The Harbor Dental Society was founded on October 6, 1915 by a small study club of ten dentists in the city of Long Beach. Harbor as grown to include over 749 dentists in 28 cities in the Los Angeles Harbor area. The Harbor Dental Society is comprised of local dentists who are members of the American Dental Association (ADA) and the California Dental Association (CDA).
From the beginning, Harbor Dental Society has had a strong commitment to improve the dental health of the communities it serves. Helping to ensure the dental health of all children, the society was a major force in establishing the Children's Dental Health Clinic in 1931, and which is now located near the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach. In the 1950s, the society spearheaded a twenty-year fight for fluoridation in the Long Beach water system, thus ensuring better dental health for children.
The Society promotes the public's health through commitment of member dentists to provide quality oral health care that is accessible to everyone. The Society also promotes the profession of dentistry by enhancing the integrity and ethics of the profession, strengthening the patient/dentist relationship, and making membership the foundation of successful practice.
The Harbor Dental Society fulfills its public and professional mission by providing services and through its initiatives in education, research, advocacy, and the development of standards.
What started as a small study group of dentists has grown to a strong representation of the dental profession in the South Bay-area of Los Angeles. The Harbor Dental Society actively promotes the improvement of public dental health and maintains the highest standards of ethics among our members.
Dental Society Past Presidents
1915-16 Frank B. Damron, DDS
1916-17 A.C. Holladay, DDS
1917-18 Glen C. Burbank, DDS
1918-19 Best, DDS
1919-20 A.H. Speer, DDS
1920-21 Ben Maltby, DDS
1921-22 Albert H. Osbourne, DDS
1922-23 Arthur C. Meigs, DDS
1923-25 Guy E. O’Neil, DDS
1925-26 S. William Sweningsen, DDS
1926-27 George Campbell Chuck, DDS
1927-28 Ralph B. Strong, DDS
1928-29 Ervin C. Read, DDS
1929-30 F. Howard Miller, DDS
1930-31 Frank E. Weld, DDS
1931-32 Russell B. Lichtenwalter, DDS
1932-33 Edna Bartsen Hansen, DDS
1933-34 Gelabert/Erskine Minor, DDS
1934-35 Phillip B. Seymour, DDS
1935-36 B.M. Tylicki, DDS
1936-37 Gordon G. Brown, DDS
1937-38 Blaine C. Wildman, DDS
1938-39 Cecil L. Morehouse, DDS
1939-40 Roy F. Tschumpert, DDS
1940-41 Harold Morris, DDS
1941-42 Walter J. Furie, DDS
1942-43 Robert W. McClain, DDS
1943-44 A.E. Saunders, DDS
1945-46 Garland L. Dummit, DDS
1946-47 Navall R. McCoy, Sr., DDS
1947-48 Theodore E. Peterson, DDS
1948-49 Calvin Garverick, DDS
1949-50 Julius Molina, DDS
1950-51 Gerald Green, DDS
1951-52 Virgil Ridgeway, DDS
1952-53 Max Eshelman, DDS
1953-54 Lawrence Cowan, DDS
1954-55 Morgan Ralls, DDS
1955-56 Floyd Todd, DDS
1956-57 Frank C. Blair, DDS
1957-58 Edwin R. Harvey, DDS
1958-59 Eldor Sagehorn, DDS
1959-60 Jack Wooding, DDS
1960-61 Roland Hansen, DDS
1961-62 Leonard Hyman, DDS
1962-63 W. Howard Davis, DDS
1963-64 Earl A. Hershman, DDS
1964-65 John F.Tylicki, DDS
1965-66 Robert W. Calhoun, DDS
1966-67 John O. Whitaker, DDS
1967-68 John R. Taylor, DDS
1968-69 Herbert I. Benn, DDS
1969-70 John J. Gibson, DDS
1970-71 Foster W. Bens, DDS
1971-72 Martin D. Garron, DDS
1972-73 William Ridgeway, DDS
1973-74 Walter Babcock, DDS
1974-75 Earl M. Donaldson, DDS
1975-76 John P. Lehman, DDS
1976-77 Richard A. Lewis, DDS
1977-78 Albert M. Weil, DDS
1978-79 Raymond M. Sugiyama, DDS
1979-80 Lawrence W. Stark, DMD
1980-81 Joel Lander, DDS
1981-82 Harold Neibling, DDS
1982-83 Eugene Kaplan, DDS
1983-84 Robert F. Emigh, DDS
1984-85 James F. Loos, DDS
1985-86 J. Michael Cahan, DDS
1986-87 Darryl L. Lee, DDS
1987-88 Norman M. Pokras, DDS
1988-89 Lynn A. Fasnacht, DDS
1989-90 Dan Nakamura, DDS
1990-91 Paul L. Liberti, DDS
1991-92 Howard J. Winer, DDS
1992-93 Russell E. Chang, DDS
1993-94 Terrence R. McCarthy, DDS
1994-95 Alyson D. Emery, DDS
1995-96 Mark A. Garlington, DDS
1996-97 Douglas R. Wall, DDS
1997-98 Oscar Domondon, DMD (passed in office)
1997-98 Michael Marshall, DDS
1998-99 Gary L. Glasband, DDS
1999-00 Charles E. Joseph, DDS
2000-01 Jason M. Yamada, DDS
2001-02 Harry A. Strohmyer, DDS
2002-03 James H. Blake, DDS
2003-04 Larry D. Hall, DDS
2004-05 Belinda L. Balais, DMD
2005-06 Clark A. Izu, DDS
2006-07 Tony T. Chi, DMD
2007-08 Tim Silegy, DDS
2008-09 Simona C. Arcan, DMD, MD
2009-10 Ronald F. Antimarino, DMD
2010-11 George M. Soohoo, DDS
2011-12 Max B. Martinez, DDS
2012-13 William J. Worden, DDS
2013-14 Dora Lee, DDS
2014-15 Ashok Mehta, DDS
2015-16 Ravipan Smith Norman, DDS
2016-17 Ahmed Sadek, DDS
2017-18 Aarti Shah, DDS
2018-19 Santos Cortez, DDS
2019-20 Veronica Greene, DDS, MPH
2021-22 Donna Marie C. Calima, DMD
2023-24 Michael Smolen, DDS
2025 Amir Kazim, DDS, FACD, FICD, FPFA