E. Lloyd Du Brul

E. Lloyd Du Brul (1909 to 1996) was an anatomist, physical anthropologist and dental educator who developed the study of the biomechanics of the head and neck. He earned his dental degree at New York University in 1937 and later a master's degree and a doctorate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was professor emeritus at the College of Dentistry and founded its Department of Oral Anatomy, which he headed from 1964 to 1977. With Harry Sicher he wrote Sicher's and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy, regarded as a definitive text and published in five languages. He taught that in biomechanics function follows form, applying mechanics and engineering to the movement of the jaw and skull. In the Second World War he served in Europe with the United States Army 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group and led a team that handled over 500 face repairs under fire. He also collected and prepared skeletal specimens for teaching over fifty years.