Background information is taken from Dr. Obwegeser's curriculum vitae and correspondence in University archive files. Professor Obwegeser, as dentist and dental educator, has contributed monumentally to the progress of the specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery for thirty-five years. He is unquestionably the most readily recognized name in our surgical specialty throughout the world. His seemingly boundless imagination has brought to common practice several singularly brilliant surgical procedures for the benefit of thousands of patients. His publications attest to his importance in international education over the years and the individual surgeons whom he has touched educationally in one way or another are innumerable. There are several members of the university Dental School faculty who have benefited directory from Professor Obwegeser's teaching. His influence contributed mightily to the establishment of the Dental School Orthognathic Surgery Clinic, a facility which has helped to bring the university's orthodontic graduate program to prominence in the minds of educators throughout the country. The Professor's contributions have for over a decade made up a significant portion of our student lectures in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Professor Obwegeser has earned professional degrees in both dentistry and medicine with specialized training in oral and maxillo-facial surgery, plastic surgery, and general surgery. He has served as Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery in the University of Zurich, Dental School; Professor of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Medial Faculty, University of Zurich. Professor Obwegeser received the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, Department of the Army, U.S. Government; Down Surgical Prize of the British Association of Oral Surgeons; International Facial Plastic Surgery Award of the third International Symposium on Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; First Award for Excellence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School; and Medal of Honor of the Semmelweis-Medicine University, Budapest, Hungary. He has served as President of the European Association of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, and President of the German Society for Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Commencement, University of Detroit, School of Dentistry, May 26, 1985.