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Interview with Bashar Bakdash
(University of Minnesota, 2013-01-31) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Bakdash, Bashar
Dr. Bashar Bakdash begins his first interview by discussing his dental training and his arrival in the United States. He recalls his time studying at the University of California, Los Angeles, his pursuit of a master’s degree in public health, his move to Indiana to complete his degree in periodontology and his residency training, and his move to the University of Minnesota. In reviewing his time at the University of Minnesota, Bakdash discusses his experiences with Dr. Erwin Schaeffer as dean, his teaching, his work toward gaining citizenship in the United States, Dr. Lars Folke’s leadership in the division of periodontology, and Dr. Carl Bandt’s mentorship. Bakdash also discusses his work in professional organizations, his education and media work, his dual appointment in the Dental School and the School of Public Health, teaching, his work for the Center for Disease Control, the threatened closure of the School of Dentistry, and his committee work. He concludes part one of his interview discussing the balance of teaching, research, and clinical work. In his second interview, Bakdash begins by discussing his international work through the Dental School. He then reflects on the leadership of Drs. Lars Folke and Carl Bandt in the Division of Periodontology, the culture of the Dental School in the 1970s, the leadership of Dr. Erwin Schaeffer as dean and his relationship with the legislature, the relationship between the Dental School and the Medical School, and funding for the Dental School. He then considers the Academic Health Center as an umbrella organization and the relationships among the different schools within the AHC. He then discusses Dr. Richard Oliver’s tenure as dean, retrenchment, efforts to admit more women and minority students in the 1970s and 1980s, the Rajender Consent Decree, Dr. Richard Elzay’s tenure as dean, Dr. Frank Cerra’s role as Vice President of the AHC, Dr. Michael Till’s tenure as dean, his work on the Minnesota and American Dental Associations, his work on the faculty senate. He concludes with final thoughts on changes in dental education and the function of the AHC.
Interview with Burton L. Shapiro
(University of Minnesota, 2012-12-14) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Shaprio, Burton L.
Burton Shapiro begins his interview with a survey of his education and choices to pursue dental specialization and genetics research. He discusses his position as a genetics researcher in the Dental School, his dental education at New York University (NYU), and his responsibilities as a professor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Shapiro then provides a chronology and review of his research, including his work on Down syndrome, exfoliative cytology, programmed cell death, and cystic fibrosis. He discusses his sources of funding, including money that came directly from the Minnesota Legislature and money from the American Cancer Society. Dr. Shapiro then reflects on the Dental School and the University more broadly, including the following topics: the deanships of William Crawford and Erwin Schaffer, student activism in the Dental School, the work of Carl Witkop, changing configurations of the School, the increasing number of women in the School, the creation of the Division of Health Ecology, the relationships between University Hospitals and Clinics and the Dental School, water fluoridation in Minnesota, the move from Owre Hall to Moos Tower, his experiences with Lyle French and the State Legislature, his work on the Health Sciences Policy and Review Committee and other committee work, Richard Oliver's deanship, retrenchment, minority admissions, Richard Elzay's deanship, the threat of closure of the Dental School, Neal Vanselow as vice president of the AHC, William Brody as provost of the AHC, and Frank Cerra as vice president of the AHC.
Interview with David Born
(University of Minnesota, 2013-12-10) Born, David O.; Klaffke, Lauren E.
Dr. David Born begins part one of his interview by describing his educational background and influences on his career trajectory. He then discusses the beginning of his career at the University of Minnesota in the Division of Health Ecology, covering the following topics: curriculum changes, community relations, career guidance, placement programs, and workforce issues. In part two of his interview, Dr. David Born describes how he came to be Department Head for American Indian Studies and his goals for the program. He then reviews his work in various leadership roles within the Dental School and in committee work for the University. Dr. Born also reflects on the following topics: the threatened closure of the School of Dentistry; retrenchment; the Dental School as part of the Academic Health Center (AHC); Lyle French’s tenure as Vice President of the Health Sciences; Dr. Erwin Schaeffer’s tenure as Dean of the Dental School; changes in the practice of dentistry; Dr. Richard Oliver’s tenure as Dean; efforts to recruit minority students to the Dental School; changes in the composition of the dental workforce; Dr. Richard Elzay’s tenure as Dean; and the work of other leaders in the Dental School and the AHC. He concludes with final reflections on mentorship and his work in the Dental School.
