both the He also has a pointer to a comprehensive list of dental International and American Association for Dental Research, he chaired electronic discussion groups, which can be found directly at the International Congress on Oral Biology in 1988, has served as a the University of Iowa at: http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/ Beyond/Dentistry/leslie.html member of the American Dental Association Council on Research, and is a consultant to the ADA Council on Therapeutics. Currently editor of the Dr. Dodell maintains one of the very active discussion groups, where you can find a number of University of Journal of Periodontal Research, Page has authored more than 250 jour- Washington faculty and alumni. nal articles and book chapters. The International College of Dentists, in cooperation with the “Dr. Page is internationally respected for his contributions to re- University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, has search and has brought great credit to the School of Dentistry,” says prepared an excellent series of pages on Careers in Paul Robertson, dean of the School of Dentistry. Dentistry. To view this material, go to: http:// Past symposiums include the June, 1995 “Thriving in the Information www.dent.unc.edu/careers/cidtoc.html Age: Information Organization and Management Tools in Dental Prac- Among the many paractitioners with home pages is our own tice” organized by Omnell, and the 1992 “Clinical Decision-Making in Fred Quarnstrom, Class of 1964. You can learn more about Fred and his many interests by going to: http:// Dentistry” organized by Dr. Charles Bolender, the first Distinguished weber.u.washington.edu/~quarn/ Professor. These symposia attracted attendees from across the United States and many foreign countries including Australia, Canada, China, Denmark and Sweden.

5 This is the time of year when we look not they used smokeless tobacco and back on our achievements and set goals for correlated that data with actual player the new year. Here two outstanding UW performance.” dental students, DAVID MCDONALD When the results came in, they indicat- and DODI NOV, talk about their accom- ed that the players were mistaken about plishments and hopes for the future: the benefits of chewing tobacco. “With Although he’s only in his second year blood studies we verified which players of dental school, David McDonald has al- used smokeless tobacco, and we discov- ready managed to make a name for him- ered that it does not improve player perfor- self. During Research Day on campus this mance,” says McDonald. “In fact, players school year, he remembers a stranger who chew have a 50 times higher risk of walking up to him and saying, “Oh, I’m so leukoplakia, a precancerous condition.” glad to meet you. I’ve read about your Dean Robertson began this study in work in the Boston Globe.” 1988, and McDonald got involved when That’s because for the past two years, he was asked to participate in the SURF McDonald has been involved in a study (Summer Undergraduate Research Fel- led by Dean Paul B. Robertson that corre- lowship) program two years ago. “I talked lates smokeless tobacco use and oral can- to Dr. Robertson about the study and cer rates. In August 1995 the results made things went from there,” recalls Mc- the cover of the Journal of the American Donald. “The dean is a periodontist so he’s Dental Association and were later picked involved in gum-related diseases. This was up by NBC, ESPN Sports Center and a a research project he was working on with number of national newspapers. a lot of other people.” Using data from that study, McDonald McDonald himself was born in Michi- recently won the “most outstanding pre- gan, the youngest of five children. The sentation in clinical dentistry” award at the family moved to Washington state in 1979. Hinman Student Research Symposium in When he was only sixteen, McDonald Memphis, Tennessee. He also presented a started college. “I was getting pretty good paper on the study at the AADR (Ameri- grades in high school,” he explains. can Association of Dental Research) in “I knew I was headed for an eight-year San Antonio, Texas, last year. education. So I figured that I’d be in “We had questionnaires that showed college for a long while and might as well that 70 percent of major league baseball get started.” After a year at Everett Com- players said they chewed tobacco because munity College, he completed about three it improved player performance,” he ex- years of undergraduate work at the

Student Profiles plains. “I analyzed the data on whether or UW and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology. So how did McDonald come to choose dentistry as a profession? “My wife was involved in dentistry and through her I met Dr. Ron Tracy (‘58). He’s served as my mentor ever since. The primary thing that interested me was that dentists have broad patient contact and work with a lot of different people. And dentistry is one of the few medically related fields where you set your own hours and work for yourself. In medicine you usually work with somebody else.” McDonald says that when he gradu- ates, he’d like to have a career in academic as well as clinical dentistry. “I’d like to be a well-rounded dentist. That’s important to me.”

David McDonald presents his smokeless tobacco research project at the Hinman Student Research Symposium. 6 UPCOMING EVENTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1996, 6:00 P.M. Practice Opportunity Program Evening for 3rd and 4th-Year Students Meany Tower Hotel

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1996, 6-8 P.M. Dean’s Reception Marriott Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1996, 9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. Ernest M. Jones Lecture, Hogness Auditorium University of Washington Health Sciences Building

FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1996, 6:30-8 P.M. Dean’s Reception Oregon Dental Association Red Lion Lloyd Center Hotel Dodi Nov and Kirsten Harken at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, CA watching the Husky football team play in the rain. Portland, OR

No stranger to high office, senior Dodi Born in Israel, Nov moved with his FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1996, 6:30 P.M. Nov recently became the first UW dental family to Mercer Island when he was five. Dean’s Club Dinner student ever to serve as speaker of the His father was a physician and had come Columbia Tower Club Seattle, WA house for the American Student Dental As- to the U.S. to do medical training in neuro- sociation (ASDA). The student branch of radiology at the UW. The oldest of four WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 10-12, 1996, organized dentistry, it has about 12,000 children, Nov says his father encouraged ALL DAY members nationwide. Nov was elected his interest in the sciences, but never Pacific Northwest Dental Conference ASDA trustee for Region 10—which in- pushed him into a profession. Washington State Convention Center cludes dental students in California, Wash- Now Nov is looking forward to gradu- Seattle, WA ington and Oregon—the previous year. ating and owning his first car. He’d like to Not only has he held these high offices, but take it easy for a while and then look for an FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1996, 6:30 P.M. has also encouraged other UW students to associateship in the Seattle area. “I grew Sixth Annual All-Classes Reunion Dinner get with the program. up here and all my family and friends are Columbia Tower Club “A couple of years ago our membership here. Plus, I have to watch the Huskies Seattle, WA was at 68 percent,” says Nov. “We’ve play football.” worked on people to get it up to 95 per- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1996, 6-8 P.M. cent. Which means there are only about ADA Dean’s Reception eight people who haven’t joined.” Omni Rosen Hotel, Orlando, FL Nov’s involvement in ASDA means that each year he attends many meetings in FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1996 Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and HONOR GRADUATES IN School of Dentistry Anniversary Open House and Continuing Dental Education Lectures other places. Since he’s also fourth-year DENTISTRY ANNOUNCED Health Sciences Lobby and Hogness class president at the dental school, he The Office of the Registrar has confirmed Auditorium, University of Washington Health doesn’t have much spare time. But he likes the final rankings of the DDS class of Sciences Building to catch as many Husky football games as 1995; the following students graduated possible, including away games, and says with honors: John Almond, Kyle FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1996, 6:30 P.M. Christensen, Michael Grabow, Keith organization is the key to juggling all these Alumni Anniversary Dinner/Dance Macdonald and Jason Potter. The words activities. “Even as a little kid I was orga- Stouffer Madison Renaissance Hotel “Graduated With Honor” will be inscribed Seattle, WA nized. Everything in my room was put on each of these students’ diplomas. away and I knew where everything was. I’m just that way.” Michael Grabow graduated with the SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1996, 10 A.M. highest grade point average in the class, Football Homecoming and Pre-Game Brunch and received the Alpha Omega Scholar- UW vs. UCLA ship Award for this achievement. Brunch: Urban Horticulture Center

