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11. Wilton Marion Krogman
11. Wilton Marion Krogman
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The latter specialty was practically inventec! by Krogman, and his book The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine ~1962)
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With his brothers, Bill's father was a carpenter and builder, and in Oak Park they built the first house designed by Frank I~Ioyd Wright. He developed a reputation for perfection in his work and insisted in personally choosing each piece of lumber that he used.
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his two older chilctren had not clone so. The need to earn money for books and other school expenses prevented young Bill from becoming involved in most extracurricular activities, although he cticl participate in the clebating club, something that taught him to "think on his feet." At first, he was an A student, but then as a sophomore he began to lose ground.
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Having received a very religious upbringing in a German Baptist home, it was Bill's intention to study for the ministry. But in the course of his studies he was so cleeply impressed with the presence of so many common elements in the worId's religions that he clecidecl to take a course in "Primitive Religion" in the anthropology department.
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I recast the paper.6 As a graduate student at Chicago, at the same time that he pursued his interests in physical anthropology, Bill gained archeological experience as he was placed in charge of the summer "digs" of the Archaeological Survey of Illinois.
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got to meet with most of the prominent English anatomists and physical anthropologists of the time. From all this came a deep aporeciation of the kind of cooperative research in both multir~ and interdisciplinary approaches that Bill was to put into practice himself later on.
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During these two decacles he stucliect and reported on over 65 percent of all the skulls excavated in the Near and Middle East by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. These were from sites in Anatolia and {ran, covering a span of c.
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States) and in 1962 the definitive volume, The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine (upciatec!
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Another setback occurred in 1941, when vision in his left eye weakened. Exploratory surgery revealed adhesions on the left optic nerve, which were removed.
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All children receiving orthodontic care at the dental school were also enrollecl at the growth center, and their growth ciata became part of their treatment plan. The center's data were also applied in cases of endocrine disorclers, pediatric "growth failures," orthopedic problems, the faciodental development of children with cleft lip and/or palate, mandibular resections in oral surgery, and facial growth related to tooth development anct eruption in pedodontics.
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POSITIONS, SERVICES, AND HONORS Bill Krogman admired Ales Hrdlicka, the "father" of American physical anthropology, for the unselfish way in which he worked for his discipline, and so Krogman also gave unstintingly of himself. From 1933 to 1945 he served as secretary of Section H (anthropology)
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The American Association of Orthodontists conferred its annual award on him in 1982, and the American Cleft Palate Association follower! with its honors award a year later.
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. , , ~ ~ ~ the research interest of students and providing jobs for them at the gro~tb center, but in providing jobs for spouses as beak and helping student find jobs aver completion of their degree work.
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. He played as hard as he worked, and some of my fondest memories are of him chortling with glee as his son Mark and ~ prepared to fire an old Civil War salute cannon or as he ate raw mussels pulled up while fishing, drinking beer, smoking cigars, and telling stories (of which he had an endless store)
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Above all, I am indebted to Mary Krogman for supplying various newspaper clippings and other information, as well as to her and Mark for allowing me to share in their reminiscences about "The Old Professor." I value their continuing friendship highly and hope that this memoir will serve Bill Krogman's memory well.
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66~3~:399413. With Sir Arthur Keith.
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Comitato Italians Per Lo Studie Dei Problemi Della Popolazions. Serie III, Vol.
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24~2~:199-234 Dental arch form and facial growth pattern in healthy children from prehistoric populations.
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57~2~:97-104. The role of the physical anthropologist in the identification of human skeletal remains.
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1948 The physical growth of the child. In Successful Marriage, eds.
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1 3 (3~: 185. Major aspects of physical growth as they may effect the personality.
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:155-62. The human skeleton in forensic medicine.
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Dev. The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine.
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Mandibular growth in Pierre Robins syndrome. In Trans.
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:1037-43. 1974 Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic joins the Pennsylvania State University.
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A longitudinal study of post operative changes in the soft tissue profile in bilateral cleft lip and palate from birth to six years.
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Craniofacial growth: Prenatal and postnatal. In Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip: The Team Approach in the Clinical Management and Rehabilitation of the Patient, eds.
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Craniofacial growth in clefting from one month to 10 years as studied in pea headfilms. Cleft Palate J
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