IRWIN MARCUS STERNBERG, D. D. S. Dr. Irwin Marcus Sternberg, engaged in the practice of dentistry in Fort Smith, where he was born in 1882, is a son of M. and Sarah (Oppenheimer) Sternberg. The father came .to this city in 1881 from Ozark, Arkansas, having previously resided in that city for six years, while prior to 1875 he made his home in Illinois. Dr. Sternberg is the youngest of a family of four children. He was reared in Fort Smith and was graduated from the city high school with the class of 1900. He later attended the Washington University at St. Louis, in which he pursued his professional course, being graduated therefrom in 1907 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then returned to his native city for practice and opened an office here. His success from the outset has been continuous and his life stands in contradiction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for in the city of his nativity Dr. Sternberg ranks with the ablest, having probably the largest dental practice here. Moreover, his high professional standing among his colleagues and contemporaries is indicated in the fact that in 1908 he was elected secretary of the Arkansas State Dental Association and by reelection was continued in that position until 1913. He was elected a member of the Arkansas state board of dental examiners in 1913, his incumbency in the position continuing until 1924 and from 1913 until 1919 he served as secretary of the board. In 1910 he organized the local dental society and became its first president, while in 1915 he organized the Northwest Arkansas Dental Society and was made its first president, continuing in the position for two years. He not only holds to the highest standards .of the profession himself but seeks to advance efficiency in dental practice at all times and his work has been a stimulant to the efforts of others. He was the preliminary dental examiner of western Arkansas and of eastern Oklahoma. Dr. Sternberg was married to Miss Bertha Levinson, a daughter of M. P. Levinson, formerly of Kansas City but now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Sternberg have twin daughters, Ione and Leone, six years of age. During the World war Dr. Sternberg was secretary of the local advisory board of Crawford, Sebastian and Scott counties and did most efficient work to further those activities which were the support of the government and constituted the home defense back of the firing lines on the western front.