[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18597]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   TRIBUTE TO DR. GEORGE W. TEUSCHER

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                        HON. JAMES C. GREENWOOD

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 19, 2000

  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, in its annual meeting in San Antonio, on 
October 28, 2000, the American Society of Dentistry for Children will 
honor the life's work of George W. Teuscher. Born in 1908, Dr. Teuscher 
received his dental degree from Northwestern University in 1929. 
Subsequently, he received an MSD degree in pediatric dentistry, an MA 
in educational psychology and a PhD in education, with major areas of 
study in administration, and English and American Literature. Since the 
1930s, Dr. Teuscher has been a dental clinician, researcher, educator, 
dental school dean, writer, editor, and lecturer to dentists all over 
the world. In 1968 he became Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of 
Dentistry for Children. In the thirty two years since, Dr. Teuscher's 
editorials regarding child advocacy have expounded on preventive 
dentistry and medicine, child behavior, parental concerns, the 
importance of education, special needs patients, ethics, social 
responsibility, and other topics--all relating to children and their 
well being. His writings in the Journal have served as a veritable 
archival conscience for the dentist: a thought provoking stream of 
awareness regarding children in modern societies. Dr. Teuscher's 
writings, along with articles he has selected for publication, have 
made the Journal of Dentistry for Children the most widely read and 
important international publication in the field. Likewise, his 
leadership in the American Society of Dentistry for Children has made 
it a renowned and respected child advocacy health organization. To this 
day, with undiminished vigor and enthusiasm, 92-year-old Dr. Teuscher 
reviews and edits scholarly submissions to the Journal, from dozens of 
countries. His skills and talent for this endeavor seem to increase 
with each published issue of the Journal, as the years have gone by. As 
one of dentistry's great leaders of the 20th century contemplates 
retiring from his work with the American Society of Dentistry for 
Children, it is with great respect, gratitude, admiration and affection 
that the people of the United States and members of the United States 
Congress pay tribute to Dr. George W. Teuscher.

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