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Robinson, Secretary; and J. P. Lazansky, Editor. In the intervening years the Section has grown considerably
and in 1970 the membership was forty-four.
The principal and continuing activity of the Section has been to sponsor seminars and lectures on oral
research. These programs expanded substantially with the establishment of the Institute of Dental Research at
the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Dentistry. There also have been conferences organized and
sponsored by the Birmingham Section. One of these, though cosponsored by other groups, was a world report
on new research findings entitled "Diet and Oral Health" held 23 April 1956. Another notable gathering on 25-
27 September 1959 had essayists from the local Section as well as O. Backer-Dirks of the University of Utrecht,
F. S. Mehta, Secretary of the All-India Dental Association, and Bengt Gustafsson of Lund University.
Birmingham's primary member, Joseph F. Volker, became IADR President in 1956-57.
At the end of 1970 the officers were Sidney B. Finn, President; John M. Shackleford, Secretary; and
Arthur H. Wuehrmann, Councilor.
THE BOSTON SECTION
The Boston Section was founded on Friday, 17 December 1920 at the Harvard Club of Boston. Among
those founding members were Robert R. Andrews, Lawrence W. Baker, George A. Bates, Fred R. Blumenthal,
Percy R. Howe, A. Leroy Johnson, V. H. Kazanjian, L. M. S. Miner, William Rice, Alfred P. Rogers, H.
Carlton Smith, Eugene H. Smith, Kurt H. Thoma, and George H. Wright. Also attending this meeting were
Frederick B. Noyes of Chicago and William J. Gies of New York. (The dinner bill for the occasion came to
$58.60 for sixteen dinners, cigars, and even cigarettes.)
Other early members were W. G. Bridge, F. P. Chillingworth, H. DeW. Cross, Adelbert Fernald, and C.
E. Hatch.
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, a great deal of acrimony was evidenced between William J. Gies and
the Section concerning the responsibility for the collection of subscriptions to the Journal of Dental Research of
which Gies was Editor.
After the Second World War, the membership increased to forty by 1948, and by 1970 it consisted of
115 members. Notable members during this period were F. Brudevold, P. Boyle, J. M. Dunning, P. Goldhaber,
H. Goldman, R. O. Greep, J. Hein, J. Irving, P. Keyes, J. Macdonald, R. S. Manly, H. Majerison, C. Moorrees,
P. Munson, J. Shaw, and R. Sognnaes, among others.
The Boston Section was host to the IADR annual meeting in 1961.
Three members were honored by election to the IADR Presidency: Leroy M. S. Miner, for two terms,
1927-28 and 1928-29; Reidar F. Sognnaes, 1957-58; and Richard S. Manly, 1966-67.
Currently, an annual award is made at the spring meeting for the best paper presented by a novice
student, who would therefore likewise participate at the annual meeting.
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