INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
DENTISTRY (IUSD) TIMELINE *
1925 - 1939
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Year |
Event(s)
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1925 |
Indiana University assumes ownership of the Indiana Dental College after
the Legislature authorizes its purchase for $35,000.
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This year's graduates are awarded diplomas from Indiana University School
of Dentistry.
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| Dr. John Hurty dies. |
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| 1926 |
One year pre-dental education is required for admittance.
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| 1927 |
|
Mrs. Mabel Walker is the Indiana University School of Dentistry's first librarian.
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| 1930 |
According to the school Bulletin: "The cost of a year at college
is thus shown to vary greatly with the student's manner of living. ...
Probably most students spend (exclusion of railroad fare and clothing)
from $400 to $550 a year."
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| 1933 |
|
The School moves into its new (and present) location at
1121 West Michigan Street.
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| 1934 |
Omicron Kappa Upsilon (national dental honorary society)
forms the Theta Theta chapter at Indiana University School of Dentistry
(IUSD).
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| 1935 |
U.S. Public Health Service designates Indiana University as a research center for the
study of dental diseases of children. The federal government equips a
children's clinic with 15 modern dental units.
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| 1936 |
Children's clinic is established as a separate clinical unit under
the direction of
Dr. Drexell Boyd (1934 alum).
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| 1937 |
Under a newly formulated plan, two years of pre-dental work must be
completed before applicants are eligible to begin their four-year course for DDS.
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| 1938 |
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The first issue of IUSD Alumni Bulletin is published. Dr. J. L. Wilson
is editor.
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| 1939 |
A laboratory for bacteriology and pathology research is established.
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*
Information gathered from Indiana
University School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin, v. 10 no. 4, Spring 1996
[Dean's Table] [Special
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