7 Dr. Johnny Johnson Chosen as Lifetime Dean’s Club Member Student Government Leadership Award Established in His Name

The University of Washington School month for more than 30 years at the clinic. of Dentistry Dean’s Club Board of Trust- Through his efforts, the UW Dental Edu- ees recently announced that Dr. Johnny cation in Care of the Disabled (DECOD) Johnson has been chosen as its third Hon- program at the UW established a rotation orary Lifetime Dean’s Club member. This for dental students at this clinic. Dr. Doris award is made annully to an individual Stiefel, past director of the DECOD pro- who has given outstanding service to the gram, notes that Dr. Johnson “has made tremendous contributions and is a leader in the field” of oral care for the disabled. Dr. Johnson’s other civic and profes- sional activities have included Kiwanis Club, fund-raising for the Northwest Kid- ney Center, and member of the Washing- ton State Board of Dental Examiners. He is a past president of the WSDA, SKCDS, Washington State Board of Dental Exam- iners, UW Dental Alumni Association, Washington Academy of General Dentist- ry, and the Associated Gold Foil Study Clubs. He was named Distinguished Alumnus by the UW Dental Alumni Asso- ciation in 1987 and Citizen of the Year by the Washington State Dental Association in 1994. Professional memberships held by Dr. Johnson include Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Delta Sigma Delta, the Pierre Fauchard Johnny and Patricia Johnson Academy, and the Washington Academy of General Dentistry. He is also a Fellow School of Dentistry. According to Dean’s of the International and the American Col- Club President Richard Crinzi, “Dr. leges of Dentists. Johnson is a unique individual in dentistry, Previous recipients of Honorary Dean’s whose accomplishments in all phases of Club Membership are Robert Canfield and his civic and professional life exemplify Thompson Lewis. the highest dedication to oral health In addition to the Dean’s Club Award, care delivery.” the Board of Trustees voted to establish the Dr. Johnson, a graduate of the DDS Johnny N. Johnson Student Government class of 1955, has volunteered his servic- Leadership Award. This award will be given es as a part time clinical instructor in the annually to a dental student who has dem- Department of Oral Medicine since 1962. onstrated outstanding leadership in student As a founding member of the Dean’s government or by involvement beyond the Club, Dr. Johnson has worked hard to traditional student officer role. build increasing support for the School Those interested in contributing to the among its alumni and friends. Recently, Johnny N. Johnson Student Leadership Dr. and Mrs. Johnson completed a Award can contact the Dentistry Develop- $10,000 Endowment in Dentistry which ment office at (206) 543-7297, or write to: they plan to increase annually. UW School of Dentistry, Office of Devel- As a co-founder of the dental clinic for opment, Box 357137, Seattle, WA 98195- United Cerebral Palsy of King-Snohomish 7137. Counties, he has volunteered one day per

8 Dr. Bill Trefry is pictured in the left foreground in Bagley Hall, January 1949.

Dr. Bill Trefry and Sue Corbett look at the historical photos on the CDE Calendar. Tom Lewis (’55 Pedo), Bertha Barriga (’71 Pedo), Peter Domoto (’70 Pedo), Larry Mast (’74 Pedo), John Peterson (’61 Pedo), and Ted Rasor (’68 Pedo), Lectureship Governing Board Members.

LAW/LEWIS LECTURESHIP DRAWS CAPACITY AUDIENCE

Dr. Bill Trefry (‘52 DDS) came from California for the Law/Lewis Lectureship on September 22, 1995, and found that he is “poster child” of the pioneer dental students-a picture of him, studying intently, is featured on the CDE Annual Calendar, as he shows Sue Corbett, Director of CDE, above. Attendees heard Dr. James Steiner speak on “Pedi- atric Dental Behavior Management”, Dr. Ernest Newbrun on “Preventing Dental Caries”, and Dr. Sue Seale, “Current Concepts in Pulp Therapy”. Dr. Patricia Shigihara represent- ed the Washington State Dental Quality Assurance Commission and responded to ques- tions about risk management. Dr. Bertha Barriga was presented with a silver tray in recognition of her service to the Dental School. She has retired from the University, but will continue as a member of the Lectureship Governing Board. The next Law/Lewis Lectureship will be held on September 20, 1996 in Kane Hall.

9 Operative Dentistry Journal is a labor of love

Editor Richard McCoy and Editorial Assistant Darlyne Bales review manuscripts. The journal received this special citation from the International College of Dentists in 1977, its first year of publication, for “excellent reproductions of “We’re always looking for good articles very best articles will be published. scientific illustrations in a scholarly journal format.” related to clinical dentistry,” says Dr. Rich- “We have referees who accept or reject ard McCoy (‘61 D.D.S.), editor of Opera- articles based on merit,” explains McCoy. tive Dentistry, a scholarly journal begun in “That’s important because faculty who are the early ’70s to advance the practice of op- trying to become tenured in a university are January 1994 issue of Dental Materials re- erative dentistry. Unsolicited articles come required to publish in refereed journals. ferred to it as “one of the 17 primary jour- into McCoy’s UW office from all over the We have good articles submitted to our nals for scientific literature in dental world— from Turkey, Argentina and the journal because authors recognize that it is materials during 1993.” It finished ahead of Netherlands—sometimes 75 to 80 articles prestigious to be published in a journal that 101 other scientific journals, which were each year. A very thorough editorial process has a good reputation for high quality.” described as “secondary.” Another good eliminates about half of the articles submit- In fact, publication in Operative sign: An increasing number of articles cite ted. This assures the reader that only the Dentistry is considered so prestigious that a Operative Dentistry as a reference.

