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The Northwestern University Dental School opened in 1891. Its first dean was Edgar Swain.The school was initially located on South State Street in Evanston, Illinois.In 1893, it moved into the new Medical School buildings on South Dearborn and East 24th Streets in Chicago.
Pages in category "Northwestern University Dental School alumni" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Frederick Bogue Noyes (1872–1961) was an American dentist.His dental career began before the age of ten when he worked as an assistant to his dentist father. Noyes began dental practice before entering dental school (legal at the time), and while a student at Northwestern University Dental School, organized the first course on dental pathology in the United States, and began a long ...
Thomas Lewis Gilmer (1849–1931) was an American oral surgeon who was the founder of Northwestern University Dental School (1891) and Institute of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Gilmer made several contributions in oral surgery, such as the Gilmer Splint and "Gilmer wiring", which are named after h
Northwestern University Dental School Greene Vardiman Black (August 3, 1836 – August 31, 1915) was an American dentist and academic. He was one of the founders of modern dentistry in the United States.
From 1892 to 1898 he was a professor of orthodontics at the Northwestern University Dental School, between 1886 and 1899 he was a professor of orthodontics at the Marion Sims College of Medicine and from 1897 to 1899 at the Washington University Medical Department. He published the sixth edition of his textbook in 1900.
In 1929 he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Northwestern University Dental School. [2] Furthermore, in 1933 he became the first African American to earn a Masters of Science in Dentistry from Northwestern University. [1] [2] In 1965, Dixon received an Honorary Doctorate from Ferris State University. [1]
The Society originated with the 1914 graduating class of the dental school at Northwestern University in Chicago. The idea for the fraternity came from the Dean of the Northwestern University Dental School, Dr. Green Vardiman Black who soon invited the deans of 51 other dental school extant at the time to organize chapters of their own, forming a network of locals.