Document Type
Article
Publication Title
ADA Presidents Album
Abstract
Doctor Conzett, of Dubuque, Iowa, became the fifty-seventh president of the Association at the 1919 meeting in New Orleans. In his presidential address, Doctor Conzett spoke of the "tremendous burden of responsibility" placed on the dental profession by the development of the concept of focal infection in medicine. Doctor Conzett was president of the Iowa State Dental Society in 1905. He served as chairman of the National Board of Dental Examiners for many years. He was active as a lecturer and clinician in dental study clubs and was the author of many articles in the dental literature. Doctor Conzett was active in the Research Commission of the American Dental Association and the Dental Educational Council of America. He was born in Iowa in 1866 and died in 1944.
Publication Date
1977
Recommended Citation
American Dental Association, "ADA President 1919-1920: John Vander Bie Conzett" (1977). ADA Presidents. 26.
https://commons.ada.org/presidents/26
Included in
Dentistry Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons
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.