[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
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THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF DENTAL 
                                MEDICINE

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                         HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 21, 1995

  Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 
administration, faculty, and students of the University of Pittsburgh 
School of Dental Medicine on the 100th anniversary of its opening, and 
to thank the school for 100 years of dedicated service to the people of 
the State, the region, and the Nation.
  A great many things have changed since 1896, when the school, then 
known as the Pittsburgh Dental College, first opened its doors. 
Automobiles were rare and remarkable machines, large parts of our 
country were not served by electricity, telephones, or running water, 
and the skies above Pittsburgh were black with smoke at mid-day. 
Dentistry was not nearly as advanced as it is today. Nevertheless, even 
then, the school represented a strong commitment to providing proper 
dental care.
  In the intervening years, this commitment has been sustained as the 
school has expanded and matured. In 1926, the school was cited as an 
example of teaching excellence in the Carnegie Foundation for the 
Advancement of Teaching's groundbreaking Gies Report. The school 
established a continuing education extension program in 1962, a dental 
assistant-oral hygiene program in 1963, a dental clinic for children 
with disabilities in 1965, a cleft-palate-craniofacial treatment center 
in 1966, and programs for research, treatment, and graduate education 
programs in implantology in 1983.
  In short, the school has been a leader in the training and education 
of dental professionals, in the conduct of biomedical research, and in 
the provision of clinical aid to patients. I commend the faculty and 
staff of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine as the 
school begins its year-long commemoration of its 100th anniversary.

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