In Memoriam
MICHAEL T. POTTER
Michael “Mike” T. Potter, DDS, MS, died July 10, 2024, after battling progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurodegenerative condition. Potter was a board-certified prosthodontist who served 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring at the rank of colonel. After leaving the military, Potter continued his career with a geriatric fellowship at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital and went into private practice. Potter joined the faculty at the School of Dentistry as a clinical associate professor teaching prosthodontics to dental students for over 17 years. Potter earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a residency in prosthodontics at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, formerly known as Wilford Hall Medical Center, at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
GLENN R. WALTERS
Glenn R. Walters, DDS, died Aug. 23, 2024, at the age of 88. Walters, known as the founding father of the endodontics department, had trained every dental student in the school’s doctoral program from 1971 to his retirement in 2020. During those 49 years, the associate professor of endodontics primarily worked with predoctoral students as a lecturer and lab coordinator and covered the predoctoral clinic. Walters began his dental career as a dental assistant while in the U.S. Air Force. He then received his dental degree from The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston in 1966. During his acceptance of the American Association of Endodontists’ Calvin D. Torneck Part-Time Educator Award in 2019, Walters credited the success of his career to Carol, his beloved wife of more than 63 years.
