Education
He graduated from Keokuk Dental College in 1899.
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Lloyd Lourie
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He served as President of American Association of Orthodontists for two terms in 1904 and 1905. He also served as the President of the Chicago Association of Orthodontists. Doctor Lourie during formative years of the Orthodontics, played a role in critical analysis of papers talking about orthodontic techniques.
He developed the high labial arch appliance.
He also developed a wire-stretching plier which was useful in cutting any leftover spurs on the labial arches. He was born in Keokuk, Iowa in 1877.
He studies were interrupted in 1888 when he was called for service in Company A of 50th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry in the Spanish–American War. He enrolled in one of the first classes at Angle School of Orthodontia having graduated from there in 1900.
He then started teaching orthodontics at Keokuk Dental School and Angle School of Orthodontia.
He then moved to Chicago where he practiced orthodontics until he retired in 1938. After retirement he moved to Sanibel Island. Doctor Lourie was presented at the first meeting of American Society of Orthodontists in 1901.
During the meeting, he read a paper titled "Is orthodontia Represented by Its Techniques?".
This paper was eventually published in the Dental Items of Interest in 1901. He served as President of the organization in 1904 and 1905 and was an honorary member in 1938 when he retired.
In 1959, Doctor Lourie died due to a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81.
Membership
He was a chartered member of American Association of Orthodontists. He was a member of Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity, Chicago Dental Society and American Dental Association. He was an honorary member of the Northwestern Dental Society.
