Richard M.
Courtney
President, 1981-1982
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1975
Richard Courtney was born in Highland Park, Michigan, on July 27, 1934, and received his D.D.S. from the University of Michigan in 1959. For the next three years he served in the U.S. Naval Dental Corps and was then in general practice of dentistry in Franklin Village, Michigan (1962-64). He spent three years in oral pathology training in the Department of Pathology of Michigan Medical Center, receiving his M.S. in 1967. He was Assistant Professor of Pathology and Chairman of the Section of Oral Pathology in the Department of Oral Diagnosis at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and Instructor in the medical school (1970-70). He became Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and Instructor in the medical school (1970-75). He was appointed Professor of Oral Pathology in the dental school and Assistant Professor in the medical school (1975). In 1977 he became Chairman of the Department of Oral Pathology.
Dick chaired the Committee on Cancer Control of the Michigan Dental Association and was a Director of the American Board of Oral Pathology. He was a member of the Clinical Cancer Training Committee of the National Cancer Institute.
His publications include Fibrous lesions of the skin and mucous membranes which include stellate and multinuclear cells, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1975; Keratin formation in odontogenic cysts, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1975; Odontogenic adenomatoid tumor, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1975; Dental management of patients with oral cancer, Cancer, 1976; and Granular cell tumors, J Oral Surg, 1979.
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.