In Memoriam Am. J. Odtod. Dentqfnc Onhop.
Juiy 1989
Barnett Braude Cecil C. Steiner
orthodontist at the Northwestern Dental School in 1936. found. He wiil be sorely missed.He is survived by his
In 1937, he began his practice in Johannesburg. wife Sylvia, their children, Wendy and Peter, and six
It took several lean and discouraging years for him grandchildren.
to become establishedas an orthodontist. During this R. G. Melville
time (19381, he had the good fortune to meetProf. Milo
Hellman from New York, who happenedto be visiting
South Africa. Prof. Hellman encouraged him to per-
severesince he had encountered similar difficulties be- Cecil C. Steiner (X396-_1
coming establishedas one of the first orthodontists in
New York City in 1902. Dr. Braude did persevereand
from 1940 onward, until his retirement in 1972, his Cecil C. Steiner was born June 4, 1896, in Cuca-
practice thrived. monga, Calif. His father, Emil Steiner, moved to the
Barnett Braude undoubtedly was the father of ortho- Imperial Valley in 1904to homesteada farm near Braw-
dontics in South Africa. He was instrumental in estab- ley. Cecil rode horsesto and from school and played
lishing a specialists’register in 1948, and was the prime clarinet in the Brawley High School band.
mover in the formation of the South African Society of On graduation from high school, he entered the
Orthodontists in 1964. He persuadedhis friend Cecil University of California at Berkeley. He commuted be-
Steiner to cometo South Africa asthe first guestlecturer tween Berkeley and Brawley on one of the first Harley
of the Society in 1966, the first of a long line of eminent Davidson motorcycles. He attended the University of
teachersand clinicians to visit the country. This policy California School of Dentistry, graduated, and began
of inviting guest lecturers every year is continued to his dental practice in Los Angeles. He soon became
the present day. interested in orthodontics and was admitted to the Ed-
Dr. Barnett’s particular interest was cleft lip and ward H. Angle School of Orthodontics in Pasadena.
palate orthodontics. After he retired from private prac- Dr. Steiner was a mastertechnician, a philosopher,
tice, he returned to Cape Town where he established a thinker, and an innovator. He developedand perfected
the Cleft Lip and Palate Unit at the Tygerberg Hospital. the modern edgewise bracket, the tie-pliers for liga-
FIe served this unit in a part-time capacity until a few tures, and the Steiner cephalometric analysis. He lec-
days before his death, full of enthusiasmto the end. tured often and wrote many articles on his analysis. He
Dr. Braude was a true pioneer whose influence on taught at the University of Southern California from
the profession of orthodontics in South Africa was pro- 1960 until 1976. He loved and respectedhis students.
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This admiration and respect were returned to him by Dr. Steiner is survived by his son Donald Steiner
the students, faculty, colleagues, and friends. Dr. Stei- of Seattle, Wash., 11 grandchildren, 12 great-
ner was instrumental in starting the USC Orthodontic grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren, He will
I’rogram with Harry L. Dougherty in 1960. be mourned and missed by those to whom he gave so
For his contribution to their education, the alumni much and by the profession and his individual col-
dedicated the USC Orthodontic Library in his name in leagues for his contributions to the science and art of
1970. orthodontics.
Dr. Steiner leaves to the orthodontic profession a Harry Dougherty, MS, DL?S
Iegacy for technical perfection, critical thinking, and School of Dentistry
the concept of uniting biomechanics with achievable University oj Southern California
goals. He was the recipient of many distinguished Los Angeles, Calif.
awards from universities, component AA0 societies,
study groups, and foundations. In 1968, he received
the Ketchum Award.
