Naomi Miller Coval-Apel

Background

Coval-Apel, Naomi Miller was born in 1914 in Bayonne, New Jersey, EAST0. Daughter of Jacob Paul and Bertha Miller.

Education

Attended, University of Chicago, 1933-1936;

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1939;

Doctor ol Dental Surgery, Columbia, 1943.

Career

Practice dentistry specializing in temporomandibular joint dysfunctions, practice limited to orthodontics, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, 1943-1990. Retired

Instructor postgraduate courses in orthodontics for local and national dental societies extension refresher groups. Past instructor New York Dental School.

Lecturer United States and foreign countries, S. American, African universities, 1969. Attending Peninsula General Hospital, 1959-1982. Attending dentist New York Infirmary., 1943-1951.

Chairman Nassau County for Fluoridation, Long Island Fluoridation Committee, 1960. Delegate Oral Hygiene Committee New York.

She was past-president of the Five Towns Auxiliary of Peninsula General Hospital; Vice President of Five Town B'nai Brith; President of Five Towns American Jewish Congress and many other organizations.

Achievements

• Naomi Miller Coval-Apel has been listed as a noteworthy Dentist by Marquis Who's Who.
  
  Published 4 books in dentistry, ortodontry.
  
  Editor of intitutional journals dealing with orthodontics.

Membership

Past president 5 Towns Suz. Peninsula General Hospital. Patron, sponsor Island Concert Hall.

Active Hull House; leader Girl Scouts United States of America. President Lawrence High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1966, 5 Towns American Jewish Congress. Board directors American Cancer Society Scholar, Art Institute.

Vice president sisterhood Temple Israel, Lawrence. Member Temple Sinai, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. Fellow Society Oral Physiology and Occulsion.

Member American Dental Association, 10th Dist Dental Society, Association Dental Editors (1st woman dental editor), Columbia Alumni (executive board), New York State Association Professions (charter), American Society for Study Orthodontics, William Jarvie Society for Dental Research, Federation Dentaire International, British Society Orthodontics, Pan American Medical Association, Academy Dental Medicine, Association Women Dentists (editor-in-chief bulletin, vice president, director postgraduate courses), International Academy Orthodontics (editor journal, vice president Eastern section, secretary), Federation Orthodontic Societies, Rockaway Dental Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Council Jewish Women (life), American Jewish Congress (member board, president Five Towns chapter), Federation American Orthodontists, American Association Study Psychoanalysis, American Academy Oral Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, National Geography Society, American Museum Natural History, Association for Women Science, International Society Artists, International Platform Association (charter member), American Red Mogen David Association, Rapa Nui Society Easter Islands, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Women's Political Caucus, National Organization Women, Pulse of Women (vice president), Wildlife Society Kenya. Member B'nai B'rith (vice president), Hadassah. Clubs: Wayfarers, National Travel.

Interests

• Sculptor working in marble and bronze, poetry.

Connections

Daughter of Jacob Paul and Bertha Miller. M. Robert Simon Apel, 1983. Children: Payson Rodney, Mark Lawrence, Ilya Sandra.

Father:

Jacob Paul

Mother:

Bertha Miller

Spouse:

Robert Simon Apel

child:

Payson Rodney Coval-Apel

child:

Ilya Sandra Coval-Apel

child:

Mark Lawrence Coval-Apel