Old School
After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the 50 Years of Orthodontic Excellence event took place on Saturday, May 6.
After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the 50 Years of Orthodontic Excellence event took place on Saturday, May 6.
Professor Harry A. True served as chair of the Department of Operative Dentistry for 33 years.
For its first three years, the College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) held dental classes in the rented Federation Hall in San Francisco.
On October 24, 1918, P&S dental and medical students, who had enlisted in the WWI Naval Reserve as hospital corpsman, were recruited to join in the fight against this “unseen enemy,”
Dean Emeritus Arthur A. Dugoni ’48 served in the U.S. Navy, beginning as a volunteer in 1943 in the World War II V12 Officer Training Program and becoming a lieutenant.
Dr. Masako Moriya Wiggans (1912-2006) received her DDS degree in 1937 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming the first Japanese American woman to graduate from the college and to receive a dental license from the Dental Board of California.