Robert Moyers

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Robert Edison Moyers (November 12, 1919 – January 8, 1996) was an American orthodontist who was the founder of the Center of Human Growth and Development (CHGD) at

Moyer's Mixed Dentition Analysis
.

Life

He was born in

Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Order of the British Empire and Order of Phoenix.[3] He returned after the war and received his Orthodontic Certificate from University of Iowa
. He also earned his doctorate in physiology from the same university.

He was married to Barbara Quick Moyers and had two daughters.

Career

  • In 1948, he started his career by becoming chairman of Department of Orthodontics at the University of Toronto.
  • In 1952, he became the chair of Michigan's orthodontic program.
  • In 1964, he founded the Center of Human Growth and Development at University of Michigan. This center was established after the initiative taken by the University of Michigan to develop a research unit which involved many disciplines.
  • In 1980, he stepped down as the director of the center.
  • In 1990, he retired and became professor emeritus of dentistry and also a fellow emeritus of the center.
  • In 1974, the University of Michigan decided to establish Moyers Symposium in honor of Moyers.[4] This symposium was designed to discuss recent evidence in new approaches in the field of orthodontics.

He is known to have authored the textbook Handbook of Orthodontics and participated in co-authoring or editing another 15 books.[5] He died at the age of 75 in 1996.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dental Prof. Emeritus Robert E. Moyers died Jan. 8". Michigan News. December 11, 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ McNamara, James. "Founding Director, Robert E. Moyers". university of michigan. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. PMID 26038067
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  4. ^ McNamara, James. "Founding Director, Robert E. Moyers". university of michigan. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. ^ Jacobsen, Alex (1993). "Essays in honor of Robert E. Moyers" (PDF). AJODO. 104 (1): 100–101. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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