| Grace Rogers Spalding | |
| Birth Date: | 1881 |
| Death Date: | January 7, 1953 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Spouse: | Edward B. Spalding |
Grace Rogers Spalding (1881-January 7, 1953) co-founded the American Academy of Oral Prophylaxis and Periodontology (now the American Academy of Periodontology) in 1914.[1] In 1923, she served as the academy's second female president.[2]
Grace Rogers graduated from the University of Michigan in 1904.[3] She spent an additional year there in postgraduate work from 1904–1905, at the behest of her future husband, dentist Edward B. Spalding.[4] [5]
In 1905, Grace Rogers and Edward Spalding opened a private practice in preventative dentistry in Detroit, Michigan.[5] The two married in 1910 and later had one child.[6]
With Gillette Hayden, she founded the American Academy of Oral Prophylaxis and Periodontology. Rogers Spalding was the first editor of the Journal of Periodontology from 1933 to 1949.[2] In 1950, she was one of the first four women elected to the American College of Dentists.[6] She held several leadership roles in periodontology at a state, national, and international level.[6]