Albert H. Ketcham
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Albert H. Ketcham (August 3, 1870 – December 6, 1935) was an American orthodontist who was a student of Edward Angle at his Angle School of Orthodontia. He graduated from the school in 1902 and practiced in Colorado until his death.[1]
Life and career
He was born in Whiting, Vermont and attended high school at Vermont Academy, Saxtons River. In 1892, Albert graduate from Boston Dental College Dental College and then served as a clinical instructor till 1895. In 1894 he married Mary E. Hickson and had children, Arthur C and May G. He later married Flora B. Smith when he moved to Colorado after contracting pulmonary tuberculosis.[2] He published more than 40 articles in the Dental and Orthodontic journals between 1902 and 1935.
Ketcham served as the president of the American Society of Orthodontists from 1928 to 1929. He led the pioneering effort to make sure that members of also joined local, state, or national dental societies such as the American Dental Association.[2] There is an award created by American Board of Orthodontics in honor of Dr. Albert Ketcham. This award was created by the ABO in 1936 to honor Ketcham.[3]
In 1935, he died due to bronchial pneumonia in Denver, Colorado.<ref name="Obituary">
References
- ^ "Obituary Notice". Angle Orthodontist. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ a b Siersma, George H. (April 2015). "Orthodontic profiles: Albert H. Ketcham". American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 147 (4): 422–424. doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.01.003.
- ^ "2015 Ketcham Award". AAO. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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