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10 This recognition is particularly gratify- When the first issue was printed in ing because the journal has always been a 1976, the editor was Professor Ian Hamil- $45,800 GENERATED IN labor of love, with a tiny budget and a ton. Dr. Hamilton is credited with organiz- PRESIDENT’S FACULTY GIFTS mostly volunteer staff. Besides editor Mc- ing every detail of this scholarly journal MATCHING CAMPAIGN Coy, there are some 50 referees, six edito- from its inception. It was through his high rial advisors, two assistant managing standards and meticulous editing that the The School of Dentistry faculty and editors, a managing editor and an associate journal gained recognition early on. Dr. J. the Washington Dental Service editor. The only people who get paid are Martin Anderson was selected as the first Foundation once again came through an editorial assistant, an editorial associate managing editor and remains so to the in this, the fourth annual presidential and the subscription manager. The journal present time. Through his office he was faculty matching fundraising cam- operates on a small budget because it ac- able to hire Judy Valela to assist in the paign. Forty dental faculty contributed cepts no advertising and its only income management of the subscriptions, finan- $17,900 to 15 funds, and the Wash- comes from subscription fees. It has about cial reports and other duties carried out by 1,850 subscribers, most of them members the managing editor. ington Dental Service Foundation of the two academies that sponsor the jour- Dr. Hamilton retired as editor in 1986 generously agreed to match these nal: The Academy of Operative Dentistry after serving for ten years. Dr. David Bales faculty gifts with a $10,000 donation. and the American Academy of Gold Foil (‘57 D.D.S.) became the new editor. Dr. The matching campaign was created Operators. The rest are individual sub- Bales introduced word processing and in order to raise money for gift funds in scriptions from libraries and people inter- computer technology to the production of direct support of graduate or ested in the journal here and abroad. the journal. His wife, Darlyne, became an professional students. Presidential editorial assistant and worked many matching funds come from unre- months without pay. In 1993, Dr. Maxwell stricted gifts to the President’s Fund Anderson became the new editor. His for Excellence. background with computers and modem transmission was valuable in training Kate Beginning on November 1, President Flynn Connolly to pageset the articles. She Richard McCormick offered to match also does the copy editing for the journal. gifts of $100 to $10,000 in support of In June of 1994 Dr. Richard McCoy be- graduate and professional students, came the new and present editor of Opera- up to $200,000 campus-wide. The tive Dentistry. “At that time, letters were dental faculty quickly contributed sent out to all dental schools in the country $17,900—approximately 9% of the asking if they’d like to support the dental money available—in less than one journal offices at their university,” recalls McCoy. About four or five responded in month’s time. President McCormick the affirmative. The journal has a good matched that amount, and the WDSF’s reputation and the dental schools were donation further supplemented the looking at it from the view of publishing a fund pool. prestigious scientific journal at their The combined gifts, totaling $45,800, schools. A special committee comprised of will provide needed and appreciated members from the two sponsoring acade- mies convened to select the best office for support to the following funds: the the journal. They selected the University Ethan Baker Memorial Fund, the of Washington, where it has been since its Omnell Endowed Scholarship, the inception. Our dental school is honored to Johnny Johnson Student Leadership have this scholarly journal edited and pub- Fund, the Graduate Endodontics lished here in Washington. Fund, the Oral Biology Student Good journalism takes time and atten- Support Fund, the Oral Medicine tion to details. Dr. McCoy spends 15 to 20 Endowed Fellowship, the Orthodontic Dr. Ian Hamiliton, Editor from 1975–1985, in hours a week editing and reviewing articles. Graduate Student Fund, the Graduate all his glory. The highly qualified and experienced sup- Pedodontic Student Fund, the port staff consisting of Darlyne Bales, Judy Graduate Periodontics Fund, the Valela and Kate Flynn Connolly makes the Periodontic Student Support Fund, the process of publishing much easier. Prosthodontic Endowed Fellowship, the Prosthodontic Honors Program, the Restorative Dentistry Student Fund, the Stibbs Endowment, and the Graduate Fixed Prosthdontics Fund.

11 GRAD PROGRAMS SET HIGH STANDARDS: Part II

The graduate programs at the University of Washington School of Dentistry continue to be a source of pride. Not only are they recognized nationally and inter- nationally, but they also set the Left to right: Assistant Wendy Hung, Dr. J.R. Schouten, General Practice Resident, and Dr. Bart Johnson, Director of the General Practice Residency Program and Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry, per- standard for the high quality of form dental care on a mentally disabled person utilizing general anesthesia in the UWMC operating room. clinical dentistry practiced in the GRADUATE STUDIES IN ORAL BIOLOGY Pacific Northwest. This is the sec- “The purpose of our programs is to train from the origin, growth and development, future faculty for schools of dentistry,” says structure and function of oral tissues to the ond in our series on these ever- Dr. Murray Robinovitch, chair of the De- etiology and pathogenesis of oral diseases partment of Oral Biology since 1982. “We and malfunctions. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees changing, award-winning combine our Ph.D. level training with clin- in oral biology, as well as the M.S.D. de- programs. ical specialty training. Not only are our gree in dentistry are offered. Clinical spe- graduates trained in a clinical specialty that cialty training (oral pathology, oral they can teach, but they can also carry out medicine, periodontics and so on) can be research at the highest levels. We want to obtained in conjunction with either the create a doubly qualified person. We cur- M.S. or Ph.D. programs. In addition, there rently have students trained in oral medi- is a program for dental hygienists who are “Not only are our graduates trained in a cine, periodontics and endodontics who are interested in becoming educators. They clinical specialty that they can teach, but going on to complete their Ph.Ds.” can follow a non-thesis path to the master Robinovitch earned his D.D.S. degree of science degree. they can also carry out research at the from the University of Minnesota and a “Because we’re a basic science depart- highest levels.” Ph.D. in experimental pathology from the ment, we supply the know-how to people in UW. He also trained in periodontology at all clinical persuasions,” says Robinovitch. Dr. Murray Robinovitch, Chair, the University of Pennsylvania. He notes “This enables them to do cutting-edge re- Department of Oral Biology that the Oral Biology Department started search in their chosen fields. Clinical de- out as Oral Pathology in the ’50s and partments in schools of dentistry need this didn’t go by its current name until the kind of person, because they can’t usually ’60s, when it added oral histology, oral mi- provide training and research at this level crobiology and other topics. by themselves. So our current thrust is to “We have the only Ph.D. program in the work with clinical departments rather than School of Dentistry,” notes Robinovitch. to exist by ourselves.” “Recently, the Graduate School and the The department’s annual level of federal Board of Regents granted full approval for funding, including direct and indirect costs, the Ph.D. program for ten years. Our mas- totals approximately $1.8 million. This in- ter’s program already had full approval; so cludes a training grant that currently can now they’re both fully approved and we’re support up to five graduate students. very happy about that.” “We’re the number one recipient of fed- About five students each year are eral research grants in the School of Den- enrolled in the Oral Biology graduate tistry,” says Robinovitch. “And we’re very program. They must master everything proud of that.”

