Dan Brannin Memorial (D.D.S. ’50)
Tulsa, Okla.
The Tulsa City-County Health Department Board of Directors
is honoring the memory of Dan Branin by naming a one-mile
running track that circles the Lake Brannin Field. The
field was dedicated in October. The board is raising funds
for a life-sized statue of Dan in stride in his running
clothes to be placed
at the entrance. Those who knew and loved Dan Brannin
marveled at this multi-faceted person. He was a husband,
father, accomplished oral and maxillofacial
surgeon, community servant and a man dedicated to dentistry
and his specialty. Contact Al Keenan (D.D.S. ’63) or Gary
Burnidge (D.D.S. ’64) if you would like to contribute to
the memorial fund.
Wilbur Richie (D.D.S. ’59)
died on October
16, 2002 in Denver, CO. He served as
a cryptographer in the army air orce, graduated from
Colorado State Universitywith a degree in agronomy.
He was a buyer of barley and grain for Coors for a number
of years. He graduated from Kansas City
Western Dental Collegein 1959 and moved
his family, wife Jane and three sons, to Coloradowhere
he practiced in Lakewood. After retiring from
dentistry, he was appointed coroner of
Jefferson County, became a forensic
odontologist, and served as president of the American
Society of Forensic Odontology. His expertise
in bite mark identification is legendary, and he was
called upon as an expert witness many times. He
was an avid fisherman, hunter and world traveler. (Submitted
by classmate and friend Dr. Dayton J. McDonald.)
William B. Stewart, Jr. (D.D.S. ’55)
Port Hueneme, Calif.
has retired from his naval dental career and is pursuing
a variety of interests. He has spent many nights camping
with the Boy Scouts, and was recognized with the Silver
Beaver medal, a District Award of Merit, and Vigil Honor
in the Order of the Arrow for service to youth. As a
Shriner, he worked in fund raisers for their Crippled
Children’s Hospitals and Burn
Care Centers. He served as president of the City Council
Advisory committee three times. He was a director of
the Chamber of Commerce, serving on the urban development,
health and welfare committees, and designed the city
flag. He was military Citizen of the Year. He also helped
coach community basketball, swimming and track teams.
He has represented the Screen Children’s Guild in the
area, was a member of the athletic and band booster
clubs, wrote for five newspapers, spent a year on the
Grand Jury, sat on 40 criminal cases, and has many credits
as a bass-baritone singer. With his wife, Rosalie, he
toured Peru, Chile, Hawaii, Korea, Germany, Austria,
England, Scotland, and France. He and Rosalie spent
their 50th anniversary dancing the night away at sea
on the QE2. They have seven superlative children:
all of whom were college graduates; three were in Desert
Storm; and five served in the armed services at one
time. They are truly an all-American family. (Contributed
by Walter A. Rossington a D.D.S. ’55 classmates of Lodi,
Calif. )
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