Dr. Paul W. Goaz was a dentist, a professor, the author of two textbooks and a forensic pathologist who worked to identify countless people, from plane-crash victims to the Sundance Kid.
"This guy had pretty good oral hygiene," Dr. Goaz noted in a 1992 Dallas Morning News article about his efforts to identify remains that might have been the Sundance Kid's. "He took pretty good care of his teeth."
Helping identify the body of Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, 84 years after the outlaw was believed to have been gunned down in Bolivia was just one event in Dr. Goaz's varied life.
The professor emeritus at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas died Tuesday at Baylor University Medical Center of complications of a bone marrow disorder. He was 73.
Dr. Goaz will be buried Thursday morning in a private ceremony at Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis . A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Baylor University Medical Center's Beasley Auditorium.
During his career, Dr. Goaz taught, wrote and was in private practice. As the forensic odontologist for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago, he was called in to identify the body of Mike Todd, Elizabeth Taylor's husband, after it had been exhumed, said his wife, Virginia Goaz of Dallas.
Dr. Goaz was a definite type A personality who loved dentistry, she said. He even donated his time to Baylor College of Dentistry after his 1991 retirement. Although he was seriously ill, he continued to help students in the diagnostic science laboratory, a school spokesman said. He last visited the dental school about two weeks ago.
A native of Lafayette, Ind., Dr. Goaz moved to Tulsa, Okla., after elementary school. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and mathematics from what was then Oklahoma A&M University in Stillwater. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Dr. Goaz earned his degree in dentistry at Loyola University in Chicago in 1950 and a master's in microbiology from the University of Chicago in 1953.
From 1954 to 1971, he taught and did research at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He operated a private practice and was a staff dentist for a community hospital and nursing home in Buffalo, Okla.
He then returned to Chicago, where he taught at Loyola and was dental officer for the Federal Aviation Administration and a forensic odontologist for Cook County.
In 1977, he moved to Dallas to teach at Baylor.
His textbooks are still in use and have been translated into several languages.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Goaz is survived by two daughters, Mary Ellen Hecox of Aledo, Texas, and Karan Ann Wensowitch of Carrollton; a brother, Harry Goaz of Gore, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Wycliffe Bible Translators or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Dallas Morning News
September 28, 1995
"This guy had pretty good oral hygiene," Dr. Goaz noted in a 1992 Dallas Morning News article about his efforts to identify remains that might have been the Sundance Kid's. "He took pretty good care of his teeth."
Helping identify the body of Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, 84 years after the outlaw was believed to have been gunned down in Bolivia was just one event in Dr. Goaz's varied life.
The professor emeritus at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas died Tuesday at Baylor University Medical Center of complications of a bone marrow disorder. He was 73.
Dr. Goaz will be buried Thursday morning in a private ceremony at Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis . A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Baylor University Medical Center's Beasley Auditorium.
During his career, Dr. Goaz taught, wrote and was in private practice. As the forensic odontologist for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago, he was called in to identify the body of Mike Todd, Elizabeth Taylor's husband, after it had been exhumed, said his wife, Virginia Goaz of Dallas.
Dr. Goaz was a definite type A personality who loved dentistry, she said. He even donated his time to Baylor College of Dentistry after his 1991 retirement. Although he was seriously ill, he continued to help students in the diagnostic science laboratory, a school spokesman said. He last visited the dental school about two weeks ago.
A native of Lafayette, Ind., Dr. Goaz moved to Tulsa, Okla., after elementary school. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and mathematics from what was then Oklahoma A&M University in Stillwater. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Dr. Goaz earned his degree in dentistry at Loyola University in Chicago in 1950 and a master's in microbiology from the University of Chicago in 1953.
From 1954 to 1971, he taught and did research at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He operated a private practice and was a staff dentist for a community hospital and nursing home in Buffalo, Okla.
He then returned to Chicago, where he taught at Loyola and was dental officer for the Federal Aviation Administration and a forensic odontologist for Cook County.
In 1977, he moved to Dallas to teach at Baylor.
His textbooks are still in use and have been translated into several languages.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Goaz is survived by two daughters, Mary Ellen Hecox of Aledo, Texas, and Karan Ann Wensowitch of Carrollton; a brother, Harry Goaz of Gore, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Wycliffe Bible Translators or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Dallas Morning News
September 28, 1995
Dr. Paul W. Goaz was a dentist, a professor, the author of two textbooks and a forensic pathologist who worked to identify countless people, from plane-crash victims to the Sundance Kid.
