Dentist, professor of dentistry. Born– February 2, 1908, Freedom, Pa. Parents– Abel and Rebecca (Gordon) Finn. Married– Irma Harriett Rubens, May 7, 1938. Children– Two. Education– Ohio State University, B.A., 1930; Harvard University, D.M.D., 1934; University of Rochester, M.S., 1940. Practiced dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., 1935-1938; associate research dentist, New York Department of Health, 1944-1950; chairman of the Department of Pedodontics and professor of dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1951-1958; chairman of applied research for the Institute of Dental Research and professor of dentistry, 1968-1974. Served as director of dental clinics for the Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind, 1951-1974. Received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Alabama Medical Center, 1970; Distinguished Alumni Award from Harvard University, 1975. Member of the American Dental Association and International Association for Dental Research. Died June 6, 1979.
Source:
Who’s Who online
Joint_Publication(s):
Clinical Pedodontics. 4th ed. Philadelphia; Saunders, 1973.
Editor:
The Biology of the Dental Pulp Organ. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1968.
Joint_Editor:
Yearbook of Dentistry. Chicago; Year Book Medical Publishers, 1967-1975.