12 GRADUATE ORTHODONTICS orthodontic graduates of the UW have been tionally and physically compromised adult “We enjoy being ranked as one of the Department Chairs and at least three are or and child patients. Advanced training is top programs nationwide,” says Dr. Jon År- have been Deans in other dental schools na- provided in all areas of dentistry. Enrolling tun, recently appointed graduate program tionwide. In addition, at least five are or eight residents each year, and now offering director. “And that is probably because of have been Department Chairs in other a second-year fellowship position, the pro- our dedicated faculty, of which the vast ma- countries. In other words, we’ve been suc- gram serves four area hospitals and one jority are diplomates of the American cessful.” community clinic with one or two residents Board of Orthodontics, and the amount and What’s in store for the future? “Our job in each location. The UW Medical Center quality of the research we produce.”Årtun will continuously become easier through serves as home base. completed his dental training at the Univer- the development of new products,” says sity of Oslo in Norway in 1969, finished the Årtun. “In addition, we know more and “. . . the real payoff is increased knowl- graduate orthodontic program in 1977, and more so that we can make better treatment edge in how to treat all varieties of medi- earned his Ph.D. in 1987. He came to the plans and get better long-term results. School of Dentistry in 1988 as an associate Above all, orthodontics will become more cally compromised patients.” professor and was promoted to full profes- integrated with other disciplines such as sor as well as appointed graduate program periodontics, restorative dentistry and oral Dr. Bart Johnson, Director, director in July 1995. As such, he replaces and maxillofacial surgery. Regarding the General Practice Residency Program immediate past chair and graduate program curriculum, our major challenge is wheth- director Dr. Peter Shapiro. Dr. Sue Herring er to change to a three-year program.” “Technically we are a program of the is currently Acting Department Chair. hospital, but our faculty comes from the GENERAL PRACTICE DENTAL RESIDENCY “We like to have a diversity of students. dental school,” says Johnson, who has a “We change the content of our program D.D.S. and a Master of Science in Oral Bi- They learn a lot from each other, because to match the changes in medicine,” says Dr. ology from UCLA. He’s been at the UW for Bart Johnson, director of the General Prac- four years and is an Assistant Professor and several of them have been out in dental tice Residency program. “What we’re doing the director of the hospital dentistry clinic. now is very different from what we did ten practice.” “We have a total of around 40 people asso- years ago, just because medicine has ciated with the program, including about 12 Dr. Jon Artun, Graduate Program Director, changed so much. As medicine comes up full-time people who work directly with the Department of Orthodontics with new treatments, then dentistry re- residents.” sponds appropriately.” Established in 1965, the residency pro- Designed for general dentists working in The graduate orthodontic program was gram is stipend paying ($28,104 in 1995) a hospital setting, the 12-month rotating founded in 1949. The two-year program and time intensive (60-80 hours per week). residency program trains general dentists to leads to a Master of Science in Dentistry At the end of the program graduates receive handle difficult medically, mentally, emo- degree and/or a Certificate in Orthodontics. a certificate, although the real payoff is in- Peg Engel, Graduate Program Coordina- creased knowledge in how to treat all vari- tor, notes that competition is fierce for the eties of medically compromised patients, slots that open up each year. “We typically both within hospitals and as outpatients. get 180 to 200 applications for six places “Most of our applicants come straight in the class. Our students come from all out of dental school, but some have been in over the country and we usually take one practice and come back wanting this infor- foreign person each year. Last year we had mation,” says Johnson. “We see a wide one student from Singapore, and this year range of transplant patients: lung, pancreas, we have one from Israel. We like to have a kidney, heart, heart/lung, and bone marrow. diversity of students. They learn a lot from Whatever they’re transplanting, we’ll see each other, because several of them have both pre- and post-transplantation. We see been out in dental practice. For the same the cancer patients both during and after reason, we like to have people who have their chemo and radiation therapy, as well been trained elsewhere and, obviously, the as hemophiliacs, diabetics, mentally handi- training is different the farther away you capped, and phobic patients. Anybody who get from the UW.” has a different medical situation.” Students take many theory courses in Johnson doesn’t foresee any major orthodontics, but also do considerable clin- changes coming up in the future, but he is ical treatment. Årtun says the goal is “to pleased with the recently created second- train good orthodontic clinicians, but we year program and would like to see it con- also try to attract graduate students who are tinue indefinitely. “We’d like it to evolve First-year Orthodontic resident Dr. John Almond into a pre-academic training position for interested in academics and who want to go works with a patient in the Orthodontic Clinic. into teaching. For that reason, at least eight people who want to make a career out of hospital dentistry in the academic setting.”

