W W Samuell High School - Torch Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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DR. W. W. SAMUELL Dr. W. W. Samuell was born January 13, 1879, in Georgetown, Kentucky. He came with his parents to Texas in 1880. He attended the Dallas Public Schools. He returned to Georgetown to attend Georgetown University. Dr. Samuell took his medical training at Tulane University and interned at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He began his practice of medicine in Dallas in 1901. He established the Samuell Clinic in 1912. During his career as a physician, Dr. Samuell became known as one of the most noted surgeons of this country. Dr. Samuell kept himself well-informed of the advances made in the medical world. He supplemented his medical training in the United States with study in Germany, Austria, and England. Dr. Samuell was known and loved for his charity to his patients. He took care of the surgical cases from Buckner Orphans Home. Dr. Samuell ap- preciated this opportunity of doing a benevolent service for the children at the Home. The Samuell Clinic has continued this service to the present time. As a business man, Dr. Samuell proved to be very astute. He had remarkable foresight concerning the future expansion of Dallas and invested in property with the realization that its value would increase with the years. He left millions in property and money to the Park Board of Dallas. The property which he bequeathed to the city is now worth ten times the amount for which it was appraised at the time of his death. The land which is now Samuell Park was owned by the eminent physician. Samuell Boulevard was named for him, and now the new senior high school on Bruton Road has been named the W. W. Samuell High School in his honor. Dr. Samuell was a Mason and a Shriner. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Dallas Southern Clinical Society, the Dallas County Medical Association, the Texas State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Samuell died on December 13, 1937.