Interview with Delores "Dee" Weaver
(University of Minnesota, 2013-08-25) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Weaver, Delores "Dee"
Delores Weaver begins her interview by elaborating on her education in South Dakota and then at the University of Minnesota. She then reflects on her military service in the Navy as part of the WAVES and her husband’s service in the Air Force. Mrs. Weaver then discusses her work as a flight attendant, her time doing procedure audits for Bechtel Company in San Francisco, and how she met her husband, Lawrence Weaver. She then reviews her husband’s early career, as an adjunct at Butler while working for Pitman-Moore, which became part of Dow Chemical, and his interest in pursuing a career in pharmacy. In reflecting on her husband’s work as dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota, Mrs. Weaver discusses all of the following regarding her husband’s work: the problems he faced with finding adequate space; creation of the PharmD program; the changing role of the pharmacist; his work on the formation of the Academic Health Center (AHC); lobbying the State Legislature; serving as vice president of professional relations for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of America (PMA); and his support of orphan drug work. She then discusses her own work as a volunteer at University Hospital, the couple’s return to the Twin Cities when Dr. Weaver served as temporary dean of the School of Pharmacy from 1994 to 1996, Dr. Weaver’s leadership style, and funding for the School. She concludes the interview by reviewing Dr. Weaver’s relationships with various vice presidents of the AHC and his work on orphan drugs.
Interview with Donna Aker Dehn
(University of Minnesota, 2013-08-07) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Dehn, Donna Aker
Mrs. Donna Aker Dehn begins her interview by briefly describing where she was born and raised and her early education. She then describes her move to the University of Minnesota, teaching in the Dental Hygiene program, and what the Dental School was like in the 1950s and 1960s. Mrs. Dehn continues her interview with a discussion of the following topics: manpower shortages in dentistry and dental hygiene; continuing education programs; changes in professional skills and responsibilities among dental assistants, dental hygienists, and dentists; gender issues in dentistry; curriculum changes and the class tracking system; and the creation of a bachelor’s degree program in dental hygiene. She then reflects on larger topics related to dental hygiene and the University’s program, including: changes in the state law regarding dental hygiene; her time in private practice; grants she pursued for the program; relations between Dental Hygiene and the Chemistry Department; retrenchment; her work with the legislature; Helen Tuckner’s leadership style; fears that arose with water fluoridation; the emergence of team dentistry; work with the School of Public Health; Dr. Oliver’s tenure as dean; her work in initiating the Minnesota Dental Hygiene Educators Association; human relations programs in dentistry; and student behavior in the dental school. She concludes by discussing relations within the Academic Health Center and with the basic sciences.
Interview with Harry Hogenkamp
(University of Minnesota, 2013-08-27) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Hogenkamp, Henricus "Harry" P. C.
Dr. Henricus Hogenkamp begins his interview by describing his early life in the Netherlands and his immigration to Canada. He then discusses his decision to attend the University of British Columbia and the University of California at Berkley, his work at the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, and his time at the University of Iowa. Dr. Hogenkamp goes on to describe his recruitment to the University of Minnesota as head of the Department of Biochemistry in the Medical School, his work with B-12, teaching in the AHC, funding within the AHC, and relations with other schools in the health sciences and in the University. He also reflects on the leadership of Neal Gault and David Brown as deans of the Medical School, his committee work, his time on journal editorial boards, research he conducted in Germany through the Humboldt Foundation, and the longer history of B-12. He concludes with a discussion of the changes in relations and structure of the Department of Biochemistry in the Medical School and the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Biological Sciences.
