Russell Kittleson, DDS, a key leader in starting the orthodontics program at Milwaukee-based Marquette University, died Nov. 5 at age 92.
Dr. Kittleson spent 65 years as an adjunct professor at the Marquette University School of Dentistry. He began teaching at the university in 1960 and the dental school debuted its graduate orthodontics program in 1962, according to a Nov. 9 news release from Marquette University.
Throughout his career in dentistry, he served as president of the Wisconsin Society of Orthodontists, the Marquette University Dental Alumni Association and the Midwest Component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists.
Dr. Kittleson received Marquette’s Distinguished Alumnus in Dentistry Award in 1997 and the School of Dentistry’s Part-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006. The Russell Kittleson Endowed Professorship in Orthodontics was established in his name.
He also co-founded Kittleson Orthodontics, a dental practice in Mequon, Wis., which is led today by his son, John Kittleson, DDS, the release said.
