David F.
Mitchell
President, 1961-1962
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1968
David Mitchell was born on December 15, 1918, in Arkansas City, Kansas. After attending Kemper Military Academy and the University of Texas, he was graduated from the University of Illinois School of Dentistry with a B.S. and D.D.S. (1942). He entered the U.S. Army Dental Corps and was Chief of the Department of Dentistry, Research Laboratory, Air Force School of Aviation in 1945-46. He was a Veteran Postgraduate Fellow (1946), NIDR Senior Research Fellow (1947) and Instructor in Dentistry (1948) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he received his Ph. D. He was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota, serving as Chairman of the Divisions of Oral Histology and Pathology (1948--55), Oral Diagnosis (1949-56) and Periodontology (1949-51). In 1955 he became Professor and Chairman of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine at Indiana University School of Dentistry where he served until his death in 1975.
Dave was Editor of the Academy (1956-58), President of the American Board of Oral Pathology (1969), Editor of the Journal of Dental Research (1969--75), and edited the Journal of the Indianapolis District Dental Society for six years. President of the Cancer Coordinators, he was a Fulbright Lecturer in Quito, Ecuador (1963). He received the Meritorious Award for Teaching at Indiana University.
He was co-author of Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine, 1969--71. Contributions to the literature include Aerodontalgia, Bull US Army Med Dept, 1944; Effects of caries producing diets initiated at various stages of development of the hamster, J Dent Res, 1950; Reaction of subcutaneous connective tissue of rats to implanted dental cements, J Prosth Dent, 1961; and Topical antibiotic maintenance of oral health, J Oral Thera Pharm, 1967.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.