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History
LSUSD is the only dental school in the state and educates 70% of the dentists entering practice in Louisiana today. Dr. Edmund E. Jeansonne, dean of the former Loyola University School of Dentistry, was appointed founding dean of the LSU School of Dentistry. The school enrolled its first class of 30 students on September 3, 1968. The agreement called for Loyola to phase-out its school as the new LSU School of Dentistry came into being year by year, and the last class of Loyola-trained dentists graduated in 1971. LSUSD graduated its first class of 27 dentists on June 3, 1972.
A grant was obtained
from the United States
Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare
to construct a permanent
physical plant for
the school. Formal
dedication of the
new school took place
on Friday, February
18, 1972. The 344,000
square foot project
cost $15,500,000
and represented $10,500,000
in federal grant
money and $5,000,000
in state funds. It
was arguably the
best bargain the
State of Louisiana
ever got in a building.
The facility consists
of
The LSU School of Dentistry is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. The facility is one of the most advanced in the nation, and houses outstanding basic science, pre-clinical, and clinical facilities. Four have served as deans of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry since its establishment in 1966. The names of the deans and the period of deanship follow. Note that Dr. Jeansonne served twice.
Allen Anthony Copping,
DDS Edmund Engler Jeansonne,
DDS Jack Henry Rayson,
DDS Eric J. Hovland,
DDS, MEd, MBA
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Dental
education has a long history in Louisiana, dating as far back as
1867. The LSU School of Dentistry, established in 1966, followed
on the heels of the Loyola University School of Dentistry, Tulane
University School of Dentistry, and the New Orleans Dental College.
The
LSU School of Dentistry
is located on a 22-acre
tract of land on
Florida Avenue across
Bayou St. John from
City Park acquired
from the federal
government. This
property had served
as a United States
Navy housing development
during World War
II. Some of the 30
frame buildings on
the site were renovated
to accommodate a
60-student laboratory;
a15-unit clinic;
classrooms and administrative
offices for faculty
and support personnel.
An adjacent barracks
was also renovated
to temporarily house
the complete Loyola
dental library collection
that served as the
nucleus for development
of the LSUSD library.
two
buildings: a 103,000
square foot 4-story
administration building
and a 220,000 square
foot 8-story Clinical
Building, in addition
to a 13,000 square
foot 2-story power
plant. The 22-acre
site on which the
school sits was named
William Pitcher Plaza
in honor of the late
William Pitcher of
Covington, Louisiana.
Pitcher was a well-known
Louisiana educator
who served as a member
and chairman of the
Board of Supervisors
at the time LSU acquired
the site.
Edmund
Engler Jeansonne,
DDS