Presidents

Clifton Orrin Dummett, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.P.H.
The Forty-sixth President of IADR, 1969-70

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  • Born 20 May 1919, Georgetown, British Guiana
  • Died 7 September 2011
  • (In Memoriam J Dent Res 91: 117-118, 2012)

Inaugural Address delivered at Houston, 20 March 1969:
"Comprehensiveness, Too, in Research on Oral Health and Disease Prevention"
J Dent Res 48: 985-989, 1969

Farewell remarks delivered at New York City, 15 March 1970.
Topic: On ad hoc committees and recommendations
J Dent Res 49: 911, 914-917, 1970

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry:
Professor & Chairman, Department of Periodontology, 1942-45
Dean & Director, Dental Education, 1945-49

VA Hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama: Chief of Dental Service, 1949-65
Associate Chief of Staff, Research & Education, 1962-65

VA Research Hospital, Chicago
Chief of Dental Service, 1965-66

Editor, American Association of Dental Editors, 1965-

Dental Director, Watts Neighborhood Health Center, Los Angeles, 1966-67

University of Southern California School of Dentistry: Health Center Director, 1967-68
Chairman, Research Committee, 1968-70
Professor & Chairman, Department of Community Dentistry, 1970-