Frederick Moorehead was born in 1875 in
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, son of James Walter Moorehead and Mary Jane Brown. He graduated from
Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1899 and from
Rush Medical College in 1905. During his administration as dean (1913–1924), the college pioneered the use of electrically driven equipment, and entrance requirements were toughened to allow more time for advanced science training instead of teaching basic skills. As professor and head of the Department of Oral and
Plastic Surgery from 1913-1944, Moorehead was senior author of the textbook
Pathology of the Mouth and many research articles, and made advances in reconstructive surgery. In the summer of 1921, Moorehead, along with Henry Sage Dunning of New York and
Truman W. Brophy, met in Chicago to organize the 1st association in North America of specialists in what would come to be known as plastic surgery. He also found time to serve on the staff of four other medical facilities, and maintain a private practice. Moorehead died at
Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago on August 29, 1944. ==References==