The term myofunctional therapy was coined by B. E. Lisher in 1934 to identify the contributions made by Alfred I’. Rogers1 whose era prevailed from 1918 through the 1930s. Rogers had been one of Angle’s first students, and he was the first orthodontist in Boston. He was a well-educated, recognized scholar with a charming personality. He was president of the American Society of Orthodontists in 1911, and he continued to be active in Society functions throughout his life. He was an associate professor of orthodontics at Harvard, a director of the Harvard-Forsyth Postgraduate School of Orthodontia, and president of the New York Society of Orthodontists in 1935.2

Rogers had the respect of the American Society of Orthodontists and was given the podium at the annual meetings for many years-Chicago in 1918,3 Atlantic City in 1921,1 Atlanta in 1925,” Chicago in 192’7,” Buffalo in 1928,’ Estes Park, Colorado, in 1929,” and Los Angeles in 1938.!’ He also spoke before the Pacific Coast Society in 1923, lo the New York Society of Orthodontists in 1934ll and 1935,‘” and the European Orthodontological Society in 192913 and again in 1930.”

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Lloyd L. Cottingham, DDS

This article originally appeared in American Journal of Orthodontics