Dr. Isaac Schour, Dean of the College from 1956 to 1964, was the discoverer of "growth rings" in teeth.
Faculty members Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, a 1931 alumnus, and Dr. Thomas K. Barber, a 1949 alumnus, wrote what is considered the seminal article originating the concepts of preventive and interceptive orthodontics for the Journal of the American Dental Association in 1957.