The Indiana University School of Dentistry
Hall of Fame Presentation
Dr. Maynard Kiplinger Hine, DDS, MS
19-20 October 2007--Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Driving through torrential rains and hop-scotching tornadoes in our effort to get to Indianapolis from Chicago was weather that Dr. Maynard K. Hine, Dean of Indiana University's School of Dentistry, was not unfamiliar with. Dr. Hine was born in Waterloo, Indiana, in 1907, but returned to Tuscola, Illinois, with his mother three weeks later to where his father had his dental practice. Maynard earned his dental degree in 1930 and masters degree in 1932 at the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in Chicago. He then joined his father (Indiana Dental College '04) in dental practice for three years. Dr. Hine accepted a Carnegie Fellowship and a Rockefeller Scholarship to the University of Rochester in New York before returning to teach oral pathology at the University of Illinois (1936-1944) for the next eight years.
Dr. Henry Swenson, a fellow University of Illinois teacher with Dr. Hine, and later at the Indiana University, told us in interview that Dr. Hine was a great innovator. "He made you think." He did not seem extraordinary at the time, but when viewing his live as a whole, he did great things. He supported Dr. Ralph Philips of dental materials fame, recruited Dr. Joseph Muhler, creator of the first successful stannous fluoride formula for Crest, Dr. Bill Gilmore, Ralph E. MacDonald of pediatric fame, oral pathologist Dr. William G. Shafer, prosthodontist John F. Johnston, and periodontist Timothy J. O'Leary. He established the Dental Hygiene Program in 1950 at Indiana University and the Department of Endodontics in 1953. He laid the foundation for renovating dental teaching in creating the Indiana Model of Dental Education, which is a dynamic blend of contemporary and traditional learning.
Dr. Henry Swenson
Dr. Hine joined the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1944 as Chairman of the Oral Histopathology Dept. and the Periodontics Dept. He was appointed Dean in 1945, serving for 23 years.
Currently the IU School of Dentistry has 107 full-time and 113 part-time Faculty members including Dr. Maynard Hine's two grandsons, Dr. Charles Hine, a clinical assistant professor of endodontics, and Dr. William Hine, Jr, a part-time teacher.
IU dental school Dean Lawrence Goldblatt hosted past PFA President Kevin Roach, Editor Jim Brophy, and DW Photographer Shirley Brophy into his offices at the School of Dentistry to meet and interview Dean Hine's grandsons William and Charles Hine, Dr. Arden Christen ( author of "An Oral History of Maynard K. Kline, DDS, MS"), and Dr. Henry Swenson, a former classmate of Dr. Hine.
L-R, Editor Brophy, Dr. Henry Swenson, Drs. William and Charles Hine, Dr. Arden Christen, PFA past President Kevin Roach, and Dean Larry Goldblatt
Dr. Kevin Roach from Pembroke, Canada, PFA hall of Fame Chairman, had flown in to officiate at the formal installation of Dean Maynard Hine into the International Hall of Fame at the Indiana University School of Dentistry's 2007 Fall Dental Conference Alumni Dinner (their 65th Annual). This event added to the highlights of the Dental Alumni Homecoming. A poster in the main dental school hallway called attention to PFA's honoring Dean Hine.
The PFA presentation was highlighted on page three of the Past Presidents Dinner Program of the Alumni Dinner that Friday evening. The program noted that former Dean Maynard Hine (1907-1996) was to become the 20th inductee into the PFA International Hall of Fame. He had been nominated by our former Indiana Section Chair Ray Maddox, an active IU alumnus who was attending the Dinner with us all. The program went on to note that Dr. Hine had served as the first Chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (1969-1973) and as President of the American Dental Association (1965-1966), and FDI President (1975-1977) among his many other activities and offices serving as President for some eleven dental-related organizations. He founded the Diplomat of American Board of Endodontics, co-authored five books and contributed to numerous journals. He was also a Fellow in ICD and ACD.
Dr. Hine and his wife Harriet had three children, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Dr. Arden Christen
Dr. Roach presents plaque to Dean Lawrence Goldblatt
Arden G. Christen, DDS, MSD, MA of the Oral Health Research Institute for the Dept. of Preventive Dentistry, authored "An Interview/ An Oral History of Maynard K. Hine, DDS, MS", 1986, Dental Deans Series--Volume 1, with the foreword by Dean H. William Gilmore, DDS. Dr. Christen relates Dr. Hine's long and fruitful life career in dentistry. Among his achievements not mentioned before were President of the International Association for Dental Research (1952), the American Association of Dental Schools (1953), the Indiana State Dental Association (1957-1958), and the American Academy of Periodontology. Dr. Hine served many US government agencies like Consultant to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, member of the Board of Regents to the National Library of Medicine (1959-1663), member of the National Advisory Dental Research Council of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (1948-1950, 1964-1968).
