Joseph P.
Weinmann
President, 1955-1956
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1958
Joseph Weinmann was born in New Bistritz, Czechoslovakia, on May 13, 1896. He received his M.D. from the University of Vienna in 1923. He was Instructor at the Institute of Histology and Bacteriology of Vienna (1921--23) and Research Fellow at the Institute of Oral Pathology in Vienna (1923--38). The following year he became a Research Fellow at the University of Illinois and from 1938--40, was Assistant Professor of Research at Columbia University. From 1940 until 1946, he was Assist ant Professor of Oral Pathology and Research at Loyola University's dental school and was then appointed to the faculty of the University of Illinois dental school, serving as Professor of Pathology and Head of the Division of Oral Pathology until his death in 1960.
Joe Weinmann did not hold a dental degree but did serve as President of the Academy even though membership in the Academy is limited to dentists. The question of granting membership to non-dentists was discussed during his tenure as an officer, but Weinmann abstained from these discussions. His education had qualified him for the practice of stomatology and his degree was not questioned. He received the Lord Chain Prize.
Joe Weinmann co-authored Enamel of the Human Teeth, 1940, and Bone and Bones, 1947. His publications included Bone formation and bone resorption, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1955; Correlation of chemical and histological investigations of developing enamel, J Dent Res, 1942; Hereditary disturbances of enamel formation and calcification, J Am Dent Assoc,1945; Peritonitis: etiology, pathology and symptomatology, J Am Dent Assoc, 1952.
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.