Background
Merritt, Arthur Hastings was born on May 2, 1870 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laroy Watson and Ida Louise (Hastings) Merritt.
Merritt, Arthur Hastings was born on May 2, 1870 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laroy Watson and Ida Louise (Hastings) Merritt.
Doctor ol Dental Surgery, New York University, 1895, Science Doctorate., 1945. Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1938. Doctor of Science, University Maryland., 1940, Columbia University, 1940.
Doctor of Laws, Baylor University (Texas), 1955.
Practice of dentistry since 1895.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Dentists (president 1938-1939), American Academy Periodontology (president 1925), Royal Society of Medicine of England. Member First District Dental Society (president 1918-1919), New York Second District Dental Society (honorary), New York Academy Dentistry (president 1927-1929), American Dental Association (president 1939-1940), American Dental Society of Europe (honorary), American Friends of Lafayette, New York History Society (trustee), American Museum Natural History. New York State History Association, Society for Preservation of North.E. Antiquities.
Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Psi Omega.
Married Anna T. White, October 15, 1896 (died 1912). Married second, lone Reynolds, June 1, 1918. Children: Arthur H., DeVer B.