Dr. Hine received awards too numerous to mention, but he did mention receiving the PFA Gold Medal (1968) in his interview.
Dr. Hine was extremely interested in decay prevention. So he was always active in the construction of the Oral Health Research Institute, and the science behind the use of stannous fluoride in toothpaste and developed the first approved anticariogenic toothpaste Crest.
Dr. Hine was also interested in dental history and made efforts to preserve and teach dental history.
During his time at the University of Illinois, Dr. Hine was offered deanships at the University of Tennessee and at the University of Kentucky, but when a teaching position came open at Indiana University, he accepted the position. And then soon rose to being Dean.
In Dr. Hine's own words, when he took over the dental school, "The budget was low and the salaries were poor. Almost no research was being done." The equipment was poor and old and mostly from the old dental school. The library was inadequate, a chiropractic school shared the dental building, and the freshmen started their dental studies in Bloomington, an hour away, before relocating in Indianapolis for their sophomore year. And then there were the constant battles with the university for more funds to develop the school of dentistry. He united the Bloomington and Indianapolis schools, developed a DDS postgraduate program, and renovated the dental school facilities. Dr. Hine got involved in organized dentistry and encouraged all his faculty to do the same.
Dr. Hine graduated from the University of Illinois School of Dentistry the same year as Harold Hillenbrand did from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery (Loyola University) and they became friends throughout their years of involvement in the ADA. Dr. Hine was close friends with Jerry Timmons as ADA Assistant Secretary as Dr. Timmons had been up for consideration for the Indiana Deanship as well, having served as Acting Dean there. Dr. Timmons went on to become Dean of Temple University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Hine worked intimately with Dr. Hillenbrand, particularly through his years becoming ADA President. Then he withdrew his candidacy for FDI President to allow Dr. Hillenbrand to serve, but then served as FDI President later.
Dr. Hine encouraged his faculty member, Joe Muhler, to develop a better fluoride for toothpaste and he came up with stannous fluoride, got support from Procter & Gamble, and produced Crest toothpaste. I.U. Foundation sold the patents to P&G. Crest won the ADA Seal of Approval. This stimulated competition from other toothpaste manufacturers and established the ADA Seal as an important goal in their advertising. The Crest royalties went to help establish and fund the Indiana Oral Health Research Institute Building, which in turn helped launch Indiana's Research Program and the teaching of Preventative Dentistry. Dr. Hine supported all this as "prevention is a bridge between theory and the practice of dentistry."
After his retirement from the deanship, Dr. Hine was selected to serve as the Chancellor for the Indiana University. He faced the task of uniting all the various units of the Indiana University and of Purdue University in Indianapolis to form I.U.P.U.I. (Indiana University-Purdue University Institute).
Dental school mural painting of the history of Deans at IU School of Dentistry
Dean Goldblatt and Dean Hine's grandsons
Dr. Roach presenting the plaque to the Hine Family
Then there was the task of fighting off the challenges from local interests from forming a separate Indianapolis University.
Dr. Hine served as Editor for the
Dr. Hine was an avid supporter of dental history. "If we do not continue to call attention to the incidents in the past, and to the people who have developed dentistry, the youngsters that are coming out of school will not have any real appreciation for their profession."
That statement pretty well sums up this article, the PFA Hall of Fame and even the mission of PFA. For example, Dr. Hine was the leading authority on the condition of Abraham Lincoln's teeth and had published a few papers on the subject.
This 65th Indiana University Dental Alumni Dinner was the venue for the formal Induction of Dean Maynard K. Hine into the PFA International Hall of Fame. Attending this event in PFA's honor were current Hall of Fame Chairman Dr. Kevin Roach, a past PFA President; immediate past Hall of Fame Chairman Dr. Raymond Klein, a past PFA President; past Indiana Section Chair Dr. Raymond Maddox, who nominated Dean Hine for this honor; PFA Editor Dr. Jim Brophy, and Dental World photographer Shirley Brophy. IU Dean Lawrence Goldblatt had hosted Drs. Roach and Brophy in his office to interview Dean Hine's two dentist grandsons and two of Dr. Hine's closest friends on the dental staff, so our entourage was quite familiar with the Dean's activities, family, and friends. Dr. Kevin Roach was seated at the Hine Family table, while the rest of our group sat at Dr. Maddox's table.
Dr. Roach led off the program with an excellent introduction in defining the life work of Dean Maynard K. Hine (as cited above) and then presented Dean Goldblatt with the Hall of Fame plaque for Indiana University School of Dentistry's Awards Wall. Then Dr. Roach presented another plaque to the Hine Family. The attending alumni were very impressed. The presentation had been well advertised and lived up to its billing as the keynote feature in their alumni dinner presentation.