Henry A.
Swanson
Founder, 1946
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1946
Henry Swanson did not serve as President and was not an oral pathologist. An Honorary Fellow, he was a valuable proponent of oral pathology as a specialty of dentistry. Born in Stillwater, Minnesota, he graduated from George Washington University's Columbia College and its College of Dentistry. After spending six months on Pribiloff Island for the Bureau of Fisheries, he practiced general dentistry in Washington, D.C., until his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the ADA's Council on the Registry of Oral Pathology for 21 years and also served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the AFIP, the American Council on Education and the Committee on Research of the Survey of Dentistry, and on the Committee of Dentistry of the National Research Council. He was President of the District of Columbia Dental Society, the American College of Dentists, the American Association of Dental Examiners and the American Academy of Dental History.
His honors include the W. J. Gies Award of the American College of Dentists.
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.