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Memorial
Earl O. Henry, DDS

In Memory of Dr. Earl Henry
Dr. Earl Henry, a 1935 U.T. Dental College graduate, was a Lieutenant Commander on the Cruiser, Indianapolis. He gave the supreme sacrifice of his life, when the ship was torpedoed on July 30, 1945. Dr. Henry’s peers held him in high esteem for accomplishments in his profession, as well as, artistic achievements in painting.

Second District Dental Society & Co-Sponsors, Delta Dental of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Health & Oral Arts Dental Lab Presents:

63rd Annual Earl Earl Henry Memorial Clinic & Luncheon
William M. Bass, PhD.; D-ABFA

“Your Teeth Are Your I.D.”

William M. Bass is a U.S. forensic anthropologist, renowned for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-US authorities in the identification of human remains. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and though currently retired from teaching, still plays an active research role at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, which he founded. The Facility is more popularly known as the "Body Farm", a name used by crime author Patricia Cornwell in a novel of the same name, which drew inspiration from Dr. Bass and his work. Bass has also described the body farm as "Death's Acre" and Beyond The Body Farm – the title of the bestselling books on his life and career, cowritten with journalist Jon Jefferson. Bass and Jefferson have also written four fictional works, "Carved in Bone","Flesh and Bone", "The Devil's Bones" and "Bones of Betrayal" under the pen name "Jefferson Bass." Bass is the author of more than 200 scientific publications.

Dr. Bass attended the University of Virginia for his undergraduate degree, and received his master's from the University of Kentucky. He completed his PhD. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. His research career began as an archaeologist, excavating Native American grave sites in the Midwest United States during the 1950s. He mentions in Death's Acre, somewhat humorously, that this activity earned him the informal title"Indian grave-robber number one" from the local Native American leaders.