Robert W. McNulty (1897-1966) was a dental educator. He was president of the
American Dental Education Association
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is a non-profit organization that works to further the education of Dentist, dental professionals and the advancement of academic dental programs in Canada and the United States. Founded in 1923 as ...
in 1960 (a title changed to Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Dental Education Association in 2013).
Biography
Born in
Braidwood, Illinois
Braidwood is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States, approximately southwest of Chicago and south of Joliet. The population was 6,191 at the 2010 census.
The Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant owned by Exel ...
, McNulty graduated
D.D.S.
A number of professional degrees in dentistry are offered by dental schools in various countries around the world.
Degrees
Dental degrees may include:
Bachelor's degree
* Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
* Bachelor's degree of Dentistry (BDS ...
from Chicago's
Loyola University School of Dentistry Loyola may refer to:
People
* St. Ignatius of Loyola
* Loyola (surname)
* Etsowish-simmegee-itshin, indigenous man whose baptismal name was Loyola
Places
* Loyola (CTA), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, in Chicago, Illin ...
in 1926. He later in the 1940s served as dean of the Loyola University Dental School and as a president of the Illinois State Dental Society, becoming a nationally known author and lecturer on the problems of dental education.
From 1950 till 1965 when he retired, Dr. McNulty was Dean of Los Angeles'
USC Dental School
The USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Southern California. It was established in 1897 as simply the "University of Southern California School of Dentistry" as the first established dental school in So ...
. The USC Dental School's Robert W. McNulty Memorial Award for Scholastic Achievement is named in his honor. The Loyola University School of Dentistry inducted Dr. McNulty as the 11th member of its Hall of Fame.
McNulty was a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a member of the American Academy of Dental History.
[Norman F. Elliot (Ed.). ''Patterson’s American Education''. Vol. 60. (1963). Mount Prospect, Illinois: Educational Directories, Inc., p. 627]
Footnotes
External links
American College of Dentists
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1897 births
1966 deaths
Loyola University Chicago alumni
American dentistry academics
Dentistry education
University of Southern California people
20th-century American dentists