Dr. Jack Beattie founded our practice in 1964. He is retired now from active patient care but he still acts as a consultant to the practice. Dr. Jack is originally from Bay City, Michigan. He received his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University where he was an All-American swimmer. He then earned his dental degree from the University of Michigan. He received a Master's Degree in Orthodontics from Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) in Cleveland, Ohio. For his master's thesis, Dr. Jack won the prestigious Milo Hellman Research Award, an award given annually by the American Association of Orthodontists for the most significant research in orthodontics conducted that year. A note of interest: Dr. John Beattie also won a research award from the AAO for his graduated thesis, 26 years later. They are the only father-son combination to be so honored. When Dr. Jack completed his orthodontic residency in 1963, the Beattie family (Jack, Ernestine, John, and Jeff, at that time) moved to Orlando. They bought their first house (where Jack and Ernestine still reside) in Winter Park in 1965. John, the oldest son, is an orthodontist who joined the orthodontic practice in 1990. Jeff, the second son, is an oral surgeon practicing in Winter Park and Orlando. Kim, the youngest, is a prosecuting attorney in south Florida. In 2004, Dr. Jack and wife Ernestine will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. Dr. Jack is well known for his competitive swimming. Over the years, he has won many national and world championships and he holds the world record for his age group in the 50 meter backstroke, a mark he set in Tokyo at the Master's World Championships. Dr. Jack is also well known and well appreciated among his dental and orthodontic colleagues for his many years of leadership in organized dentistry on behalf of dentists, orthodontists, and their patients on a local, state, and national level.