Grace Rogers Spalding

Grace Rogers Spalding
Born1881
DiedJanuary 7, 1953
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationDentist
SpouseEdward B. Spalding

Grace Rogers Spalding (1881-January 7, 1953) co-founded the American Academy of Oral Prophylaxis and Periodontology (now the American Academy of Periodontology) in 1914.[1] In 1923, she served as the academy's second female president.[2]

Education

Grace Rogers graduated from the University of Michigan in 1904.[3] She spent an additional year there in postgraduate work from 1904–1905, at the behest of her future husband, dentist Edward B. Spalding.[4][5]

Career & later life

In 1905, Grace Rogers and Edward Spalding opened a private practice in preventative dentistry in Detroit, Michigan.[5] The two married in 1910 and later had one child.[6]

With Gillette Hayden, she founded the American Academy of Oral Prophylaxis and Periodontology. Rogers Spalding was the first editor of the Journal of Periodontology from 1933 to 1949.[2] In 1950, she was one of the first four women elected to the American College of Dentists.[6] She held several leadership roles in periodontology at a state, national, and international level.[6]

References

  1. ^ AAP History[permanent dead link‍] American Academy of Periodontology
  2. ^ a b Timeline[permanent dead link‍]American Academy of Periodontology
  3. ^ Timeline of women dentists[permanent dead link‍], Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
  4. ^ Grace Rogers Spalding—Periodontics[permanent dead link‍], Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
  5. ^ a b History of Periodontology by Fermin Carranza, Gerald Shklar, page 180-181
  6. ^ a b c In Memoriam. Grace Rogers Spalding, '04d. Alumni Bulletin, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, page 17, April 1953


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