The bronze figure is mounted on a granite bench-like base. Hibbard (1881-1955), who produced over 70 works of permanent sculpture throughout the nation, including the Carter Harrison Monument in Chicago's Union Park, portrays Black as a distinguished looking man, seated, with a book propped on his knee. He invented the dental drill, used nitrous oxide for extracting teeth without causing pain and developed a method for filling cavities that is still used today. Black, who grew up on a farm near Winchester, Illinois, is credited with making important contributions to the dental profession. Donated by the National Dental Association and installed in 1918, the stature honors Black (1836-1915), the first dean of Northwestern University's dental school, which graduated my father. ![]() Located at 37 East North Avenue, on the north side of the street on an axis with Astor Street, in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood, across the street from the residence of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, the sculpture was produced by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard, a disciple of renowned Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft. ![]() "The father of modern dentistry," says the inscription on the monument. I know who Greene Vardiman Black was because my father, a dentist with 50 years of experience, once pointed out his statue in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
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