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| 1897 |
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 Henry
G. Brainerd, Dean of the College of Medicine, establishes College of
Dentistry. Classes are held in the medical college building on Buena
Vista. |
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1898-1900 -- Edgar
Palmer, D.D.S., Dean |
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| 1899 |
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College
receives recognition and endorsement from the California State Board
of Dental Examiners |
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Dental
courses move to Temple block (Main, Spring and Temple streets) and
take over 3rd floor. Courses with medical students continue on Buena
Vista and at the Hendryx bacteriology laboratory building. |
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| 1900 |
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College
becomes a member of National Association of Dental Faculties and is
recognized by the National Association of Dental Examiners. |
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Eleven
students receive degrees at the first graduation ceremony |
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1901-1905 --
Garrett Newkirk, M.D., Dean |
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| 1901 |
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College
occupies the second and third floors of Temple Block |
| 1905 |
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College
incorporates, establishing a formal affiliation with the university |
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1905-1944 -- Lewis
E. Ford, D.D.S., Dean |
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| 1906 |
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Admission
requires a high school diploma. |
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New
college building completed at 5th and Wall streets. |
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| 1914 |
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College
moves again to a new building at 16th and Los Angeles streets. |
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| 1916 |
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College
establishes Zeta Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, a national dental
honorary fraternity. |
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| 1917 |
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Program
expands from three to four years with entrance requirements the same
as those for USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
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| 1920 |
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Science
and technic building (a.k.a. flat iron building or S & T), at
Figeroa and Exposition, becomes home to students in the first two
years of the program, while the last two years continue at 16th and
Los Angeles streets. |
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| 1924 |
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College
offers BS-DDS program. |
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| 1928 |
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Cora
Ueland directs the newly formed certificate program in Dental
Hygiene. Admission requirements are the same as required for
admission to USC. |
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| 1933 |
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Floyde
E. Hogeboom leads the new department of children's dentistry. |
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| 1934 |
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Spencer
R. Atkinson heads the new, one-year program leading to Master of
Dental Science in Orthodontics. |
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| 1937 |
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Sixty
units of college level course work becomes a prerequisite for the
four year dental program. |
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| 1939 |
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College
offers a BS degree program in dental hygiene with sixty units of
college work as a prerequisite. |
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1944-1948 -- Julio
Endelman, M.S., D.D.S., D.D.Sc., Dean |
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| 1948 |
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September
2 -- College becomes the School of Dentistry and the university
assumes full control (educationally and administratively) based on a
contract of integration between the university board of trustees and
the college board of trustees. |
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1949-1950-- John
Brauer, M.Sc., D.D.S., Dean |
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| 1949 |
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School
organizes first consultative tumor board -- only one of its kind in
the U.S. associated with a university -- providing diagnostic
services for dentists. |
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1949-50 --Interim
Committee |
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| 1949-50 |
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Interim
Committee governs school -- Rex Ingraham, D.D.S., Chairman, Fred
Olds, D.D.S,. and Donald E. Smith, D.D.S. |
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1950-1964 -- Robert
W. McNulty, D.D.S., A.M., Dean |
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| 1952 |
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School
dedicates a new clinic building on 34th Street (1st floor and
basement of current four story wing) and sells the building at 16th
and Los Angeles streets |
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| 1954 |
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First
oral surgery training program in Southern California begins under
the direction of Marsh Robinson. |
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| 1955 |
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Fred
Olds founds the Century Club, the first support group of its kind. |
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| 1956 |
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Adele
Wayman directs the dental hygiene program (director, 1956-58). |
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| 1958 |
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Ruth
Ragland assumes leadership of the dental hygiene program (director,
1958-1984). |
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| 1959 |
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Francis
Conley initiates the dental assistant utilization program (DAU) to
train dental students in the use of dental assistants |
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1964-1972 -- John
I. Ingle, D.D.S., M.S.D., Dean |
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| 1965 |
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John
Ronnau formalizes the Dental Ambassador Program. Faculty and student
volunteers provide dental care in impoverished, rural and isolated
areas of California and Mexico. Program later renamed the Mobile
Clinic Program. |
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| 1966 |
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Advanced
program in pedodontics starts under the direction of Robert Andrews. |
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Bernard
Levin initiates the advanced certificate program in prosthodontics. |
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Clifton
Dummett creates a community dentistry department and serves as its
first chairman |
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| 1967 |
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$65,000
grant from the National Cancer Association funds two clinical cancer
fellows, oral tumor board, oral tumor registry. |
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Hugh
Kopel takes over direction of the advanced pedodontics program. |
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Harry
Quint, Edward Beveridge and John Ingle initiate the Special Student
Program under Quint's direction. Renamed the International Student
Program in 1976, this two-year, D.D.S. program provides education in
American dental techniques for foreign-trained dentists. |
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| 1969 |
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School
united in one facility after almost fifty years and celebrates the
completion of a three story addition to the clinical wing with the
November dedication of the Eileen and Kenneth T. Norris Dental
Science Center. |
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Gary
Miller becomes director of the Special Student Program. |
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Advanced
certificate program offerings expand to include periodontics under
the leadership of Sigmund Stahl and endodontics under the direction
of Edward Beveridge. |
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1972-1975 --
William H. Crawford, D.D.S., M.S. , Interim Dean |
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| 1973 |
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School