13 Philip Korpi Takes Dental Humor Korpi recently completed a second, as yet unnamed, cartoon book. He gets most to the Far Side of his ideas while driving his car. “Some- times I’ll go several days without an idea Philip V. Korpi (’82 DDS) is proud to supposed to be so studious. But I can even and then I’ll get three or four at the same call himself, “the cartoon dentist.” He’s remember certain pages of my notes by time. I’ll stop my car and write down the been doodling since the age of four and has what I scribbled in the margins.” captions.” One of the easiest cartoons he just produced his first book, Life’s Little Ex- Korpi grew up in Kelso, Washington, ever drew was a tribute to the famous syndi- tractions. In it he pokes good-natured fun at with a fraternal twin. A self-taught cartoon- cated cartoonist Gary Larson. When Larson every facet of a dentists’ life and gets in a ist, he has never taken a formal drawing decided to retire his “Far Side” column this few digs at patients too. In one drawing a class. He did enjoy art classes in grade year, Seattle Times columnist Eric Lacitis dentist tells his beaming patient, “I think school, but at the age of ten he made up his asked readers to send in Gary Larson-style we’re making real progress here, Mr. mind to be a dentist. cartoons. Of the more than 400 received, Smith—May I suggest that now we think “I can remember the exact moment that Lacitis chose 25 to run in the paper. about brushing the back ones too?” Then I made that decision,” he says. “I was sitting Korpi is proud of having created one of the winning entries. It shows a terrified boy in a dental chair, his hair standing on end. A dentist is sticking an instrument into his mouth and saying, “O.K., now Billy—hold RE-E-E-AL still for this part so the nerve won’t explode!” That idea came to Korpi in the middle of the night. “I got out of bed at two in the morning and I said, ‘That’s the one I want to do. It took me about five minutes to draw. I didn’t even have to change the caption.” Korpi is pleased with that drawing because, “Most dental cartoons make dentists look foolish. Mine is kind of a satire; it’s every- body’s worst dental nightmare. Most den- tists bend over backward not to cause pain, but the stereotype is that we love to cause pain. I was playing with that idea.” there’s the cartoon about the two dentists in the dental chair and I asked the dentist, Cartoons are so important to Korpi that sitting in a bar. One of them says to the oth- ‘What is that instrument in your hand?’ I he even sends out a cartoon newsletter to er one, “Don’t you just sometimes feel like was very interested in that. And you know his patients. “Most newsletters are about saying, ‘What the hell—let ‘em rot?’” what he said? I’ll never forget it. ‘Just be your teeth,” he says. “You and your furca- Life’s Little Extractions even comes with a quiet and open your mouth.’ Then he left tions, plus a lot of flossing lectures. Who dentist’s personal ad: the room for about 45 minutes. He didn’t wants to hear that? It makes the dental tech- “Hygienist into flossing and fluoride consider me at all. I was just a patient and a nical jargon meter go off the chart. So I seeks Mr. Right. Porcelain bonding a plus. kid patient at that.” send my patients a cartoon newsletter once Please, no gum disease.” That very day the ten-year-old Korpi a month. It’s fun.” A 39-year-old man with a mustache and took matters into his own hands. “The Korpi has a wife, Katie, and two daugh- jovial manner, Korpi produces his own minute the dentist left the room I said to ters, but so far they haven’t shown up in his books. He does the initial drawings and myself, ‘Well, I don’t need him to look at cartoon books. Dental faculty, although scans them on his computer at home for fi- that.’ So I started poking through his draw- never identified, have not been so lucky. nal output. One of those busy people who ers. I looked at all of his instruments. I de- Korpi’s new book takes more than one seem to get everything done, he sees humor cided to be a dentist right then.” Why light-hearted swipe at the profession. “I just everywhere he goes. “In restaurants, gro- dentistry? “I get to combine art and science. hope people at the dental school have a cery stores, gas stations. Teeth are a natural There’s no other job like that. And I get to sense of humor,” he says with a laugh. for me, but I see humor in everything. I talk one-to-one with people. I’ve got the Alumni interested in acquiring a copy of think most dentists take things too serious- best job in the world.” Life’s Little Extractions may contact Philip ly. I like to say that I take my work serious- Korpi has a busy practice in Ballard, V. Korpi, D.D.S.. “The Cartoon Dentist” ly, but not myself.” handling mostly adult patients. “We have a 7550-15th Avenue N.W., Seattle WA. This happy-go-lucky attitude was some- lot of laughs,” he says. “I get ideas for car- 98117. Or call: (206) 783-7700. times a problem for Korpi when he was toons from my patients too. It’s such a blast. studying to be a dentist. “My notes from One of my favorite patients sells signs and dental school have cartoons in the margins,” he tells me all about it.. So one day I decid- he says, “but I never let anybody see them ed to do a cartoon sign for him. It said, because it wasn’t politically correct. You’re ‘FILLING STATION.’” 14 “I have lived in the and Seattle. He completed his undergradu- when billboards around town said, ‘Will the ate work at Yale and the UW, where he Last One to Leave Seattle Turn Off the best of times . . .” joined the Air Force R.O.T.C. Then he en- Lights?’ They laughed at me. Now, I’m tered dental school. laughing all the way to the bank.” says Dr. John Ricketts, a retired orthodontist. “I had friends who were going either Eventually he sold the trailer parks for a “I was never involved in any wars. I never into dentistry or medical school,” he says. large profit and lives well off the payments. made a lot of money when I was young, but “If you’re a doctor you have to work with For many years he has resided in Fairway prices weren’t high. You could go into a gas people who are sick and I didn’t want that. Estates, a condominium complex three station and fill up your tank by saying, ‘Give I’d rather work with people who are healthy miles northeast of the UW, with his wife me a dollar’s worth.’ When I was going to most of the time. And I’d taken an aptitude Shirley. “She was my high school girl- school I could make enough money to pay test in high school that said I should be an friend. I’ve known her since 1949,” he says, for my tuition by working in the summers. artist, a chemist or a dentist. Art and chem- while conceding that there were two-and-a- When I got out, I didn’t owe anybody a pen- istry are important in dentistry, so it all add- half lost decades in there. After high school ny. I liked what I did. Most of my patients ed up to the same thing.” Shirley married somebody else and moved liked me. Not all of them, but most.” Ricketts applied for the U.S.A.F. senior to Oakland. Then in 1981, a mutual friend dental program and was accepted as a sec- told Ricketts: “Shirley’s free. You ought to ond lieutenant his senior year. After gradua- look her up.” tion in 1957, he was sent to an airbase near Tokyo, Japan, for three years. “We were oc- If it weren’t for dental school, I wouldn’t cupation forces half of that time and security have anything I have today. forces the rest of the time,” he recalls. After moving back to Seattle to work briefly for After a long search through the Oakland Group Health Dental, he returned to Tokyo phone book, Ricketts gave Shirley a call. to enroll in a graduate orthodontics program. She said she’d been planning to look him In 1962 he opened an office at 35th NE up the next time she was in Seattle to visit and NE 70th in Seattle, where he remained her parents. On April 14, 1984, they were until retirement. But his practice wasn’t married. Nowadays, both are members of limited to Seattle residents. Beginning in the Dean’s Club at the UW dental school, 1972, Ricketts commuted to Fairbanks, the President’s Club and the Don James Alaska, to treat the children of pipeline Center at the university. Big supporters of workers. For the next ten years he kept up a Husky football, they never travel during the grueling pace, working two weeks in Seat- football season. On January 3, they will em- tle and two weeks in Alaska and then start- bark on their fourth world cruise, a four- ing the cycle all over again. month trip with stops in Bali, Hong Kong, “Pipeline workers had lots of kids,” he Singapore and other exotic places. They explains. “I will never forget those kids in will take a land tour from Danang to Ho Chi Fairbanks. They wore tennis shoes until it Minh City in Vietnam. was about twenty degrees below zero. Then “That’s what I do,” Ricketts says with a they’d finally change into boots. It could be laugh. “I go on cruises and spend my re- 60 degrees above zero in the summer and sources.” He also likes to throw spectacular John and Shirley Ricketts waiting for a train in they’d be wearing T-shirts and shorts. Alas- parties for his friends. On August 1, 1987, Norway last summer. What you see is all of their ka is a different place.” luggage—you “don’t need the kitchen sink!” he threw a retirement party bash at the Co- Ricketts has happy memories of those lumbia Tower Center for business associ- commuting days. “I had two lives and I ates and all his UW classmates. “It was one liked it,” he says. But he has a congenital of those rare days in Seattle when you could Each year Ricketts gets together with the disease called myotonic muscular dystro- see Mount Rainier, the Olympics, the Cas- current UW dean at Ivar’s Salmon House phy, which eventually forced him to retire cades and Mount Baker,” he says. “When on Lake Union to present a check for in December 1986. “I couldn’t cut the wires the sun set, Mount Rainier looked like a $1,957—a figure he selected because it rep- anymore, recalls Ricketts, who donated all strawberry ice cream cone. You couldn’t resents the year he graduated. Besides this his orthodontic equipment and supplies to have picked a better day for a party in the check, which funds the John Wilbur Rick- the UW dental school. whole wide world. etts and Shirley Marie Ricketts UW Dental Because of smart business moves he “When I’m sixty-five, I’m going to Student Loan Fund, Ricketts has made oth- made in the 60s, Ricketts has retired with a throw another big party,” he continues. “Of er generous donations to the dental school, comfortable income. “I bought three trailer course. Why not? I don’t have that much including two mobile homes. parks in the 60s,” he explains. “I figured longer to go. I know guys from dental “If it weren’t for dental school, I that I’d pay for the land with the money I school who have accumulated a million wouldn’t have anything I have today,” he received from rents. Everybody told me not dollars in a retirement plan and they’re still says, when asked to explain his generosity. to buy trailer parks. They said nobody practicing. That does not compute with me. The eldest of six children, Ricketts was wants them. Remember this was a time You’ve got to start living sometime. “ born in Aberdeen and grew up in Bremerton 15 be taking the place of a man who would Dr. Doris Stiefel practice his whole life.” Stiefel was secretly engaged when she entered dental school. “I didn’t dare tell any- A Pioneer in the Field one. So everyone was very surprised when I got married at the end of first quarter.” Being female did create some reward- ing moments at the UW. “In those days it was unthinkable for men and women to share the same locker room. They didn’t have a place for me on the first day of class because there was no locker room for women dental students. So finally I was given a space in the locker room for the dental hygienists, and as a result made some lifelong friendships with the hy- giene students. Later, when it came time for the clinical courses, I had to have a specially designed uniform. It had to be ‘proper’ and ‘demure!’” Since Stiefel had no female role mod- els, she had to construct her own unique career path. She graduated near the top of her class and was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon. “I had a research fellow- ship immediately after graduation and then practiced part-time in downtown Seattle, while we were starting our fam- Doris and Ernest Stiefel. ily.” Eventually she had three small chil- dren to care for. “There weren’t many Dr. Doris Stiefel made history Stiefel lived in England for ten years options in part-time work then. When when she picked up her dental and then resettled with her family in the my daughter started school in 1967, I de- Seattle area. “My father had relatives in cided I wanted to specialize rather than school diploma in 1954. She be- that part of Washington,” she explains. “I stay in general practice. ” came the first woman ever to felt as a young person that I could find In 1971 she earned a master’s degree in more opportunity in the U.S. But it wasn’t oral biology and for three years was an af- graduate from the UW School of an easy decision. I had gone to high school filiate of the Center for Research in Oral Dentistry. It was a remarkable in England and had two years of dental Biology at the UW. “I thought I’d make a school there.” career change into basic research,” she achievement. Not for another In England, women were already ac- says. “But I missed the clinical side of twenty years, until the late ’70s, cepted in dentistry and a quarter of Stiefel’s dentistry and working with people.” would other women students fol- class was female. “So I never considered When Dental Education in Care of the myself a pioneer or thought that I’d be pio- Disabled (DECOD) was started in 1974, low in her footsteps. neering here,” she says. “I discovered that she was named her department’s represen- “I caused such consternation! I was a there were few women in the profession in tative to the program’s advisory board. In woman and they didn’t know what to do the U.S. It was considered a field for men. I 1975 she became director of DECOD, a with me. There was a great amount of can still remember the Admissions Com- unique program that began with a four-year pressure. Everybody knew me. They were mittee asking me why I didn’t become a grant and blossomed into a multilayered looking to see how this one woman was dental hygienist instead. In those days you program. After nineteen years as director, doing. The fellows had their fraternities had to sit in front of a long table with every Stiefel retired in 1994 and was succeeded and study groups. Nowadays we have member of the Admissions Committee by Dr. Michael Martin. mentor programs and support groups for looking at you. Now each applicant is inter- Although officially retired, Stiefel has a 40 women. But I was very much on my own.” viewed by one of the committee members percent appointment as an associate professor Luckily, Stiefel knew how to jump over and we try to make it less intimidating.” emeritus in the department of oral medicine. obstacles. Like many of the women who Then, as now, getting into the UW den- She teaches in the Oral Medicine clinic once a pioneered in dentistry in the U.S., she was tal school was very competitive. The Ad- week and continues to be affiliated with DE- born elsewhere. She grew up in Aachen, missions Commission accepted only one COD, spending much of her time revising the Germany. In 1938 when she was nine, she out of ten applicants. “The idea was that a DECOD series of self-instructional modules, fled with her family to England to escape woman was more likely to drop out and developing new educational materials and Hitler’s Germany. get married and that perhaps she would leading a weekly literature review. 16 TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DENTAL CONFERENCE, BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER

