Old School

Old School

After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the 50 Years of Orthodontic Excellence event took place on Saturday, May 6.

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A New Declaration of IndependenceOld School | An Early Call for Inclusion

A friendly but bold statement from the CHIPS 1905 yearbook.

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Old School: A Gold Foil Legend

Professor Harry A. True served as chair of the Department of Operative Dentistry for 33 years.

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photo of the original campusOld School

For its first three years, the College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) held dental classes in the rented Federation Hall in San Francisco.

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Old School: When We Knew the Flu

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,”

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Old School | Dentists at War

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.

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Old School

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.

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