Sadly,
Professor
Emeritus S. Miles Standish passed away on September 21st, 2003. We
have elected to leave his biographical sketch intact on our web page in
his honor & his memory.
Dr.
Standish received his DDS from Indiana University
School of Dentistry in 1945 & followed that by completing his MS in Oral
Pathology in 1956, also at IUSD. He first served on the IUSD faculty
in 1947 as an Instructor in Oral Diagnosis & Periodontics. He
received a full-time faculty appointment in 1958 &,
at the time of his retirement in 1988, was the Chair of the Section of
Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine in the Department of Dental Diagnostic
Sciences, as well as the Associate Dean for Graduate & Postgraduate
Education. During his tenure, Dr. Standish received numerous special
honors including nomination to Omicron Kappa
Upsilon, Xi
Psi Phi (Scholastic Key 1945), & Society
of Sigma Xi. He has been listed in American Men of Science
(1961), Who's Who in American Dentistry (1963, 1971), Who's Who in the
United States (1975), Who's Who in the Midwest (1976), & Who's Who in
America (1977-present). In addition, he was appointed Honorary Lieutenant
Colonel of the Indiana State Police
(1978), granted the Glen J. Irwin, Jr., MD Experience Excellence
Recognition Award (1988), the Odontology Section Award by the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences (1991), & was named the Indianapolis
District Dental Society's Honor Dentist in 1995. He was a recipient
of the 1999 IUSD Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr.
Standish is an Emertius Fellow, American
Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology; Fellow, American
Academy of Forensic Sciences; & Diplomate of the respective American
Boards of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral
Medicine, & Forensic Odontology.
He was also a charter member of the Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis,
the American Society of Forensic Odontology,
& The Indiana Society of Forensic Odontology. He is a member of
the American Dental Association &
Components, & the International
Association for Dental Research (Life, 1988). He has authored
or co-authored 9 textbooks, 7
textbook chapters, over 70 papers published in various dental &
medical journals &, most recently, an historical perspective of the Indianapolis
District Dental Society in two volumes. Additionally he has made
approximately 200 presentations at various local, state & national
meetings. In addition, he served on the Boards of the Indiana Society
of Mayflower Descendants & the Indiana
Medical History Museum.
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