1957
Receives a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry.
1961
Earns a Certificate of Completion in advanced dentistry from U.S. Army Institute of Dental Research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
1963
Completes the Army Medical Department Officers Career Course at the Medical Field Service School of Brooke Army Medical Center.
1969
Receives a Certificate in Periodontology and a Master of Science in Dentistry from Baylor College of Dentistry.
1975
Receives Specialty Board Certification by the American Board of Periodontology.
1980
Becomes licensed in the state of Oregon.
1984
Becomes a professor of periodontics at the Stomatology Center of the Texas A&M College of Dentistry.
1985
Receives Specialty Board Certification by the American Board of Oral Medicine.
1985
Receives the Geriatric Dental Health Award from the American Dental Association.
1987
Becomes Extraordinary Professor of Graduate Periodontics at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico.
1991
Serves as chair of the Southwest Society of Periodontists.
2001
Becomes a fellow of the American Academy of Periodontology and receives the Gies Award from the American Dental Association.
2002
Serves as chair of the American Board of Periodontology.
2005
Named Distinguished Periodontal Alumnus by Baylor College of Dentistry.
2006
Serves as a consultant for the American Board of Dental Examiners.
2010
Becomes a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation.
2013
Receives the Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award from the American Academy of Periodontology.
2016
Serves as host of the International Pemphigus/Pemphigold Foundation Annual Session in Austin, Texas.
2017
Becomes Professor Emeritus of Periodontics at Texas A&M Health Science Center.
2018
The Terry Rees Endowed Chair in Stomatology is established by Texas A & M University and the College of Dentistry.