Notable names: African American students, faculty and staff at University of Louisville School of Dentistry

ULSD DMD Students

Harold Rogers Howard
DMD '70
1st African-American Graduate, ULSD

Leon French
DMD '77

Phillip Williams
DMD '77

Madeline Maupin Hicks
DMD '75
1st African American Female Graduate
Current ULSD Faculty

Sherry C. Babbage Melisizwe
DMD '81
Current ULSD Faculty and 2021 ULSD Alumni Fellow

Susie J. Riley
DMD '79

Vernon Graves
DMD '79

Graduate/Specialty Programs

Roycelyn Gray
DMD '91, Endodontics '96
1st African American Graduate of the Postgraduate Endodontics Program

ULSD  Dental Hygiene Program

S. Shelby, RDH &  C. Jackson, RDH
DH  '73 
1st African American Graduates, Dental Hygiene Program, ULSD

Ryan O. Irvine, BSDH, MPH
DH '86 
1st African American Male Graduate, Dental Hygiene Program, ULSD

Linda P. Hart Lewis, EDDA, RDH, BS, MEd, DH Class '85 
1st African American:

• Faculty, Dental Hygiene Program, ULSD '93
• Chair Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ULSD '07
• Professor - Term, Retired, Dental Hygiene Program and ULSD '16 

ULSD Faculty

Gordon D. Mattison, DMD, MS; Endodontist 
1st African American Faculty, ULSD '76, '79-'86

Kathy L. Jefferson, DDS; Endodontist  
1st African American Female Faculty, ULSD Late 80’s

Lamont R. Gholston, DMD, MPH, MSD; Orthodontist
1st African American:

• Faculty, Community Dentistry and practicing Orthodontist, ULSD '80-'85 
• Dental Director, Louisville-Jefferson County Department of Health, (via contract of services with ULSD) '80-'85

ULSD Staff

Rachel Miller Quick, BS, MEd, Class of '04
1st African American Dental Hygiene Academic Advisor, ULSD '05-'15

Audra N. French, MSW; Social Work
1st African AmericanAssistant Director of Student Affairs & Inclusive Equity, ULSD '20-present

Research by L. Hart Lewis, S. Babbage Melisizwe, R. Benningfield, A. French, L. Gholston, R. Gray,  R. Irvine, M. Maupin Hicks, L. O'Hare, R. Quick, F. Williams, February 2022