Dr. Stanley Schwartz
1921 – 2008
Obituary: "Stanley Schwartz Obituary
Published by Legacy Remembers from Jan. 19 to Jan. 22, 2008.
GLOUCESTER — Dr. Stanley M. Schwartz, 87, husband of the late Janet H. (Berk) Schwartz, of Gloucester, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008.
Dr. Schwartz is survived by his son, Harold J. Schwartz and his wife Mary of Ipswich; one grandchild, Matthew Schwartz of Ipswich; and a sister, Audrey Edwards of Boston.
Stanley was born on Jan. 8, 1921, in Boston, the son of Harold and Sayde (Abrams) Schwartz.
Once graduating from Thayer Academy, he furthered his studies at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, graduating and then continued at Tufts U. in the field of dental medicine. This opened an opportunity for him that would last a lifetime.
His discovery of unknown growths that had formed in the mouth, led to an indicator of the AIDS virus. He also worked on the initiation of bite mark evidence that helped provide its pathway into the courtroom as evidence. He worked on many high profile local and national murder cases using procedures that he had perfected. This led to appointment, by Governor Michael Dukakis, in 1975, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Forensic Dental Examiner, the first one in the country, for a seven year period. At the end of this period he continued to be reinstated every seven years.
While working in his office in 1985, he developed a nation wide dental impression program involving children. Dr. Schwartz worked tirelessly with the State Police and Law Enforcement community, involving children who were murder victims of child abuse. This program helped to classify bite marks as courtroom evidence in defense of those children.
Stanley was an associate professor of Oral Pathology and Head of the Division on Oral Diagnosis at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, a lecturer in Oral Pathology at the School of Dental Medicine of Harvard University, a diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Odontology and the American Board of Oral Medicine, the past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Dental Radiology and the American Academy of Oral Pathology. He was also on the Admissions Board for Tufts Dental School.
In the 1970s he was a hockey coach for the Brookline Town Team and intramural teams.
In 1980 he was published in Modern Legal Medicine Psychiatry and Forensic Science, among other papers, journal and periodicals.
He spent 20 years in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Gloucester Station, and received a medal for years served. During his time there he became a liaison between the U.S.C.G. and the U.S.C.G. Academy in New London, Conn., for the mentoring program, for acceptance into the academy.
He was a champion for the campaign to save Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester and was a passionate jazz aficionado, having thousands of records. He had several boats through the years, all named "JASTHAR". The name was an acronym for his family."
Published by Legacy Remembers from Jan. 19 to Jan. 22, 2008.
GLOUCESTER — Dr. Stanley M. Schwartz, 87, husband of the late Janet H. (Berk) Schwartz, of Gloucester, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008.
Dr. Schwartz is survived by his son, Harold J. Schwartz and his wife Mary of Ipswich; one grandchild, Matthew Schwartz of Ipswich; and a sister, Audrey Edwards of Boston.
Stanley was born on Jan. 8, 1921, in Boston, the son of Harold and Sayde (Abrams) Schwartz.
Once graduating from Thayer Academy, he furthered his studies at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, graduating and then continued at Tufts U. in the field of dental medicine. This opened an opportunity for him that would last a lifetime.
His discovery of unknown growths that had formed in the mouth, led to an indicator of the AIDS virus. He also worked on the initiation of bite mark evidence that helped provide its pathway into the courtroom as evidence. He worked on many high profile local and national murder cases using procedures that he had perfected. This led to appointment, by Governor Michael Dukakis, in 1975, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Forensic Dental Examiner, the first one in the country, for a seven year period. At the end of this period he continued to be reinstated every seven years.
While working in his office in 1985, he developed a nation wide dental impression program involving children. Dr. Schwartz worked tirelessly with the State Police and Law Enforcement community, involving children who were murder victims of child abuse. This program helped to classify bite marks as courtroom evidence in defense of those children.
Stanley was an associate professor of Oral Pathology and Head of the Division on Oral Diagnosis at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, a lecturer in Oral Pathology at the School of Dental Medicine of Harvard University, a diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Odontology and the American Board of Oral Medicine, the past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Dental Radiology and the American Academy of Oral Pathology. He was also on the Admissions Board for Tufts Dental School.
In the 1970s he was a hockey coach for the Brookline Town Team and intramural teams.
In 1980 he was published in Modern Legal Medicine Psychiatry and Forensic Science, among other papers, journal and periodicals.
He spent 20 years in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Gloucester Station, and received a medal for years served. During his time there he became a liaison between the U.S.C.G. and the U.S.C.G. Academy in New London, Conn., for the mentoring program, for acceptance into the academy.
He was a champion for the campaign to save Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester and was a passionate jazz aficionado, having thousands of records. He had several boats through the years, all named "JASTHAR". The name was an acronym for his family."
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