Background
Neuwirth, Peyton Sidney was born in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Samuel and Esther (Adelson) Neuwirth.
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Peyton Sidney Neuwirth
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Student, University Florida, 1928-1931; Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Dental Surgery, Northwestern University, 1938.
Career
Private practice specializing in dentistry, Peoria, Illinois, 1939-1984;
assistant professor operative dentistry, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, since 1982;
associate professor clinical operative denistry, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, since 1991. Member board examiners State of Illinois, 1968-1974. Board directors Madison Park Bank, Peoria, 1964-1984.
Chairman Illinois State Dental Examining Committee, 1973. Lecturer in field, clinician.
Achievements
Membership
Executive board directors Boy Scouts American, Peoria, since 1940. Founder, treasurer Council on Driving Safety, Peoria, 1965-1975. Board directors Child and Family Service, 1968-1972, American Cancer Society, 1968-1974, Council on Alcoholism, Illinois, 1970-1978, Peoria City/County Health Board, Peoria, 1970-1985, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1978-1985.
Served lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1953-1957. Fellow International College Dentists, American College Dentists, American Association of Endodontics. Member American Dental Association, American Association Dental Examiners (accreditation team committee), American Society Clinical Hypnosis, American Association Endodontics, Illinois Dental Society (chairman of committees), Louisiana Dental Society (clinical reconstructive om.), Federation Dentists International, Peoria District Dental Society (president, vice president, secretary 1948-1951), American Legion, Board of Illinois State Dental Examiners (president 1973), Pierre Fauchard Academy (state chairman Louisiana 1986), American's Dental Leaders, Edgar Coolidge Study Club, Masons, Kiwanis (president 1961), Rotary (president 1968, Paul Harris award 1972), Shriners.
Connections
Married Babette Dessauer, September 10, 1939 (divorced). Children: James David, Cynthia Neuwirth Rittenberg.
