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Dr.
Richard Huffman |
Dr. Richard W.
Huffman was a cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University,
College of Dentistry in 1950. His internship, plus two-year
active duty was served in the Dental Corps. of the U. S. Navy,
as Lieutenant. Following his discharged in from the Navy in 1953
he engaged in general practice dentistry in Columbus, Ohio until
1963.
Dr. Huffman taught at
the Department of Operative Dentistry at Ohio State, was
director of Occlusion, and conducted T. M. J. and Pain Clinic at
the college of Dentistry. He and Dr. Regenos co-directed an
extensive continuing education course in Anthological Occlusion
and Oral Rehabilitation at Ohio State. Dr. Huffman’s career
has included giving well over two hundred courses, clinics, and
lectures at the local, state, and national level plus courses in
several countries in South America and Korea. He retired in 1986
as Professor Emeritus from Ohio State University.
Then continued teaching at the Naval Base in Long Beach,
California.
Honors include Clinical
Instructor of the Year, Delta Sigma Delta; Odontos, Dental Year
Book, dedicated for faculty recognition; honorary member,
Columbia Prosthodontic Society; A.D.A.'s Council of
International Relations Certificate of Recognition for
meritorious service to the people of Columbia, South America,
via the Cols. Dental Society.
Professional memberships
include Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Delta sigma Delta, American
Academy of Crown and Bridge, American Equilibration Society,
Honorary member - Colombia Prosthedontic Society, American of
Operative Dentistry, Founding member of International Academy of
Gnathology, American Academy of Gold Foil Operators, American
Dental Association, Ohio Dental Association, Columbus Dental
Association, Columbus Dental Veterans Group.
He
passed away quietly at his home in Florida, May 2, 2001. |
