Aina M. Meierovics, DDS, DMD, One of the First Women Graduates

Aina M. Meierovics, DDS, DMD, was born in 1920 in Riga, Latvia. She earned her DDS from the University of Latvia and had a German dental degree before coming to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In 1952, she was accepted to HSDM and graduated alongside Aina M. Auskaps as the first woman to graduate from HSDM. According to her entry in the 1955 HSDM yearbook, Dr. Meierovics was married to G.I. Meierovics and planned for general practice after she graduated.*

*Little is known about her subsequent career, and we would be grateful for any leads that readers may have.