Volume 56 Number 3 Albert H. Ketciiam Mem,orial Award 295

Dentistry for Children, the Dental Society of the State of New York, the New York Academy of Dentistry, and several of our own constituent societies.

It affords me very great pleasure to present the Albert H. Ketcham Award to Dr. Wilton M. Krogman.

Response by Lowrie J. Porter I am indeed highly honored to have been selected to receive the Albert H.

Ketcham Memorial Award from the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Association of Orthodontists, both of which I have had the pleasure of serving in various capacities.

Receiving this award from my good friend, Wilbur Prezzano, is an added pleasure. We extend to him our deep appreciation for his excellent service to t,he American Board of Orthodontics during the past 7 years, and we now con- gratulate him as he assumes the presidency of the American Association of Orthodontists.

I am happy to join those who have been selected to receive the Ketcham Award. A glance at the names and accomplishments of former recipients can- not help but impress one with a sense of earnestness and a realization of the responsibility that goes with this honor.

This occasion calls for a profound feeling of humility and that is particu- larly appropriate today, when I receive this recognition together with an inter- nationally famous anthropologist-my friend, Wilton Ma.rion Krogman, whose contributions have for many years been of infinite value to our profession.

In accepting this honor, I am reminded of that very humble orthodontic pioneer, Dr. Ketcham, who in 1929 originated the American Board of Ortho- dontics-the first national certifying board in dentistry. As a young man, I was greatly impressed by his humility and appreciation when I met him as he arrived in New York to speak before the New York Society of Orthodontists. He seemed very pleased when my wife and I invited him to our home in the country to have dinner and to spend the night with us.

I was then about 30 years of age, and I have never forgotten how very humble he was, even though he was a leader in dentistry in Colorado and had a very enviable reputation in many other countries. Later, when I met his former associates, I realized what a powerful influence he had had on them and why they held him in such high regard. One of his associates had called him “that kindly man of wisdom” because he had endowed them with a sincere desire for progress, honesty, humility, and patriotism.

I, too, was instilled with many of those attributes by dedicated educational instructors, my kindly, religious, and devoted parents (my father practiced general dentistry for nearly 50 years), and a very helpful and faithful wife.

I am delighted to have had the opportunity of taking an active part in the orthodontic specialty, which has developed tremendously in the past 50 years. I fully realize, however, that orthodontic progress has been due not only to the

efforts of those of us in this country but also to many accomplishments ant1 contributions from other pa.rts of the ~wrltl.

I am thankful for and proud of the many nalional and international frientlh I have acynired during my orthodontic t’arwr.

The motto “he profits most who scww lift best” is befitting all who have, hat1 honesty, dedication, and service as their profcssionnl goals. “Serving life best,” however, mnst also be our national goal. Since patriotism is so important at this time, I would like to digress slightly in this acceptance to csprcss C’OI~- fitlcncc in the l(taders of our na.tion, with t,hcl hope tha.t the>- mu>- bc instrll- mental in bringing an end to the Viet &am War and thus bc able to bring safely home not onl)- 0171’ boys but a,lso the fine young men of other nations.

1 wish YOU would all read, ant1 have yo~7r children and grandchildren read, I a very short book entitled ?Vcccr Girt 1)~ (published by Hallmark Cards, Inc.. Kansas City, MissoL7ri), which qnolcs tlic inspirin r and challenging words o I’ Sir Winston Churchill, with introductory remarks by Dwight I). Eisenhowc~r.

(Ihurchill said : “We arc fighting 7~~~ ou~~lws alone but w arc not fighting for ourselves alone. ” Again, he saitl : “r,ct thcrc be sunshine on both sitlcs of thcl Iron Curtain ; and if ever th(l sushine should bc equal on both sides, the Curtain will be no more.”

177 conclusion, I wish to thank you from the depths of my heart Con this unforgettable occasion and, as I join the other Ketcham Award recipients, I sincrrcly hope that cwh of your lives mill be happ; and prodnctirc and thal Cod mill bless yen in your cndcavors and in your serriccs to humanit>-.

Response by W. n/r. Krogman When I learned that I was to reccivc the Ketcham Award for 1969 I was

wry happy. When I learned that Lowric Porter was also to be so honored! I was delighted. I am honored to be thns associated with him, for I hold him in high regard as both friend and co-worker. In fact, I mrotc to Dr. Prezzano that Lowrie a,nd I were a good “one-two panel7-he nsemplifying the art and prac- tice of orthdontics and I emphasizing research in the dynamics of human growth and development in face, jaws, and teeth.

The Ketcham Award is a recognition of contribution and of achievement., but in my case I must tell you that I accept on behalf of the great teachers who taught me and of the many associates and assistants with whom I hare worked over the years. Whatever pattern has been woven has in it the warp of inspiring teachers and the woof of dedicated teamworkers-friends, all of them.

I have been fortunate in my teachers, who taught much and who pointed my vision to far horizons: Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole of the University of Chicago, who taught me the warmth of the teacher-student relationship and with whom I never lost sight of human values; Dr. T. Wingate Todd, who taught me the dignity and integrity of research and its application, so that with him I not only learned detailed methodology but broadened my scope in all aspects of