UCSF School of Dentistry NEWSBRIEF

It is with deep regret that the School of Dentistry records the death of William H. Ware, D.D.S., M.D.S., former professor and chairman of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery who gave a lifetime of service to UCSF.

Dr. Ware was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry in 1954 and the UCSF Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program in 1957. He began his 51-year academic career as instructor in Dental Medicine and Oral Surgery at UCSF in 1957, and culminated as professor and chairman of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from 1976-1983. He remained on the faculty as Professor Emeritus of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Ware made many contributions to the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery during his distinguished career. Among the most important was his pioneering effort in the field of growth center costochondral graft transplant for temporomandibular joint reconstruction in children. He was also an internationally recognized expert in the fields of orthognathic and temporomandibular joint surgery.

Throughout his career, Dr. Ware was a dedicated teacher beloved by students, residents, and faculty alike. He was a recipient of the UCSF Dental Alumni Medal of Honor, and in recognition of his contributions, his former residents, patients, and friends established the William Ware Visiting Professorship in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1990, and this continues as an annual event now part of the main alumni meeting. In 2007, an appeal was launched to raise the funds to establish a William Ware Endowed Chair in Orthognathic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the necessary funds were raised in a record time of three months with many of his former students, residents, and colleagues contributing.

Our sympathies extend to his wife, Carmen, and his family including his brother, Robert, also a dentist, his sister, Betty, and children, Bill, Julie and Nancy, from his first marriage to Elise. UCSF will be arranging a service of remembrance in the near future.

The late Dr. William H. Ware (center) with former Dean Charles Bertolami (to the immediate left of Dr. Ware), OMFS Chair Tony Pogrel (to Dean Bertolami's left), and OMFS faculty, Taken at the William Ware lecture in January, 2007.



	Dr. William H. Ware, Longtime UCSF Dentistry Faculty Member and former OMFS Chair, Passes Away

	It is with deep regret that the School of Dentistry records the death of William H. Ware, D.D.S., M.D.S., former professor and chairman of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery who gave a lifetime of service to UCSF. Dr. Ware was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry in 1954 and the UCSF Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program in 1957. He began his 51-year academic career as instructor in Dental Medicine and Oral Surgery at UCSF in 1957, and culminated as professor and chairman of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from 1976-1983. He remained on the faculty as Professor Emeritus of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Ware made many contributions to the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery during his distinguished career. Among the most important was his pioneering effort in the field of growth center costochondral graft transplant for temporomandibular joint reconstruction in children. He was also an internationally recognized expert in the fields of orthognathic and temporomandibular joint surgery. Throughout his career, Dr. Ware was a dedicated teacher beloved by students, residents, and faculty alike. He was a recipient of the UCSF Dental Alumni Medal of Honor, and in recognition of his contributions, his former residents, patients, and friends established the William Ware Visiting Professorship in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1990, and this continues as an annual event now part of the main alumni meeting. In 2007, an appeal was launched to raise the funds to establish a William Ware Endowed Chair in Orthognathic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the necessary funds were raised in a record time of three months with many of his former students, residents, and colleagues contributing. Our sympathies extend to his wife, Carmen, and his family including his brother, Robert, also a dentist, his sister, Betty, and children, Bill, Julie and Nancy, from his first marriage to Elise. UCSF will be arranging a service of remembrance in the near future. The late Dr. William H. Ware (center) with former Dean Charles Bertolami (to the immediate left of Dr. Ware), OMFS Chair Tony Pogrel (to Dean Bertolami's left), and OMFS faculty, Taken at the William Ware lecture in January, 2007.