Richard W.
Tiecke
President, 1957-1958
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1953
Born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 3, 1917, Richard Tiecke received his B.S., D.D.S. (1942) and M.S. (1947), from the University of Iowa. In 1949, he jointed the staff of the AFIP, and from 1951 until 1954 was Deputy Chief of the Oral Pathology Branch. He retired with the rank of Colonel. During his tenure at AFIP, he also served as Assistant Professor of Oral Pathology at George town University. In 1954 he was appointed Professor of Oral Pathology at Northwestern University School of Dentistry and School of Medicine. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1985. He was also a member of the staff of Northwestern University Hospital, and a Research Fellow of the Hektoen Institute of Medical Research, (1966--72).
In 1962 Tiecke became Assistant Secretary of the ADA Council on Dental Therapeutics and in 1970--71 he was Secretary Council on Dental Research. He served as Assistant Director for Scientific Affairs and Director of the ADA Health Foundation from 1971 until 1982. He had been a consultant to federal dental services including the NIDR, the National Cancer Institute and the Chronic Disease Control Center. He was President of the American Board of Oral Pathology in 1966.
He is co-author of Pathologic Physiology of the Oral Cavity, 1959, and the Atlas of Oral Cytology, 1949. He served as co--editor of Oral Pathology, in 1955. Publications in the periodical literature include A review of so-called mixed tumors of the salivary glands, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1948; A compilation of material received by the registry of oral pathology, J Oral Surg, 1951; A statistical and morphological analysis of 401 cases of intraoral squamous cell carcinoma, J Am Dent Assoc, 1954; Smear techniques in the diagnosis of intraoral carcinoma, Dent Prog, 1961; and Correlation of cell populations in smears and biopsies from the oral cavity, Acta Cytologica, 1987.
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.