The school’s only Dr. Richard P. Ferguson (‘70 Ortho.), feminine student President of the Washington State . . . Miss Pintus Dental Association, invites you to join when the book was started . . . him for a wildlife adventure during the Mrs. Stiefel now . . . 1996 Pacific Northwest Dental Conference. - 1951 dental On Thursday, July 11, Dr. and Mrs. school yearbook Ferguson will lead friends and colleagues on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Safari to the Serengeti grasslands where giraffes, lions, zebras, hippos and East African crowned cranes roam. Trek past dense bamboo plantings to the “We offer a variety of training options, People with Disabilities. Although her re- elephant forest. Journey through the including traineeships with stipends,” she tirement doesn’t sound all that relaxing, plant-shrouded layers of the tropical explains. “We are a major resource for clin- she does find more time now for gardening rain forest. Discover the cold, rugged regions of south-central Alaska, the ical care for persons with severe disabilities, and her children and grandchildren. She frosty domain of wolves, brown bears, who have few or no other sources for care in and her husband, Ernest, are about to cele- river otters, bald eagles and mountain the community. We can see patients on an brate their 45th anniversary. For many goats. The internationally famous out-patient basis who might otherwise have years they have lived in a lovely house Woodland Park Zoo will be the setting to be seen in a hospital setting. We also do high above Lake Washington in North Se- for the 1996 President’s Party. clinical research, primarily in the areas of attle. They enjoy going to concerts and the An annual event, the President’s Party prevention of dental disease, epidemiology theater, and this year managed to wedge in allows conference attendees the and dental care access.” a trip to England, Germany and Spain. opportunity to experience some of the Patients served by DECOD have any As far as her career goes, Stiefel sums it best entertainment Seattle has to offer. number of severe physical and mental dis- up as having been highly rewarding. “It The $20 per person ticket includes abilities that may be developmental or ac- took a direction that I could not have antic- round-trip transportation to the zoo, admission, hors d’oeuvres on the Rain quired, and include conditions such as ipated when I started dental school. The Forest Cafe Patio and a buffet dinner in cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, multiple class of ’54 was a terrific class, many of the Rain Forest Cafe. sclerosis, psychiatric problems, Alzhe- whom went on to make substantial contri- Exciting special events are only part of imer’s disease and many rare disorders. butions to the dental profession. I would what makes the Pacific Northwest The DECOD clinics within the Depart- like to think that I too have been able to Dental Conference one of the leading ments of Oral Medicine and Pediatric give back something to the profession annual meetings in the Pacific Dentistry have faculty and staff with a which has given me so much.” Northwest. Three full days of top- great deal of ex- ranked national speakers, in-depth, perience in this hands-on workshops for both dentists field. Students and staff members and 80,000 square also treat pa- feet of exhibits will be available at the 109th annual meeting of the WSDA. tients with dis- The program begins on Wednesday, abilities along July 10, and continues non-stop with their other through Friday, July 12 (note the new patients. days.) Participants can choose from Stiefel is a over 30 speakers and 10 workshops. Fellow in the Featured speakers include Dr. David International Baird, Dr. Howard Farran, Dr. Vincent College of Den- Kokich, Dr. James Pride, Dr. Michael tistry, and a Fel- Schuster and Dr. James Steiner. low and past All of this and a great price, too. president of the Register before May 20th and receive a discount. For further information, Academy of contact the WSDA at (206) 448-1914. Dentistry for Doris Stiefel and her classmates in 1952, taking a coffee break. 17 CLASS OF 1956 CLASS OF 1963 Frederick R. Brown (H) 807 179th Arthur A. Dugoni (Ortho. ‘63), dean of Court N.E., Bellevue, WA 98008 (206/746- the University of the Pacific School of 1680), “My oldest daughter, Julie, is taking Dentistry in San Francisco, was selected by Predent at the UW so she can go to dental the American Dental Association’s Board of school and take over my practice in Renton. Trustees to receive the 1995 Distinguished I still fly a T210 and attend all the Flying Service Award. The award was presented at Dentist Association meetings—our 50th is the Special Recognition Luncheon of the coming in 1996.” 136th Annual Session at Bally’s Hotel in Las Lynn R. White (H) 2227 N. Madison, Vegas, Nevada on October 7, 1995. Shelton, WA 98584 (360/426-2783), “I The award was given in recognition of OTES retired at the end of July. Sold my practice in Dr. Dugoni’s years of service to the Ameri- Shelton to Dana Larson, Class of ‘95. She is can Dental Association (ADA) and the dental the daughter of Dr. Ron Larson, Class of ‘69. profession. “His professional commitment Dody and I spend time with our five grown and his combination of vision, organization

