George E.
Garrington
President, 1976-1977
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1977
George Garrington was born on June 1, 1927, at Poplar Branch, North Carolina. After attending North Carolina State College and The Citadel, he received his D.D.S. from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 1953. He received the M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University (1960) and the M.S. in Pathology from Georgetown University (1964). He was a Dental Intern at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans (1953-54), a Resident in General Pathology at Georgetown University (1962-64) and a Resident in Oral Pathology at AFIP (1964-65). He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps (1945-46). From 1953 until 1973 he was in the USPHS, retiring as Dental Director. During his USPHS service, he served at USPHS hospitals in San Francisco and Atlanta, at the NIDR as Acting Clinical Director and Deputy Director of Intramural Research. In 1973 he became Professor and Chairman of Oral Pathology at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, and in 1978 was appointed Assistant Dean.
He received the U.S. Air Force Unit Commendation Medal and the USPHS Meritorious Service Medal. During his tenure as Academy President there was an effort to establish a closer relationship between the Academy and the Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis and American Academy of Oral Medicine. The presidents of the two latter groups were colleagues of George at the University of Florida. Their discussions led to the formation of the Federation of Diagnostic Dental Sciences.
George's publications include Osteosarcoma of the jaws, Cancer, 1967; Bioceramics and Dentistry, J Med Mater Res, 1972; Clinical response to dental implant materials, in Proceedings of the Symposium on Dental Biomaterials Research and in Oral Implantology, 1974; Oral exfoliative study: review of literature and report of three year study, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1972; and Effects of age and H-1 virus on healing of fractures in hamsters, J Gerontol 1971.
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.