Interview with Henry Buchwald
(University of Minnesota, 2012-09-28) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Buchwald, Henry
Dr. Henry Buchwald begins his interview talking about his early life: fleeing Austria in the midst of the Holocaust, growing up in New York, and his baccalaureate and medical education at Columbia. He discusses how he arrived at an interest in medicine, his time in the Air Force, and his reasons for choosing to pursue a residency at the University of Minnesota. As part of his time at Minnesota, Dr. Buchwald compares the University’s research program with those of other medical schools, relates the profound influence of Owen Wangensteen on the Surgery Department, and discusses his early lab work and his studies of biochemistry, particularly lipids, with Ivan Frantz. In reviewing his changing research interests, Dr. Buchwald cites major diseases afflicting society at various times during his career: the increasing association of cholesterol with heart disease prompted his early interest in lipid uptake and spurred his work on the Program on Surgical Control of Hyperlipidemias (POSCH); the need for treatments for diabetes prompted his research into Infusaid, the first implantable infusion pump, a collaborative effort that led to the development of several other devices and eventually the establishment of a bioengineering program at the University; and finally, the ongoing obesity epidemic spurred Dr. Buchwald’s current research into the jejunoileal bypass for the treatment of obesity. In his reflections on obesity research, Dr. Buchwald discusses the high level of stigmatism associated with the disease and the difficulty of funding research into its treatment.
Interview with Karlind T. Moller
(University of Minnesota, 2013-04-26) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Moller, Karlind T.
Karlind Moller begins his interview with a reflection on his upbringing and early education. He then discusses how he came to the field of speech pathology and particularly, speech pathology in relation to the cleft palate, relating his experiences in the Cleft Palate Clinic and at the National Institute for Dental Research. He emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the Cleft Palate Clinic. He also discusses his experiences publishing with the University of Minnesota Press, his committee work, particularly his work on the Admissions Committee and Minority Student Committee, his work with out-of-state patients, the work of the Cleft Palate Clinic in consulting on treatment, and the completion of the building of the Dental School facilities in the 1970s. Dr. Moller then reflects on his cleft palate work in Guatemala, funding for the Cleft Palate Clinic, the relationship between the Dental School and the Department of Communication Disorders, the Cleft Palate Clinic team, and issues with the state legislature and speech pathologist licensing. He also discusses his teaching, work with dental hygienists, the culture of the Dental School, Dr. Erwin Schaeffer’s tenure as dean, the relationship of the Cleft Palate Clinic with other schools in the AHC, the tenures of Dr. Richard Oliver and Richard Elzay as deans, the threatened closure of the Dental School in 1988, retrenchment, work with the state legislature and the insurance industry over cleft palate correction, the vice presidents for the AHC in the 1990s, and the tenure of Dr. Michael Till as dean. He concludes by discussing additional figures of importance in the Dental School’s history.
Interview with Kathleen Newell
(University of Minnesota, 2013-02-08) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Newell, Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen Newell begins with an overview of her upbringing and education. She discusses the degrees she earned at the University of Minnesota, including a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate, her experiences as a student in dental hygiene, her decision to pursue graduate work in education. She then reflects on varying atmospheres of retrenchment and manpower issues, her work with other dental hygiene schools across Minnesota, changing dental hygiene practice, the creation of the dental therapist, and changing roles of the dental hygienist. Dr. Newell then discusses collaborations between the dental students and the dental hygiene students, her committee work, her work on professional organizations, comparisons of different hygiene programs, the culture of the dental hygiene program, Dr. Erwin Schaeffer’s tenure as dean, and Ione Jackson and then Donna Aker’s leadership of the Division of Dental Auxiliaries. In considering her own leadership of the hygiene program, Dr. Newell discusses the relationship among the allied health sciences, her work with Drs. Richard Oliver and Richard Elzay as consecutive deans of the Dental School, the threat of closure to the Dental School in 1988, and gender and professionalization in the Dental School. She concludes with brief comments on Dr. Michael Till’s tenure as dean.
Interview with Maria Pintado
(University of Minnesota, 2013-01-29) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Pintado, Maria R.
Maria Pintado begins her interview by discussing her early education, her immigration to the United States, and her arrival at the University of Minnesota, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in dental auxiliary education and her master’s degree in public health. She then describes how she came to be part of the biomaterials program under the leadership of Dr. William Douglas. She discusses the development of the artificial mouth and the creation of the Minnesota Dental Research for Biomaterials and Biomechanics (MDRCBB). She recalls her time as a student in the program, the only non-dental student and one of three women taking dental classes. She reflects on debates regarding specialization versus comprehensive care in dental education, on student activism in the 1970s, and on relations between dental students and dental auxiliaries. She discusses Dr. Erwin Schaeffer’s tenure as dean and Donna Aker, Helen Tuchner, and Kathleen Newell’s leadership in the dental auxiliary programs. She also discusses the closing of the Dental Assisting Program in 1982, her pursuit of a master’s degree in public health, professionalization in dental hygiene, Dr. Richard Oliver’s tenure as dean, Dr. Ralph DeLong’s role in the biomaterials program, the founding of the MDRCBB, her teaching and research, the changing makeup of dental school classes with the admission of more women and minority students, the deanships of Richard Elzay and Michael Till, and biomaterials in the Dental School curriculum. She concludes with a discussion of community outreach.
