Background
DeSoto, B. Melvin was born on July 14, 1941 in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. Son of Raymond Melvin DeSoto and Torry Florence (Waller) Rountree.
DeSoto, B. Melvin was born on July 14, 1941 in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. Son of Raymond Melvin DeSoto and Torry Florence (Waller) Rountree.
Doctor of Dental Surgery, University Texas Dental Branch, 1965; Master of Science, University Texas Dental Branch, 1967.
Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, since 1967; assistant clinical professor, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, since 1980.
Member offices thru president Rotary Club of SN Shreveport, since 1980. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association Shreveport Southside, 1974-1981. Member Southwestern Society of Orthodontists (secretary-treasurer since 1967, Second vice president since 1967, trustee to American Association of Orthodontists since 1996), Louisiana Association of Orthodontists (president, all offices since 1967).
Married Laura Katherine Roddie, June 15, 1962. Children: Robert J., David J., Kathleen Annual.