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Remembering
Drs. Bruggers,
Herbert, Oliver
Faculty,
staff, and alumni of the
LSU School of Dentistry
mourn the 2016 deaths of
three distinguished
faculty members. Drs.
Howard Bruggers and Frank
Herbert taught at the
school during its early
years, while Dr. Peter
Oliver was an active
faculty member shortly
before his death.
Howard Bruggers,
DDS, MA,
professor emeritus of
fixed prosthodontics,
passed away on September
30 at the age of 88. A
native of Holland,
Michigan, and a Lafayette
resident for the past
three years, Dr. Bruggers
came to LSUSD in 1969 when
the school was still in
development. He served as
department head, director
of continuing education,
and associate dean of
curriculum and planning.
He retired from the dental
school in 1993.
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| Howard
Bruggers, DDS, MA |
Dr. Bruggers
attended Hope College, in
Holland, Michigan, and
received his DDS from
Northwestern University.
In 1976 he earned a
masters degree from the
University of New Orleans.
A veteran of the Air Force
during the Korean War, Dr.
Bruggers practiced
dentistry in Michigan for
13 years before coming to
LSUSD. He was a member of
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
National Honor Dental
Society and a fellow in
the Academy of General
Dentistry.
His daughter Dr. Karen
Bruggers and son-in-law
Dr. Mark Odom are LSUSD
alumni. Efforts are
underway to create a
professorship in
prosthodontics in his
memory.
Frank Herbert,
DDS, FICD, FACD,
professor emeritus, passed
away on July 11, 2016, at
the age of 89. An alumnus
of Loyola University
School of Dentistry, he
interned for a year at
Charity Hospital of
Louisiana before serving
as a lieutenant in the
U.S. Navy Dental Service
in Pensacola, Florida, and
on the island of Trinidad
from 1949 to 1954. He
earned the National
Defense Medal for his
service during the Korean
War. His career in
dentistry included a
31-year private practice,
15 years of which were
devoted to dentistry for
children.
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| Frank
Herbert, DDS, FICD,
FACD |
Dr. Herbert
joined LSUSD as part-time
faculty member for four
years before retiring from
private practice in 1979.
He then served as a
full-time faculty member
in the Department of
General Dentistry for 18
years before his
retirement in 1997.
Dr. Herbert served as
president of the American
Society of Dentistry for
Children, the American
Academy of Dental Practice
Administration, and the
New Orleans Dental
Association. During his
retirement he authored
From the Wolfpack to the
Tiger Den, a history of
the first 25 years of the
dental school.
Peter
Oliver, PhD,
assistant professor of
cell biology and anatomy,
passed away on August 20,
2016, at the age of 64. He
became director of the
first-year dental anatomy
course in 2005. After
earning his BS in zoology
from the University of
Texas at Austin in 1975
and his PhD in anatomy and
cell biology from the
University of Southern
California in 1981, he
spent three years as a
postdoctoral fellow at
L'Institut d'Embryologie,
in Paris, France. Before
joining the LSUHSC faculty
in 2004, Dr. Oliver was
assistant professor of
anatomy at McGill
University in Montreal and
a research scientist at
the University of Southern
California, Touro
Infirmary, the LSUHSC
Department of Pediatrics,
and the LSUHSC Gene
Therapy Program.
Dr. Oliver
taught anatomy to allied
health, nursing, and
medical students, in
addition to dental
students. In 2014 he
received the Golden Apple
Award from the first-year
dental class and in 2015
he received the Allen A.
Copping Award for
Excellence in Teaching in
the Basic Sciences. He
will be remembered by
students and faculty
members for his outgoing
personality and kind
humor.
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