N children and four grandchildren, ages 6, 2, 2 and diplomacy have aided dental education, and 2. What a great age group! In my spare organized dentistry, as well as worldwide time I throw dice at all the new Casinos in efforts to promote oral health,” according to Washington. We follow about 20 musical Dr. Richard D’Eustachio, president of the groups all over Nevada. All this and doing ADA and chair of the Board of Trustees. nothing is great fun!” A past president of the ADA, Dr. Dugoni served for almost twenty years as a member CLASS OF 1958 of their House of Delegates. He is treasurer

LASS George Fraley (H) P.O. Box 605, Friday of the FDI World Dental Federation, past Harbor, WA 98250 retired after practicing for president of the California Dental Associa- 12 years in Friday Harbor. He worked as a tion and immediate past president of C dentist “long enough,” for 40 years including American Association of Dental Schools. In dental school. Dr. Fraley sold his practice to addition to his other responsibilities, Dr. Dr. Mark Fleming. The Fraleys plan to Dugoni maintained a private practice for travel, perhaps to Australia or New Zealand, nearly 40 years and has had an esteemed and to visit their married children in Spokane teaching career. and Connecticut. The Distinguished Service Award, established in 1970, is the highest honor given by the ADA’s Board of Trustees; one recipient is named on an annual basis.

CLASS OF 1966 Robert D. Allen (O) Suite B, 11304 Eighth Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98125-6111 (206/362-6677). The Allen Dental Clinic will receive a Merit Award in the Awards of Excellence competition conducted by the National Commercial Builders’ Council of the National Association of Homebuilders. The project will be featured in Nation’s Building News (circulation 169,000), Commercial Builder and other national publications.

Arthur A. Dugoni, D.D.S, M.S.D, University of Washington ’63

18 CLASS OF 1968 VICTORY AT PEBBLE! Kenneth J. Hamada (O) 14860 It was August and the world’s greatest automobile Concours de Elegance was being Wallingford Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98133- staged at the Pebble Beach Golf and Country Club in Monterey, California. This is the 6620 (206/363-2300), retired from active grand salami of international car shows. The whopper with cheese of competitive pomp practice in 1993, received cardiac transplant and circumstance. The magnifique de jour! It is the time to separate the best from the on February 26, 1994, and created an very good. This is the event that pays homage perenially to Enzo Ferrari—the event that affiliate service organization for the services draws the most elegant automobiles in the world together for competition. It is the event utilized by dentists after one year of that automobile luminaries and aficionados—custom coachbuilders, famous race drivers, interviewing and evaluating potential icons for the automotive industry, movie stars and television celebrities—get together for affiliates. His company is called Dentapro. judging the best cars in the world. It is the car show where one can see the likes of Ralph He would like to see POPS (the Practice Lauren or Jay Leno. Opportunities Program) become more The event is invitational. About 100 cars worldwide are invited to compete. Only the actively utilized and marketed. cars thought to be the best in quality of restoration, authenticity and elegance are invited to the show. The judging is done by a team of carefully selected experts who have vast CLASS OF 1970 knowledge of the marques being judged. Richard P. Ferguson (Ortho ‘70) (O) Your alumni president, Dr. Marty Anderson, and his wife Arlene were invited to show 3305 N.E. 125th St., Seattle, WA 98125 their 1932 Chrysler Imperial Convertible Coupe. It has a unique body built by the famous (206/365-1155) is President of the Washing- Bohman and Schwartz Coachbuilders of Pasadena. The Andersons won Best in Class ton State Dental Association for 1995-96. with their automobile. The prize consists of a blue ribbon and trophy and a lot of prestige. This is the second time they have won first place. In 1985 they won first place with their CLASS OF 1972 Richard A. Crinzi (O) 15955 N.E. 85th 1934 Pierce Arrow. Dr. Anderson does the restoration work himself in his own shop. It St. #104, Redmond, WA 98052 (206/881- takes anywhere from two to four years to restore a car to competitive standards. It is not 3255) was elected Vice President of the unlike restoring a tooth—the details are what counts when one wishes to have a perfect Washington State Dental Association for restoration. 1995-96. —Dr. Marty Anderson, ’65 DDS

Marty and Arlene Anderson CLASS OF 1973 with their prize-winning 1932 James W. McHugh (O) 14247-R Chrysler Imperial. Ambaum Blvd. S.W., Seattle, WA 98166 (206/244-4488) “I began teaching part-time in the restorative department in June. Either the students are getting younger or I’m getting older.”

CLASS OF 1981 Sidney R. Gallegos (O) 118 S.W. 330th #103, Federal Way, WA 98023-6185 (206/946-4460), practices pediatric dentistry in Federal Way and recently became a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. In addition, he is a part-time clinical faculty member at the UW School of Dentistry in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry.

CLASS OF 1992 Hashim Chothia (O) 6514 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103-5234 (206/783- 9335), has set up a new practice at the above address, and visited Malaysia and Australia in January 1995; Venezuela is on the agenda for December 1995.

Dr. Marty Anderson with his father (on the left) explaining the details of excellence to Jay Leno.

