IADR Presidents


William J. Gies, M.S., Ph.D.

The Sixteenth President of the IADR

1939-40

Founder of the IADR

In celebrating the International Association for Dental Research’s Centennial, the IADR pays tribute to the Association’s founder and sixteenth president (1939-40) Dr. William J. Gies. Through his major contributions as a biochemist, dentist and professor at Columbia University, Dr. Gies advanced the practice of biomedical research to improve oral health worldwide. With a vision to bridge the gap between journalism and disseminating new discoveries in science, he founded the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) in 1919. Today, the JDR has been recognized as the most prominent journal in the field of dentistry. In 2020, the IADR will recognize 100 years of extraordinary achievements in dental, oral and craniofacial research globally. The Association proudly honors Dr. Gies and all of the IADR Presidents whose leadership has built a century of success and charted a groundbreaking future.


Rena N. D’Souza
Angus W G Walls
Jukka Meurman
Marc Heft
Yoshimitsu Abiko
Helen Whelton
Mary Macdougall
E. Dianne Rekow
Maria Fidela De Lima Navarro
David M. Williams
J.M. Ten Cate
Deborah Greenspan
Stephen C. Bayne
Takayuki Kuroda
Paul Robertson
Stephen Challacombe
John Clarkson
Graham Embery
Marjorie K. Jeffcoat
Sally J. Marshall
Mamoru Sakuda
Per-Olaf Glantz
John S. Greenspan
Richard R. Ranney
Barry John Sessle
Stephen H.Y. Wei
John Clifford Greene
Robert Joseph Genco
William Henry Bowen
Ernest Newbrun
William Dennis McHugh
Roy Christopher Page
Ivar A. Mjor
Paul Goldhaber
A. Richard Ten Cate
Robert M. Frank
Antony H. Melcher
Marie U. Nylen
John A. Gray
Harald A. Loe
Finn Brudevold
George Simpson Beagrie
Harold Milton Fulmer
David B. Scott
James Knuckey Avery
Mogens Roy Skougaard
Gunnar Ryge
Frank J. Orland
Gordon H. Rovelstad
Clifton Orrin Dummett
John Barfoot Macdonald
Ralph Wilbur Phillips
Richard S. Manly
Barnet Mortimer Levy
Martin Amsler Rushton
Dan Y. Burrill
Seymour J. Kreshover
James A. English
Holmes T. Knighton
Hamilton B. G. Robinson
Ned B. Williams
Reidar F. Sognnaes
Joseph F. Volker
Paul E. Boyle
George C. Paffenbarger
Francis A. Arnold, Jr.
Maynard K. Hine
Leonard S. Fosdick
Basil G. Bibby
J. Roy Blayney
Allan G. Brodie
Harold C. Hodge
Samuel W. Chase
Wallace D. Armstrong
H. Trendley Dean
Philip Jay
Charles F. Bodecker
Isaac Schour
Wilmer Souder
Thomas J. Hill
Paul C. Kitchin
William G. Skillen
Theodore B. Beust
Joseph L. T. Appleton
Edward H. Hatton
Russell W. Bunting
U. Garfield Rickert
Arthur D. Black
Leroy M. S. Miner
Leuman M. Waugh
Frederick B. Noyes
Albert E. Webster
Paul R. Stillman
James Leon Williams