Juliann Bluitt Foster, DDS (First Woman President of Chicago Dental Society, First Woman and African American President of American College of Dentists)

First Woman President of Chicago Dental Society, First Woman and African American President of American College of Dentists

Juliann Bluitt Foster (1938-2019) received her bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1958 and her dental degree from Howard in 1962. She joined the Northwestern faculty in 1967 and was affiliated with the dental school until its closure in 2001, retiring as professor emerita. She served as president of the Chicago Dental Society, the first woman to hold the position, from 1992 to 1993. In 1993, she became first woman and African American president of the American College of Dentists. For 28 years, until retiring in 2008, she served on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.