Interview with Michael Till
(University of Minnesota, 2012-12-19) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Till, Michael
Dr. Michael Till begins his interview by describing the trajectory of his education and early career, including his experiences in: the Navy; at the University of Iowa; at Eastman Dental Center in Stockholm, Sweden; at the Royal Dental College in Aarhus, Denmark; at the Arabian America Oil Company (ARAMCO); with Operation Crossroads in Dahomey, West Africa; and at the University of Pittsburgh. He then discusses his recruitment to the University of Minnesota and the building of the new Dental School facilities in 1969 and 1970. He describes his responsibilities as chairman of Pediatric Dentistry, his work to initiate the International Exchange Program, and his time as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow. Focusing on the Dental School, he covers the following topics: the culture of the dental school; student unrest in the 1960s; the relationship between dentistry and dental hygiene within the school; debates regarding manpower within dentistry; the Mobile Dental Clinic and the Hibbing Dental Program; the relationship between the School of Dentistry and University Hospital; the role of Pediatric Dentistry in the bone marrow transplant program; state and federal support for the School; the School’s efforts around water fluoridation; and the creation of the Academic Health Center (AHC) and the inclusion of the Dental School within the AHC. Dr. Till also describes Dr. Lyle French’s tenure as vice president of the AHC; the tenures of Drs. Erwin Schaeffer, Richard Oliver as deans of the School; retrenchment, strategic planning, and the reorganization of the school; the No Cavity Clinic; the changing demographics of dentistry; the potential for a two-track tenure system; his work in the creation of the Ectoderma Dysplasia Center; the pediatric dental program at Hennepin County Medical Center; the tenure of Dr. Richard Elzay as dean; and the threatened closure of the Dental School. He concludes with a discussion of his relationships with the vice presidents of the AHC, his time as dean, and his work with Project HOPE.
Interview with Norrie Thomas
(University of Minnesota, 2013-11-21) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Thomas, Norrie
Norrie Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She completed two years at a junior college in Rochester and transferred to the University of Minnesota in 1971. She earned her bachelor’s in pharmacy in 1976. She worked as a staff pharmacist at Saint Mary’s Hospital and the Mayo Clinic before returning to the University of Minnesota as a graduate student. She earned her master’s and doctorate in pharmacy administration in 1980 and 1983, respectively. She made important strides in developing the field of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) over the course of her career, co-founding one of the first PBM companies, Clinical Pharmacy Advantage, in 1990. Over the course of her career, Dr. Thomas has held senior management positions at all of the following companies: MedCenters Health Plans, Aetna, McKesson, PCS, Eli Lilly, St. Jude Medical, Schering-Plough, and Magellan Health Services. She also helped establish the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. From 2009 to 2010, Dr. Thomas served as an adjunct professor at the University, coordinating Dialogues in Managed Care Pharmacy Leadership, which sought to highlight leadership within the pharmacy profession. She currently serves president and managing director of Manchester Square Group.
Interview with Ralph DeLong
(University of Minnesota, 2013-06-10) Klaffke, Lauren E.; DeLong, Ralph
Ralph DeLong begins his interview by describing his choices regarding his education and early career. He discusses his time in the University of Minnesota’s Dental School, his decisions regarding dental research and practice; his master’s research; the building of the artificial mouth; the development of AnSur software; and the creation of the virtual dental patient; and the development of ART 5. The interview then turns toward teaching and administration within the school, particularly touching on the teaching of evidence-based dentistry; student-friendly teaching; retrenchment within the Dental School and the University more broadly; and lobbying the Legislature. He then describes the following: relations among departments within the Dental School; relations among different schools and colleges within the AHC; the tenures of Richard Oliver and Richard Elzay as deans; the threatened closure of the Dental School; his time on the Institutional Effectiveness Committee; efforts within the School to admit more minority students; the impact of the Rajender Consent Decree; Michael Till’s tenure as dean; and his time with professional organizations. He concludes his interview with his thoughts on the future of dentistry and leadership in the AHC.