establishes a Board of Councilors. |
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USC
Oral Pathology Laboratory opens to serve the dental profession |
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| 1975 |
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New
Craniofacial Biology Program offers masters and Ph.D. degrees. |
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1975-1977 --
Richard C. Oliver, D.D.S., Dean |
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| 1976 |
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Renovation
of the first floor clinics creates treatment cubicles, eliminating
open clinics in all areas except dental hygiene. |
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1977-1991 --
William H. Crawford, D.D.S., M.S., Dean |
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| 1977 |
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Dental
hygiene curriculum incorporates expanded functions. |
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Administrative
reorganization results in consolidation of academic departments to
increase administrative efficiency and facilitate curricular
integration |
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| 1983 |
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Remodeling
of the first floor and basement, west end includes patient
admitting, reception, oral surgery and orthodontic clinics. |
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Laboratory for Developmental Biology's breakthrough discovery isolates the first cDNA clone for the amelogenin gene, which functions in the development of enamel. |
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| 1985 |
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Special Patients Clinic opens under direction of Roseann Mulligan, providing for the special needs of medically and physically challenged patients and enhancing the educational programs with an on-site care facility. |
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Pew Charitable Trust awards grant to establish and sustain a planning process. (phase I: 1985-87) $98,000. |
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| 1988 |
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Oral
Medicine Clinic under the direction of Mahvash Navazesh opens,
providing consulting services for health care professionals. |
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Pew
Charitable Trust awards phase II grant to implement the changes
identified in phase I (1988-1991) $750,000. |
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| 1989 |
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New
USC Sterilizer Monitoring Service, under the direction of Gayle
Macdonald, provides service to dental professionals. |
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| 1990 |
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School
establishes presence on health science campus with the opening of
the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. |
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1991-1998 -- Howard
M. Landesman, D.D.S., M.Ed., Dean |
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| 1991 |
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Decision
is made to keep the school on the university park campus |
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Faculty
intramural practice established under the direction of John Sundbye. |
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Group
practices replace traditional departmental clinics as the setting
for doctoral clinical education. |
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Oral
Microbiology Testing Laboratory, initiated by Jorgen Slots, provides
service to dental practitioners. |
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| 1992 |
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Remodeled
anatomy laboratory space becomes a modern research laboratory
facilities |
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School
offers combined DDS-MBA program in partnership with the Graduate
School of Business Administration. |
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John
D. Soule Computer Learning Laboratory opens. |
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| 1994 |
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Remodeling
of clinical areas includes the renovated patient reception, cashier,
and patient admitting areas; and creates an advanced specialty
office and centralized group practice office. |
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School
joins with theSchool of Medicine to create a combined program
leading to a specialty certificate in oral surgery and MD degree. |
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State-of-the-art,
centralized instrument sterilization center opens. |
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| 1995 |
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New
problem based learning program (PBL) offers its first twelve
students a different approach to the doctoral dental curriculum,
emphasizing integration of basic and clinical science through
inquiry based learning. |
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| 1996 |
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Dual
degree programs expand with DDS-MS offered in conjunction with the
School of Gerontology. |
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School
ranks first among private dental schools receiving funding from the
National Institute of Dental Research of the National Institutes of
Health and continues within the top ten of all institutions
receiving funding from NIDR |
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| 1997 |
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School
kicks off centennial celebration with black-tie birthday party. |
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Phase
I of a major renovation plan is completed: All orthodontic
facilities move to the third floor, sharing the floor with
modernized preclinical laboratories; a new, 8,000 square foot
library includes a computer-assisted learning center; a remodeled
lecture hall contains advanced audio-visual capabilities; and a
newly designed east entrance to the building houses a museum in its
refurbished lobby-reception area. |
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| 1999 |
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1999-2000 - Gerald L. Vale, DDS, MDS, MPH,
JD, Interim Dean |
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Mobile Dental Clinic expands to provide care in Northern California. |
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| 2000 |
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USC Dental Clinic opens at Union Rescue Mission on Los Angeles' Skid Row. |
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2000 - Harold
C. Slavkin, DDS, Dean |
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First "White Coat Ceremony" held for all doctoral and dental hygiene students. |
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| 2001 |
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Five-year strategic plan "Shaping the Future, 2001-2006" published. |
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Faculty reorganized into five divisions representing themes in the health sciences. |
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Doctoral Dental Class of 2005 becomes the first all-PBL class with phase-in of all doctoral dental students projected for 2005. |
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School rewired for high-speed Internet access as first step in futuristic information technology plan. |
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GME funding approved for advanced program residents. |
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Refurbished and remodeled patient treatment facilities, and multimedia conference/class rooms dedicated. |
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| 2002 |
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Rosanne Mulligan initiates an Advanced Education in General
Dentistry (AEGD)program and serves as its first director. |
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Implant dentistry is added to dental students' clinical experience. |
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| 2003 |
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The multipurpose USC Oral Health Center opens at University Village with Jack Broussard, Jr. as its director. |
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| 2004 |
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Glenn Clark establishes and directs the first two-year, dual certificate program in orofacial pain and oral medicine. |
| 2006 |
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School opens state of the art Center for Dental Technology adjacent to Oral Health Center |
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School of Dentistry aligns with Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy and the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. The top-ranked departments become divisions of the School of Dentistry in an effort to to create new interdisciplinary synergies. |
