Eugenia L. Mobley
Eugenia Mobley, from a 1977 publication
Born	1922 Alabama
Died	May 2, 2011 (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee
Other names	Eugenia Mobley McGinnis
Occupation(s)	Dentist, college administrator

Eugenia Lathy Mobley McGinnis (1922 – May 2, 2011) was an American dentist. She was dean of the dental school and vice-president at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

Early life and education

Mobley was born in Alabama, the daughter of Eugene Mobley and Gussie Dean Mobley. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She earned her bachelor's degree at Tennessee State University in 1943, then earned her dentistry degree at Meharry Medical College in Nashville. ^[4] She further earned a master's degree in public health at the University of Michigan in 1948. ^[5] She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta. ^[6]

Career

Mobley was a dentist and professor of dentistry. From 1948 to 1950, she was director of public health dentistry for the Jefferson County Health Department in Alabama. ^[7] She had a dental practice in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s, while her husband was practicing as a physician at the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee. ^{[8] [9]} In 1978, she became dean of the dental school at Meharry Medical College. ^[10] She was the second woman to head an American dental school, after Jeanne Sinkford at Howard University in 1975. ^{[11] [12] [13]} She later became the medical school's vice president. ^[11] She oversaw Meharry's outreach for oral cancer prevention. ^[7] She was a charter member of the Nashville chapter of The Links. ^[14]

Publications

Mobley's research in public health dentistry ^{[15] [16]} was published in academic journals, including Journal of the American Dental Association ^{[17] [18]} and Journal of Public Health Dentistry. ^{[19] [20]}

• "Dental caries and periodontal conditions among Negro children in Tennessee" (1960, with Martha B. Pointer) ^[21]
• "Some social and economic factors relating to periodontal disease among young Negroes" (1963, with Stanley H. Smith) ^[17]
• "Testing the oral hygiene index; its use in epidemiological studies" (1964) ^[20]
• "Is dental health education the answer?" (1967, with Barbara H. Robinson and Martha B. Pointer) ^[18]
• "Dental program for the chronically ill and aged" (1967) ^[22]
• "Dental status and needs in a poverty‐population of North Nashville, Tennessee" (1969, with Martha B. Pointer) ^[19]
• Dental Hygiene Examination Review: 1060 multiple choice questions and referenced explanatory answers (1969, with Theodore Edward Bolden and Elzer S. Chandler) ^[23]

Personal life and legacy

Eugenia L. Mobley married physician Charles William McGinnis in 1950. ^{[3] [24] [25]} He died in 2002. ^[26] Their son William Eugene McGinnis died in 2003. ^{[27] [28]} She died in 2011, aged 89 years, in Nashville. ^[6] The Mobley/Singleton Lecture program at Meharry is named in honor of Eugenia Mobley and her colleague J. B. Singleton. ^[29]

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