Clifton Orrin Dummett

Background

Dummett, Clifton Orrin was born on May 20, 1919 in Georgetown, British Guiana. Son of Alexander Adolphus and Eglantine Annabella (Johnson) Dummett. came to the United States, 1936.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1941. Doctor of Dental Surgery, Northwestern University, 1941. Master of Science Degree, Northwestern University, 1942.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Northwestern University, 1976. Master in Public Health, University Michigan, 1947. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1978.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Meharry Medical College, 2004.

Career

Dean, and professor periodontology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1945-1949; chief dental service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Tuskegee, Alabama, 1949-1965; associate chief staff for research and education, Veterans Administration Hospital., Tuskegee, Alabama, 1958-1965; chief dental service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Chicago, 1965-1966; dental director, director center, Watts Health Center, Los Angeles, 1966-1969; associate dean, department chairman community dentistry, School Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1969-1975; professor, School Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1969-1989; professor emeritus, School Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989-1996; distinguished emeritus professor, School Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1997. Adjunct Professor Northwestern University Dental School, 1989. Visiting professor, consultant School Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee Institute, 1962-1965.

Visiting professor Meharry Medical College, since 1989. Trustee American Fund Dental Health, Chicago, 1968-1978. Chairman devel.component review panel California Regional Medical Programs, Los Angeles, 1975-1977.

Member President's Committee on National Health Insurance, 1977.

Achievements

• Clifton Orrin Dummett has been listed as a noteworthy dentist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • The Hillenbrand era: Organized dentistry's glanzperiode

    (A fine copy, in good DJ, has small tear to bottom of fron...)

  • Afro-Americans in Dentistry: Sequence and Consequence of Events
  • NDA II: The story of America's second National Dental Association
  • Dental Education at Meharry Medical College: Origin Odyssey
  • Culture and education in dentistry at Northwestern University (1891-1993)
  • Charles Edwin Bentley: A Model for All Times: The Biography of the Father of the Oral Hygiene Movement in the United States

Membership

Chairman advisory board Economics and Youth Opportunity Agency Project Head Start, Tuskegee, Ala, 1964-1965. Member special health advising committee California Board Education, Los Angeles, 1972-1974. Member Los Angeles regional hearing planning council, President's Committee on Health Education, Los Angeles, 1973-1974.

Served lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1955-1958. Fellow International College Dentists, American College Dentists (Wm. J. Gies award 1992), Am.

Public Health Association (John W. Knutson Distinguished Svc. award 1992), American Public Health Association (Vice-President for United States, 1995-1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman dental section 1975-1976, 87-88), American Academy History of Dentistry (president 1982-1983, Hayden and Harris award 1987). Member American Dental Association (honorary), International Assn.Dental Research (president 1969-1970), Association Military Surgeons United States (life), American Association Dental Editors (editor 1963-1972, president 1974-1975, Distinguished Svc. medal 1976), National Acads. Practice (Distinguished Practitioner 1987), Institute Medicine National Academy Science (senior member), Sigma Xi.

Sigma Pi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (president, founder Nashville chapter 1947-1949), Delta Omega.

Interests

• Avocations: music; politics.

Connections

Married Lois Maxine Doyle, March 6, 1943. 1 child, Clifton Orrin Junior.

Father:

Alexander Adolphus Dummett

Mother:

Eglantine Annabella (Johnson) Dummett

Spouse:

Lois Maxine Doyle

child:

Clifton Orrin Junior Dummett