In Memoriam
2/26/2007

Edward D. Maggiore, a USC School of Dentistry part-time faculty member and longtime volunteer with the school’s community health programs, passed away on January 24.  He was 73 years old. 

In a career that spanned close to five decades, Maggiore devoted himself to the service of others.  From the city’s homeless populations, to underserved regions around the globe, he was an important advocate for oral health care for the poorest of communities. 

A longtime volunteer dentist at USC’s Mobile Clinic, Maggiore was often found at the school’s dental clinic at the Union Rescue Mission.  He also served with numerous service organizations that provided free dental care to low-income neighborhoods.  Locally, he worked through the Venice Clinic, HeadStart, the Los Angeles Free Clinic and internationally through Project Esperanza and Project Hope.

Through Project Hope’s traveling hospital ship, the S.S. Hope, Maggiore served as dental coordinator, providing treatment, supplies and oral health education to underserved people in regions across three continents.

A graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles, Maggiore taught at both UCLA and USC.  He spoke five different languages and held seven advanced degrees in disciplines as varied as dentistry, public health, education and clinical psychology.  In addition to working as a volunteer dentist, Maggiore also volunteered as a teen crisis counselor and as an interpreter and counselor with a Michigan-based migrant worker program.