Isaac J. Wetherbee, D.D.S.
Boston Dental College – President 1868-1899

*1899 Boston Dental college became an affiliate of Tufts College/Tufts College Dental School

Harold Williams, M.D
Dean Tufts College Medical School and Tufts College Dental School 1898-1913

*Both Schools were housed in the same new building on Huntington Avenue in Boston

Charles Fairbanks Painter, M.D.
Dean Tufts College Medical School 1913-1921
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1913-1917

William Rice, D.M.D
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1917-1932

Howard M. Marjerison, D.M.D, D16, H42
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1933-1941

Basil G. Bibby, B.D.S (Otago University, New Zealand)
PhD. (University of Rochester), D.M.D, DI39
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1941-1947

Joseph Francis Volker, D.D.S. (Indiana University School of Dentistry)
M.S., Ph.D. (University of Rochester)
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1947-1949

Cyril David Marshall-Day, B.D.S (Otago University, New Zealand)
D.M.D (Harvard University) M.S. (University of Rochester) Ph.D. (Punjab University, India)
Dean Tufts College Dental School 1949-59

*Both schools moved to 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston 1949-1950

*Tufts college became Tufts University in 1955–Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

John William Hein, D.M.D., D44, Ph.D., (University of Rochester) H93
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1959-1962

J. Murray Gavel, D.M.D., D23, H64
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1962-1963

Louis J. P. Calisti, D.D.S., (Univeristy of Pennsylvania) M.P.H. (Harvard University)
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1963-1971

Thomas William Murnane, D.M.D, D62, Ph.D., G68
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1971-72

Robert Bruce Shira, D.D.S, (Kansas City Western Dental college) H81
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1972-1978

* Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine moved to 1 Kneeland St., Boston 1973

Erling Johansen, D.M.D, D49, Ph.D. (University of Rochester)
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1979-95

Lonnie H. Norris, D.M.D., (Harvard University) M.P.H, (Harvard University), DG80
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1995-2011

Huw F. Thomas, B.D.S.
(University of London), M.S. (University of Rochester), Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
Dean Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 2011-Present

Video biographies of Deans Bibby, Hein, and Shira were made by the International College of Dentists

A video biography of Dean Gavel was made by the Francis Countway Library of Medicine

Video biographies of Deans Calisti, and Johansen were made by the Tufts Dental Alumni Association

Charles B. Millstein D.M.D., M.P.H. 9/22/97