James Roy
Blayney
Founder &
President, 1951-1952
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1948
J. Roy Blayney was born in Alexis, Illinois, on July 28, 1889. He received his D.D.S. from Northwestern University in 1913, his B.S. from Lewis Institute in 1924, and his M.S. from the University of Chicago in 1928. He joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1916 and continued until 1936 when he headed the Department of Materia Medica and Dental Therapeutics with oral pathology as part of its responsibility. In 1936 he became Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of its Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic. He also was Director of the Evanston Dental Caries Fluoridation Study (1946--61).
Roy was President of the Illinois Dental Society and of the International Association for Dental Research and Chairman of the Council on Dental Education. His honors included the Callahan Memorial Medal, the Ricketts Prize of the University of Chicago and the H. Trendley Dean Award from the IADR.
Roy Blayney's publications included The Evanston dental caries study, VII, J Dent Res, 1952; Germ-free animal techniques in the study of experimental dental caries, J Dent Res, 1954; The Evanston dental caries study: caries experience in 12, 13 and 14 year old children after exposure to fluoridated water for 59 to 70 months, J Dent Res, 1955; Evanston fluoridation study: 12 years later, Dent Progress, 1961, and The Evanston dental caries study: fluoride deposition in bone, J Dent Res, 1962.
These notes and photos are from: Robinson HBG. History of the American Academy of Oral Pathology 1946-1987. The American Academy of Oral Pathology, Chicago, 1988, pp. 1-100. Used with permission.