Interview with Randall D. Seifert
(University of Minnesota, 2013-08-05) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Seifert, Randall D.
Dr. Randall Seifert begins his interview by describing his early life and education, including his pursuit of a Pharm.D. and a postdoc in pharmacokinetics at the University of Minnesota. He then discusses his work in North Dakota. He reflects on changing trends in pharmacy hospital practice, ways to build sustainable clinical practices, and problems pharmacists face in smaller communities. He then describes the various positions he held in Southern California, particularly his work for California Clinical Trials and Health Net. He then describes his return to the University of Minnesota in 2005, including his work on the implementation of medication therapy management benefits for the City of Duluth and it adoption by U-Plan at the University of Minnesota. He then discusses the following topics: relationships between the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses of the College of Pharmacy; current trends in pharmacy education; efforts to recruit Native American students; his work with Marilyn Speedie and her leadership as dean; Frank Cerra’s leadership as vice president of the Academic Health Center; relations between medical and pharmacy students at UMN Duluth; collaborations between schools and colleges in the health sciences; and his work with the State Legislature. He concludes with his ideas for interprofessional communication in education.
Interview with Robert L. Kane
(University of Minnesota, 2013-12-11) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Kane, Robert L.
Dr. Robert Kane begins his interview with a description of his early life and education. He reflects on his medical training, his time with the Indian Health Service, and his efforts to establish a Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Kane then discusses his move to RAND in Santa Monica, CA, his work on what would become Value-Based Purchasing, his work on the needs for geriatric manpower, his work establishing the Division of Geriatrics at UCLA, and various lines of research that connected to his work at RAND and UCLA. The conversation turns toward Dr. Kane’s time at the University of Minnesota. He describes the following topics: his goals in becoming dean of the School of Public Health; his reorganization of the School, including moving and eliminating departments and divisions; funding for the School; his work with the Legislature; shifts in public health research; methods of evaluation he tried to establish in the School; division loyalty within the School; and his reasons for stepping down as dean. Reflecting on the larger contexts of the AHC and the University, Dr. Kane discusses all of the following: financial problems in the AHC; the sale of University Hospital to Fairview; Neal Vanselow and Cherie Perlmutter’s leadership in the AHC; and problems with collaboration in the AHC. He describes efforts to admit minority students; the regional importance of the School; deans of the School after he stepped down; Ken Keller’s Commitment to Focus plan; William Brody and Frank Cerra’s tenures as vice president of the AHC; and the joining of the positions of medical school dean and vice president for the AHC. He concludes with the need for more healthcare delivery research at the University and John Finnegan’s tenure as dean of the School.
Interview with Robert Vince
(University of Minnesota, 2013-08-06) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Vince, Robert
Dr. Robert Vince begins his interview by describing his interest in science and medicine generally, his graduate research, and how he came to be professor at the University of Minnesota in the College of Pharmacy. In relation to his research while in the College, Dr. Vince discusses the following: his research on antibiotics and drugs with anticancer activity; the transition between exploring natural compounds and the creation of synthetic compounds within medicinal chemistry; issues he encountered in research attribution; his work on anti-herpes drugs; patenting issues in academia and the passage of the Bayh- Dole Act; and compound testing for activity against the AIDS virus. He then reflects on the development of the Center for Drug Design and developments within the Center. Discussing the history of the School of Pharmacy and the AHC more broadly, Dr. Vince covers the following topics: Lawrence Weaver’s tenure as dean; the clinical emphasis in the College of Pharmacy and the creation of the PharmD program; teaching and continuing education; the role of the PharmD in medicine; Gilbert Banker’s tenure as dean; the growth of the College of Pharmacy; the position of the Center for Drug Design within the AHC; and the merging of the positions of vice president of the AHC with dean of the Medical School. Dr. Vince concludes his interview with his recollections of former President George W. Bush’s visit to the University in July of 2002.
