Obituary for William Carpenter, ABOM Diplomate |
Obituary: William Carpenter, ABOM Diplomate
Dr. Carpenter was born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania and grew up in Charlerol, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1960 and earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from University of Pittsburg in 1964. Following his formal dental education, Dr. Carpenter began a 21-year career in the U.S. Army Dental Corps. During service to his country, Dr. Carpenter earned a Master of Science Degree in Oral Pathology from George Washington University in 1973 and trained at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in 1974-1975. He rose from Mentor of the Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine Programs at Walter Reed Medical Center to Chief of the Professional Division of Advanced Theory and Science of Dental Practice; he was consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. He served as a professor at both Howard University College of Dentistry and George Washington University while on active duty. Carpenter retired with the rank of Colonel in 1985 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the nation’s second highest peacetime award, the Legion of Merit. After leaving active duty in the military, Dr. Carpenter worked briefly as Associate Professor at Emory University from 1985-1986, which was followed by his appointment as Director of the Division of Pathology and Medicine at the University of Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of dentistry from 1986-2014. He also led the Pacific Oral Pathology laboratory at the University. Dr. Carpenter lectured and published extensively and received numerous awards for teaching excellence. His leadership in the Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology was highly significant, and he was a frequent lecturer at the American Dental Association meetings. Dr. Carpenter received Fellowship in the International College of Dentistry in 1981 and the American College of Dentists in 1988. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Pittsburg’s School of Dental Medicine in 2006 and is listed Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Dr. Carpenter became a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine in 1974. He was an examiner on the American Board of Oral Medicine and became a Life Member and President of the Academy in 1993-1994. Dr. Carpenter was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the AAOM in 1996, and received the Diamond Pin award in 2002, which is the highest award given by the Academy. Dr. Carpenter’s life was one of service, research, dedication and passion for his profession, students, colleagues and family. He is preceded in death by Beverly Brown Carpenter, his wife of 53 years, his parents, Dora Riva and Charles Carpenter, and his stepfather Anthony Centanni. He is survived by his children: Cy Carpenter, Scott Carpenter and Mary Dalsin, his five grandchildren: Amber Walsh, Michael and Luca Dalsin, CyCy and Eliana Carpenter, and his second wife, Trudence Adair Kaplan Carpenter.
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