Ruth Ragland -- 85, the longtime chairman...
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Ruth Ragland -- 85, the longtime chairman of USC’s department of dental hygiene, died Tuesday at a hospital in Camarillo. Ragland, who earned her bachelor’s in dental hygiene at USC in 1957, became department chairwoman in 1958 and served until she retired in 1984.
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