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Leung, S. Wah
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Dates of existence
1918-1989
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S. Wah Leung was born in China. He received his early education in Canada and attended UBC as a student from 1937 to 1939. After graduating from McGill University in 1943, he completed a Ph.D. in physiology at the University of Rochester (1950). From 1951 to 1960, he was associated with the Pittsburgh School of Dentistry. In 1961, Leung moved to the University of California and then to UBC in 1962 to become the first Dean of Dentistry. He retired in 1973.
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Dean of Denistry.
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UBCA-ARC-AUTH-634