"This guy had pretty good oral hygiene," Dr. Goaz noted in a 1992 Dallas Morning News article about his efforts to identify remains that might have been the Sundance Kid's. "He took pretty good care of his teeth."
Helping identify the body of Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, 84 years after the outlaw was believed to have been gunned down in Bolivia was just one event in Dr. Goaz's varied life.
The professor emeritus at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas died Tuesday at Baylor University Medical Center of complications of a bone marrow disorder. He was 73.
Dr. Goaz will be buried Thursday morning in a private ceremony at Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis . A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Baylor University Medical Center's Beasley Auditorium.
During his career, Dr. Goaz taught, wrote and was in private practice. As the forensic odontologist for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago, he was called in to identify the body of Mike Todd, Elizabeth Taylor's husband, after it had been exhumed, said his wife, Virginia Goaz of Dallas.
Dr. Goaz was a definite type A personality who loved dentistry, she said. He even donated his time to Baylor College of Dentistry after his 1991 retirement. Although he was seriously ill, he continued to help students in the diagnostic science laboratory, a school spokesman said. He last visited the dental school about two weeks ago.
A native of Lafayette, Ind., Dr. Goaz moved to Tulsa, Okla., after elementary school. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and mathematics from what was then Oklahoma A&M University in Stillwater. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Dr. Goaz earned his degree in dentistry at Loyola University in Chicago in 1950 and a master's in microbiology from the University of Chicago in 1953.
From 1954 to 1971, he taught and did research at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He operated a private practice and was a staff dentist for a community hospital and nursing home in Buffalo, Okla.
He then returned to Chicago, where he taught at Loyola and was dental officer for the Federal Aviation Administration and a forensic odontologist for Cook County.
In 1977, he moved to Dallas to teach at Baylor.
His textbooks are still in use and have been translated into several languages.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Goaz is survived by two daughters, Mary Ellen Hecox of Aledo, Texas, and Karan Ann Wensowitch of Carrollton; a brother, Harry Goaz of Gore, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Wycliffe Bible Translators or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Dallas Morning News
September 28, 1995
"This guy had pretty good oral hygiene," Dr. Goaz noted in a 1992 Dallas Morning News article about his efforts to identify remains that might have been the Sundance Kid's. "He took pretty good care of his teeth."
Helping identify the body of Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, 84 years after the outlaw was believed to have been gunned down in Bolivia was just one event in Dr. Goaz's varied life.
The professor emeritus at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas died Tuesday at Baylor University Medical Center of complications of a bone marrow disorder. He was 73.
Dr. Goaz will be buried Thursday morning in a private ceremony at Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis . A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Baylor University Medical Center's Beasley Auditorium.
During his career, Dr. Goaz taught, wrote and was in private practice. As the forensic odontologist for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Chicago, he was called in to identify the body of Mike Todd, Elizabeth Taylor's husband, after it had been exhumed, said his wife, Virginia Goaz of Dallas.
Dr. Goaz was a definite type A personality who loved dentistry, she said. He even donated his time to Baylor College of Dentistry after his 1991 retirement. Although he was seriously ill, he continued to help students in the diagnostic science laboratory, a school spokesman said. He last visited the dental school about two weeks ago.
A native of Lafayette, Ind., Dr. Goaz moved to Tulsa, Okla., after elementary school. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and mathematics from what was then Oklahoma A&M University in Stillwater. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Dr. Goaz earned his degree in dentistry at Loyola University in Chicago in 1950 and a master's in microbiology from the University of Chicago in 1953.
From 1954 to 1971, he taught and did research at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He operated a private practice and was a staff dentist for a community hospital and nursing home in Buffalo, Okla.
He then returned to Chicago, where he taught at Loyola and was dental officer for the Federal Aviation Administration and a forensic odontologist for Cook County.
In 1977, he moved to Dallas to teach at Baylor.
His textbooks are still in use and have been translated into several languages.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Goaz is survived by two daughters, Mary Ellen Hecox of Aledo, Texas, and Karan Ann Wensowitch of Carrollton; a brother, Harry Goaz of Gore, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Wycliffe Bible Translators or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Dallas Morning News
September 28, 1995
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