Document Type

Article

Publication Title

ADA Presidents Album

Abstract

Doctor Burkhart, of Batavia, New York, was elected thirty­sixth president of the Association at the r 898 meeting in Omaha. This was the first annual session of the National Den­tal Association, formed by merger of the American Dental As­sociation and the Southern Dental Association. Doctor Burkhart was the director of the Eastman Dental Foundation from its beginning in 1916 until his death in 1946. He supervised establishment of the Eastman dental clinics in London, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Stockholm. Doctor Burk­hart had also been a private practitioner and dean of the dental department of the University of Rochester. He was the holder of numerous dental offices and honors, including the presi­dency of The Dental Society of the State of New York from 1895 until 1898. He was born in Ohio in 1864.

Publication Date

1977

Comments

Content comprises text (a brief biography and historical highlights), facsimile of autograph and a photographic portrait for each ADA President from 1860 to 1977.

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