Dr. Ralls is the immediate past President of American College of Dentists and is currently President of the American College of Dentists Foundation.
A Centennial Puzzle Stephen A. Ralls, DDS, EdD, MSD, FACD
Much like the famous rhetorical question posed by Tertullian, we can also ask, “What does Cedar Rapids have to do with Boston?” Cedar Rapids? Yes, that is correct. Given the timing of this spring issue, it seems appropriate to roll the clock back 100 years to the spring of 1920—to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. You’ve no doubt heard about the founding of the College in Boston on August 20, 1920, especially during this, our centennial year. Obviously, the College did not just spontaneously spring to life one day ex nihilo. The watershed meeting at the Copley-Plaza Hotel was the premeditated outcome of discussions that took place in Cedar Rapids nearly four months earlier.
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