G. Walter Dittmar
Dentist, Deceased Person
1872 – 1949
Who was G. Walter Dittmar?
G. Walter Dittmar was an American dentist.
He began his career on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry in 1898. A professor and head of prosthetic dentistry, materia medica, and therapeutics, he published 43 dental research articles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A popular teacher because of his genial personality, students considered Dittmar the father of the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry at the UIC College of Dentistry.
Dittmar achieved a national reputation as a writer, teacher, speaker, and executive, and he also made the UIC College of Dentistry a national force when he became the first president of the Illinois State Dental Society, and then later became the president of the American Dental Association, organized American dentistry's highest post.
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