[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 72 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE MEMORY OF DR. JOHN HORACE MOSTELLER

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 3, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, the city of Mobile and indeed the entire 
state of Alabama recently lost a dear friend, and I rise today to honor 
him and pay tribute to his memory. Dr. John Horace Mosteller was a 
devoted family man, nationally recognized dentist, and dedicated 
community leader.
  As an officer in the United States Navy, dentist, author, special 
lecturer at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry and Loyola 
University of New Orleans School of Dentistry, clinical professor at 
the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, and essayist, Dr. 
Mosteller dedicated his 84 years to helping others.
  Dr. Mosteller served as editor of the Journal of the Alabama Dental 
Association for 42 years and was inducted into the inaugural class of 
the Alabama Health Care Hall of Fame in 1998. Over the course of his 
distinguished career, he published more than 250 papers in the dental 
literature and was author or coauthor of nine books.
  It goes without saying that Dr. Mosteller was well known throughout 
the dental community. He served as an essayist at more than 800 dental 
meetings in 46 states and a dozen foreign countries, lectured at 43 
American universities, and was a national consultant for restorative 
dentistry to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army for 14 years, a 
position equivalent to the rank of brigadier general.
  Dr. Mosteller had the distinction of serving as the first vice 
president of the American Dental Association and was a member of the 
board of trustees of the Alabama Dental Association for 30 years. He 
was presented with Loyola University's 50th anniversary Award of Merit 
and was named Dentist of the Year by the Alabama Section of the Pierre 
Fauchard Academy.
  But his contributions did not end in the professional arena--Dr. 
Mosteller devoted much of his time to the Mobile community. He was a 
member of the Mobile Kiwanis Club and chairman of the dental division 
of the United Fund. When his busy schedule did allow for free time, you 
could likely find Dr. Mosteller at the Mobile Country Club, where he 
was a member for 50 years and served as both board member and 
president.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering a 
dedicated community leader and friend to many throughout south Alabama. 
Dr. John Horace Mosteller will be deeply missed by his family--his 
children, Matt Mosteller, Charles Mosteller, Cynthia Mosteller, Nancy 
Mosteller Hoffman, Mary Lou Mosteller, Pauline Mosteller Danner, and 
Barbara Mosteller Price and his 15 grandchildren--as well as the 
countless friends he leaves behind. Our thoughts and prayers are with 
them all at this difficult time.

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