Ray Drum, Penn Dental Medicine

Ray Kenneth Drum, D’60, a dentist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine for more than 30 years, died February 1 at age 82 of complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

Dr. Drum was a graduate of Ursinus College and of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He also earned post-graduate certificates from the University of California and the University of the Pacific.

Dr. Drum joined the Penn faculty in 1960 as an assistant instructor in the School of Dental Medicine. He became an instructor in 1970, working in the department of restorative dentistry. In 1977, he became a clinical associate and in 1981 he became a clinical assistant professor. He held this title until 1990. While at Penn, he researched craniomandibular dysfunction and his work was published in a number of articles in medical and dental journals. He delivered dozens of lectures and papers throughout the United States and in London, Munich and Athens. In addition, he practiced forensic dentistry and served as an expert witness for the Pennsylvania State Police.

Dr. Drum and his wife, Alice, loved traveling and hiking in the British Isles and in 2001, the couple established an award to support summer research there.

He is survived by his wife, Alice; his children and their spouses, Trevor and Jean Drum, Alison and Michael Althouse, Jessica and Eric Lindsey, Greg and Lisa Guise, Brent Guise and Melissa Hess, Richard and Maureen Guise, Robert and Kerstin Guise and Clay and Heather Guise; 14 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Memorial donations can be made to the Ray K. and Alice M. Drum United Kingdom Student Travel Award Fund at Franklin & Marshall College, Box 2004, Lancaster, PA, 17604.