Interview with Russell V. Luepker
(University of Minnesota, 2013-09-11) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Luepker, Russell V.
Dr. Russell Luepker begins his interview by reflecting on his early life and education. He then describes his medical education and the travel and training programs in which he participated at the University of Rochester, specifically his time in Nigeria and Sweden. He also discusses his time in the U.S. Public Health Service in Baltimore, MD, his internship in San Diego, CA, and his recruitment to the University of Minnesota. Dr. Luepker reviews his experience applying for and executing the Minnesota Heart Health Program grant; the culture at the University in comparison to other institutions where he’d studied and worked; and Ancel Keys work in the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and the merging of the Laboratory with the Division of Epidemiology. He then gives his perspective on retrenchments as a result of his time as chairman of the University Senate Finance and Planning Committee and the impact of the Rajender Consent Decree. Dr. Luepker also describes the following: his research programs; interventional and observational epidemiology in the School; public health as an activist profession; collaborations with the Medical School; the influence of the Academic Health Center on collaboration; his views on leadership in the AHC; the tenures of the deans of the School of Public Health; and his work with the regents. He concludes his interview by discussing the combining of the roles of Medical School dean and vice president of the AHC and collaboration within the AHC.
Interview with Sally Howard
(University of Minnesota, 2013-10-21) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Howard, Sarah "Sally"
Sally Howard begins her interview with an overview of her early life and career. She then provides greater detail about her time at the YWCA and her work at Abbott Hospital as well as some of the larger trends in hospitals and medicine during her time there. Ms. Howard describes how she became part of the city council and the accomplishments of the council during her terms of service. Turning to her time at the University, she discusses the following topics: applying to the public relations position in the AHC; the development of a public relations program specifically for the AHC; the creation of a health talk show; Dr. John Najarian’s transplant work; the threatened closure of the Dental School and College of Veterinary Medicine; publicity for the University Hospital renovations; and the legal issues surrounding antilymphocyte globulin (ALG). She concludes by describing the tenures of Neal Vanselow, Cherie Perlmutter, Robert Anderson, and William Brody as vice presidents of the AHC.
Interview with William F. Liljemark
(University of Minnesota, 2013-06-13) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Liljemark, William F.
Dr. William Liljemark begins his interview with a reflection on his education and his pursuit of a career in dentistry. He then discusses the following in relation to the progression of his career: his time at the Forsyth Dental Center at Harvard University; his return to the University of Minnesota; and his administrative work. The interview transitions to the broader history of the School of Dentistry, including the following: the increasing emphasis on basic science research within dentistry; the periodontology, oral pathology, and orthodontics programs; research in the School; changes in the School’s curriculum and clinical practice; changes in the Dental Hygiene Program; relations between the School of Dentistry and the Medical School; the School as part of the AHC; differences between dentistry and medicine; the manpower and demographic problems in dentistry; the deanships of Erwin Schaeffer, Richard Oliver, and Richard Elzay; the culture of the school; efforts to admit women and minorities; committees in the Graduate School; and relations with the State Legislature. Dr. Liljemark concludes his interview with comments on the need for evidence-based dentistry and student research.
Interview with William H. Douglas
(University of Minnesota, 2013-05-13) Klaffke, Lauren E.; Douglas, William H.
Dr. William Douglas begins his interview by describing his early life, education, and the initial trajectory of his career. He discusses building and funding the Biomaterials Program at the University of Minnesota, the clinical applications of the Program’s research, and the creation of the Minnesota dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics (MDRCBB) in 1990. As part of this discussion, Dr. Douglas reflects on collaboration between the Biomaterials Program and the basic and applied science departments across the University as well as the program’s work with industry. He also discusses the following topics: Dr. Richard Oliver’s tenure as dean of the School; manpower issues; his work with Dr. Ralph DeLong; the creation and functions of the artificial mouth; the growing use of computing and modeling in the Program’s research; changes in technology; various projects in which the Program participated; strategic planning and Ken Keller’s Commitment to Focus; Dr. Richard Elzay’s tenure as dean; retrenchment within the School; Dr. Michael Till’s tenure as dean; and his experiences with the Minnesota Dental Association and the State Legislature. He concludes with a brief reflection the on the work of his graduate students.

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