Dean's Bowls for Reunion Classes

Boxton Bowl

Charles Boxton, founding trustee and first dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, served the School from 1896 until 1923.  During Boxton’s long tenure the School outgrew its original location at 818 Howard Street.  The new building on Fourteenth Street between Mission and Valencia was dedicated in 1899 and rebuilt following the 1906 earthquake.

The Boxton Bowl honors the class presenting the largest reunion gift.

Sloman Bowl

Ernest G. Sloman ’21, affectionately known as “Uncle Ernie,” served as dean from 1938 until 1951.  Cheerful and gregarious, a raconteur, an avid golfer, and a lover of poker and bridge, Sloman guided the School through the World War II years.  In response to the wartime need for dentists, he instituted a year-round, three-year program in 1942. While he is noted for encouraging research, perhaps Sloman’s most enduring legacy was creating a sense of P&S as family.

The Sloman Bowl honors the class with the highest percentage attending the reunion.

Tocchini Bowl

In 1952 John J. Tocchini ’37, a passionate sailor and part-time faculty member, took over as dean following the untimely death of Dean Frank Inskipp.  Tocchini immediately set two goals, university affiliation and a modern building, and achieved both.  In 1962 P&S merged with University of the Pacific, and the former P&S board took on fundraising for the new building.  Tocchini’s Filling-a-Month Club became the P&S Club, and later, the Pacific Dental Education Foundation.  Contributions were generous, and the School broke ground for the new building on Webster Street in 1965.

The Tocchini Bowl honors the class with the highest percentage of members participating in the reunion gift.

Redig Bowl

Dale Redig, a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, took the helm in 1969, the Summer of Love, and steered the School through the turbulent years until 1978.  Known for both sensitivity and a steel will, Redig is credited with “turning the ship” by putting in place the humanistic model that is one of Pacific’s hallmarks.  While Redig encouraged many innovations—the comprehensive patient care model, central sterilization and instrument supply, community outreach—the most revolutionary was the creation of the new three-year curriculum.

The Redig Bowl recognizes the class with the highest percentage of members in the Dean’s Circle of the Dean’s Fund for Excellence.

Dugoni Bowl

Innovative, a superb communicator and a charismatic leader, Arthur A. Dugoni ’48 has been described as a dentist’s dentist.  He became dean in 1978 and brought a commitment to excellence and a sense of pride and passion for the School and its people. Over the next 28 years Dugoni brought humanism to full realization by investing in people, encouraging them to excel, and creating an atmosphere of mutual respect among students, faculty, staff and patients.  In addition to recruiting exceptional educators, staff and students, Dugoni has been an outstanding steward of the School’s capital resources.  Throughout his tenure he has championed the creation of endowments to secure the School’s financial future.

The Dugoni Bowl recognizes the class with the highest percentage of members in the Endowment and Legacy Society.