Nathaniel
H. Rowe
President, 1977-1978
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1977
Born in Hibbing, Minnesota, on May 26, 1931, Nathaniel Rowe attended the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, receiving his D.D.S. and B.S. degrees (1955). He was a Teaching Assistant in Oral Pathology (1955-56), a Research Fellow (1956-58) and a Clinical Instructor in Oral Pathology (1958-59) at Minnesota. He received his M.S.D. in 1958. From 1959 until 1969 he was at Washington University (St. Louis) as Assistant and Associate Professor and department chairman in the dental school, and as Professor in the Graduate School. After moving to Michigan, he was Visiting Professor of Pathology at Washington University (1969-71). He also was Associate Research Scientist at the Cancer Research Center, Columbia, Missouri (1967--71). He was appointed Professor of Dentistry (Oral Pathology) at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (1968) and School of Medicine (1969). He became Research Scientist at the Dental Research Institute (1977).
Nat was a member of the ADA Commission on Dental Education and its Appeal Board, and has been Vice President of the St. Louis unit, President of the Washtenaw County unit and of the Michigan Division of the American Cancer Society. His awards include the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal of the Department of the Army, D.E. Listiac Award of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and one from the American Cancer Society for outstanding service and contributions to oral cancer control.
His publications include The effect of vitamin A deficiency upon experimental oral carcinogenesis, J Dent Res, 1959; Hemifacial hypertrophy, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1962; A search for Burkitt's lymphoma in tropical Central America, Brit J Cancer, 1964; A study of environmental influence upon salivary gland neoplasms in rats, Cancer, 1970; and The effect of age, sex, race and economic status on experimental caries experience in the permanent dentition, Pediatrics, 1976.
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.