INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
DENTISTRY (IUSD) TIMELINE *
1960 - 1969
| Year |
Event(s)
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| 1962 |
First addition of building is dedicated
|
|
First B.S. degree in Public Health Dental Hygiene is awarded
|
| 1963 |
Radiology Department receives new panoramic x-ray unit (AXRM "Panorex")
|
|
5 Dental hygienists receive I.U.'s new
Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health Dental Hygiene
|
| 1964 |
First Dental Hygiene class at I.U.-Fort Wayne is enrolled
|
| 1965 |
First Teaching Conference at Spring Mill State Park
|
|
First Dental Assisting Program opens at I.U.-Fort Wayne
|
|
Dean Hine serves as president of the American Dental Association
|
| 1966 |
Three years of pre-dental education required for admittance
|
| 1968 |
Preventive Dentistry Research Institute building dedicated (now known as
the Oral Health Research Institute)**
|
|
Dr. Hine, Dean since 1945, accepts new post as Chancellor of
Indiana University at Indianapolis (now known as IUPUI)
|

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|
|
Certificate in Dental Hygiene is changed to Associate in Dental Hygiene
degree
|
|
Dr. Ralph McDonald is appointed Acting Dean
|
| 1969 |
Trustees of Indiana
University and Purdue University agree to merge their facilities in Indianapolis in a joint operation to be known
as Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) with
Dr. Hine as its first chancellor
|
|
First
Dental Hygiene and Assisting Programs begin at I.U.-South Bend
|
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Dr. Ralph McDonald is appointed Dean
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*
Information gathered from Indiana
University School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin, v. 10 no. 4, Spring 1996
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