Baylor College of Dentistry’s Centennial Celebration is chaired by two outstanding alums, Dr. Robert V. Walker and Dr. Frank Higginbottom.

Walker, a 1947 BCD graduate, is professor emeritus in the division of oral and maxillofacial surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.  He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors for the American Trauma Society, vice chairman of the board of directors for the Baylor Oral Health Foundation, secretary of the board of trustees for the Texas Dental Foundation and trustee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Foundation. Walker is a member of both the Texas A&M University’s President’s Council of Advisors and the Chancellor’s Century Council and is active in numerous organizations including the Dallas County Dental Society, Texas Dental Association and the American Dental Association.

A 1971 graduate of BCD, Higginbottom is in private practice and serves as associate professor in both oral and maxillofacial surgery and graduate prosthodontics at BCD. He also is associate professor of periodontology at the University of Texas at San Antonio dental school. He serves on the Baylor Craniofacial Deformities Team, the Advisory Committee to the president of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center and the board of directors for the Baylor College of Dentistry Alumni Association.

Higginbottom is a member of the Dallas County Dental Society, Texas Dental Association, American Dental Association, Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry, Academy of Osseointegration, International Team for Implantology, American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry and American Academy of Periodontology. He is a fellow of the American College of Dentists.