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Penn Connects > Campus Master Plan
A Vision for the FutureTransformative Gift Benefits Penn Dental Medicine
April 24, 2007The School of Dental Medicine will use the largest gift in its history — a bequest from Dr. Louis Schoenleber, Jr., C'42, D'43 — to strengthen its already acclaimed program in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
To date, the School has received over $8 million from this bequest — $2.1 million to endow the Schoenleber Chair and an additional $6 million to support the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In time, the gift, estimated to "exceed" $12 million after final distribution, will fund a range of departmental needs, including research, facilities, endowed chairs, continuing education, new technology and equipment.
Dr. Schoenleber, who died in January 2005 at the age of 84, began planning his bequest after attending his 50th reunion in 1993. Dr. Peter Quinn, D'74, GD'78, the first Louis Schoenleber Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, says that Dr. Schoenleber, a pioneer in the field, "loved oral surgery and the dual degree program at Penn seemed to fulfill his dreams of what should happen in this specialty."
After graduating from Penn Dental Medicine in December 1943, Dr. Schoenleber served in World War II, completing active duty in 1946 and fulfilling the remainder of his naval service commitment on the staff of the Brooklyn Naval Hospital. He practiced oral surgery for 35 years in Ridgewood, N.J. A special display in the Henry Schein Atrium of the Robert Schattner Center recognizes Dr. Schoenleber. The display includes documents and memorabilia from throughout his career and time at Penn.