Background
Coolidge, Edgar D. was born on July 15, 1881 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of James H. and Ellen Frances (Brown) Coolidge.
Coolidge, Edgar D. was born on July 15, 1881 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of James H. and Ellen Frances (Brown) Coolidge.
Born on a farm in Galesburg, Illinois, he attended Knox College from 1901 to 1903 and received a Doctor of Dental Surgery (Doctor of Dental Surgery) degree from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, which later became the Loyola University Chicago Dental School. He earned a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1930.
Coolidge was Professor and Head of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry from 1913 to 1923, and was on the faculty of the Loyola Dental School from 1927 to 1959. He also had a private dental practice in endodontics and periodontics. Coolidge was one of the initiators in organizing the American Association of Endodontists, and was a charter member and served on the AAE’s first Constitution and By-Laws Committee.
The AAE’s highest honor is called the Coolidge Award and is given to an individual who has displayed exemplary dedication to dentistry and to endodontics.
He served as President of the Chicago Dental Society, Illinois State Dental Society, Odontographic Society of Chicago, American Academy of Periodontology, and Xi Psi Fraternity, and was an author of many publications and contributor to many textbooks.
Fellow American Academy* Periodontology (past president), American College Dentists. Member International Association Dental Research (honorary vice president 1958), Odontographic Society Chicago (past president), Institute Medicine Chicago, Federation Dentaire Internationale, American Association Endodontists, American Dental Association, Illinois, Chicago dental societies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Oral Pathology, Xi Psi Phi (past president), Delta Kappa Upsilon.
Married Laura M. Richelsen, July 21, 1909. Children: Ellen M., Edgar David, John Walter.