19 JAMES A. FLEEGE (’54, Pedodontics GUY R. LEMMON (‘71 DDS) died on Certificate) passed away on October 15. He October 18 at 57 years of age. was 70 years of age. After serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Dr. Fleege was a graduate of the St. Louis Japan, Dr. Lemmon enrolled at the University of Dental School in St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington where he graduated from the School completed his specialty work at the University of Pharmacy in 1966. Four years later he of Washington School of Dentistry in 1954. He graduated with honors from the School of was a member of a remarkable dental family; Dentistry. Dr. Fleege and his three brothers all elected to Dr. Lemmon practiced in the Crossroads practice pediatric dentistry. area for 15 years, and in 1989 moved his practice Dr. Fleege held a number of positions with closer to downtown Bellevue. the Seattle-King County Dental Society, He served the University of Washington including chair of the National Dental Health Dental Alumni Association as a class representa- Week and of the Dental Assistants’ School tive and participated in Seattle-King County committees. Among others, he served on the Dental Society’s Dental Care Programs from

EMORIAM Membership, Public Relations, Ethics, Griev- 1977 to 1980. ance, Insurance, and Budget and Finance Dr. Lemmon is survived by his wife, Judie, of committees. He was a member of the Seattle Kirkland, and sons Jonathan and Sean Lemmon, Pedodontic Study Club and of the American both of Bellevue. Society of Dentistry for Children. Remembrances may be made to the

M He is survived by his wife, Cecilia; children American Cancer Society, East King Unit, 14450 Alex, Victoria, Jamey, Laura, Terese, and N.E. 29th Place, Suite 220, Bellevue, WA 98007.

N Rodrick; and four grandchildren. John Triller (‘92, Periodontics Certificate) I Remembrances may be made in his name died on December 27, 1995. He was 41 years old. to Swedish Hospice or to the American Cancer After he received his Periodontics Certificate Society. from the University of Washington, he and his family remained in Seattle where he practiced. Dr. Triller was about to begin an academic career RICHARD O. FORD (‘63 DDS) died on in the Department of Periodontics, sharing time September 30 at the age of 63. between his office and the University. Dr. Ford had practiced in Spokane for 31 Dr. Triller is survived by his wife, Christy, and years. He retired because of illness in Novem- his two children, Daniel and Michael. ber of 1994. A memorial fund in his family’s behalf has He was a member of the Spokane District been established at University Village Key Bank Dental Society and the Sunrise East Lions in the name of the Triller family. Donations may Club. He had served in the United States Coast be made at any Key Bank branch (account Guard prior to attending dental school. number 471712008971). Donations may also be Dr. Ford is survived by his wife, Hazel; made to the Children’s Ministries in care of the sons Richard O. Ford, Jr., and John Thompson, University Presbyterian Church, 4540 15th Ave. both of Spokane, and Jim Thompson of Cape N.E., Seattle. Canaveral, Florida; daughters, Charlene Hombel of Spokane and Shelly Ford of Tacoma; seven grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, P.O. Box 8087, Spokane, WA 99203-0087.

20 Friday, October 13 saw the revitalization of the UW/WSDA Mentor Program become re- ality. Over 170 volunteer mentors and student participants attended a picnic barbeque at the Urban Horticulture Center co-sponsored by the Northwest Dentists’ Insurance Compa- MENTOR ny and the Washington Dentists’ Insurance Agency, Inc. As the first meeting of the year, the picnic proved to be the perfect setting for mentors and their students to meet and be- PICNIC A come acquainted. The Washington State Dental Association, working in conjunction with the School of Dentistry, the Dental Alumni Association and the UW chapter of the American Student SUCCESS Dental Association organizes the Mentor Program to enhance the dental student years and provide students with guidance. Following are a few snapshots which capture the suc- cessful event.

21 Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lecture 1996

Friday, March 22, 1996 Hogness Auditorium UW Health Sciences Center

The Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lectureship is a complimentary, annual event sponsored by the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association and the Dean Jones Memorial Endowment Fund. The day- long lecture is free to all dentists, dental co-professionals, dental faculty, and students. Six AGD credits may be earned by attending the lecture. Please bring your AGD membership card on the 22nd to receive THE validation. Six Continuing Dental Education credits may also be earned TWENTY-SIXTH by attending the lecture. For CDE credits, a $15.00 handling fee will be ANNUAL charged. Please go to the CDE table, the day of the lecture for payment. Agenda

REGISTRATION 8:30am-9:00am ERNEST M. JONES MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP MORNING SESSION 9:00am-12:00noon (10:30-10:45 break)

LUNCH

12:00noon-1:30pm (Catered Lunch) Sponsored by Dental Alumni Association At Don James Center in Husky Stadium

Cost: $20.00 per person. MAKING IT STICK: The Many Practical (advance reservation please) Uses for Adhesive, Dental Materials Annual Meeting and by William Daniel Sneed, DMD Election of officers will be convened over lunch. March 22, 1996

Hogness Auditorium AFTERNOON SESSION UW Health Sciences Center 1:30pm-4:30pm (2:45-3:00 break)

Recommended Parking for Lecture: A complimentary lectureship UW E-12 Lot: Entrance at Husky Stadium. sponsored by $5.00 per day the University of Washington or UW Central Plaza Garage: Dental Alumni Association and the Entrance at 41st & 15th N.E. Dean Jones Memorial $5.00 per day Endowment Fund Carpooling is encouraged. Three or more people–$2.50 per day.

22 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS COURSE WILL LEARN: ❍ To select the right composite for the right procedure and ensure the bond is strong. WILLIAM DANIEL SNEED, DMD ❍ Techniques to optimize esthetics and function. MAKING IT STICK: ❍ How to place predictable, posterior, tooth-colored The Many Practical restorations. ❍ How to make sense out of commercial dentin adhesives. Uses for Adhesive ❍ Revolutionary ways to manage the pulp and eliminate restorative sensitivity. Dental Materials Preserve the vital pulp Eliminate liners Place desensitized amalgams Understand clinical cariology and use disclosing solutions Operative Dentistry is experiencing unprecedented ❍ Uses and abuses for the many forms of “glass ionomers.” change. Advances in dental materials are changing Commercial products, recommendations the very foundation of G.V. Black’s principles. The ❍ The many and varied luting cements available today and how to use them effectively. public expects conservative, cosmetic procedures, and ❍ About cervical “erosion,” cause and cure. dentistry has moved from “extension for prevention” ❍ Tunnel restorations, slots and PRR’s. ❍ Porcelain, Metal and Resin Adhesion. to “minimal intervention dentistry.” The development Resin retained adhesive metal bridges Porcelain repair of adhesive, tooth-colored materials is the reason Porcelain cementation why. This course will explore these topics and present Metal adhesive techniques Bonded amalgams exciting new solutions for common old problems. ❍ The status of dental amalgam.

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