Interview with Lysle E. Johnston Jr.

Cristina (Kika) Vieira de ARAÚJO

Lysle E. Johnston Jr. is Professor Emeritus in Dentistry at the University of Michigan and in Orthodontics at Saint Louis University. He graduated in Dentistry from Michigan School of Dentistry in 1961, and in Orthodontics from Michigan’s Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1964. He specialized in Anatomy at Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland, 1961-62) and also received his PhD in anatomy at Case Western Reserve University in 1970. Before returning to the University of Michigan, where he was head of the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, he directed the Department of Orthodontics at Case Western Reserve University (1971-76) and Saint Louis University (1976-91). Currently, he teaches Statistics, Cephalometry, Facial Growth, Occlusal Development and History of Orthodontics in these three schools. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Johnston supervised more than 100 master’s theses and participated in the graduation of over 500 specialists in orthodontics. He has made numerous speeches and received several awards and titles, including the prize Albert H. Ketcham/American Board of Orthodontics, the Jarabak Award/American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, the Dewey Award/ American Association of Orthodontics and the 5th International Prize of the Italian Society. He delivered several keynote lectures: The Mershon and Salzmann/American Association of Orthodontics, the Angle Memorial Lecture/EH Angle Society of Orthodontists (twice), the Northcroft/British Society for the Study of Orthodontics and Arthur Taylor Memorial/Australian Society of Orthodontics. Member of American and International College of Dentistry and a member-elect of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Dr. Johnston was director of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists and also member of the editorial boards of several journals including the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and The (British) Journal of Orthodontics. Currently resides in Torch Lake, a small town in northern Michigan. Cristiana (Kika) Vieira de Araújo

How to cite: Johnston Jr. LE. Entrevista. Dental Press J Orthod. 2011 Nov-Dec;16(6):28-32.

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