Background
Askinas, Samuel Walter was born on May 21, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Abraham and Jennie (Smith) Askinas.
Askinas, Samuel Walter was born on May 21, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Abraham and Jennie (Smith) Askinas.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Yale University, 1945; Doctor of Dental Surgery, New York University, 1949.
Dental intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1949-1950; private practice, Pawcatuck, Connecticut, 1953-1956; commissioned captain, United States Air Force, 1956; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1970; retired, United States Air Force, 1983; associate professor school dental medicine, Tufts U., Boston, 1983-1992; chairperson department restorative dentistry, Tufts U., Boston, since 1986; professor, Tufts U., Boston, since 1992; executive dean School Dental Medicine, Tufts U., Boston, since 1995; emeritus professor restorative dentistry, executive dean emeritus, Tufts School Dental Medicine, Boston, since 1997; professor restorative dentistry, chief division restorative/community dentistry, Nova Southeastern U. College Dental Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 1998.
Chairman blood drive American Red Cross, Pawcatuck, 1956. Served to captain United States Air Force, 1951-1953/. Fellow American College Prosthodontists, American College Dentists, International College Dentists.
Member American Dental Association, American Prosthodontic Society, Springfield Occulusal Study Club (vice president 1968-1973), Leeward Prosthodontic Study Club (president 1978-1981).
Married Frances Roslyn Cooper, October 15, 1950 (deceased January 1993). Married Mae Rivkin Herman, 1996.