Background
Schaaf, Royal Albert was born on March 28, 1892 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Son of Rudolph George and Susan Maria (Doud) Schaaf.
Schaaf, Royal Albert was born on March 28, 1892 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Son of Rudolph George and Susan Maria (Doud) Schaaf.
Doctor of Medicine New York University, 1913. Doctor of Science, Rutgers University, 1956. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Bloomfield College and Seminary, 1957.
Intern, resident Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1913-1915. Practice medicine, 1916, specializing surgery, Newark, since 1919. Trustee, Chairman of the Board United Hospitals Newark.
Consulting surgeon Saint Barnabas Hospital Women and Children, Newark, Saint Mary's Hospital, Orange, New Jersey.
Member senior staff Harrison South. Martland Medical Center, Babies Hospital, Coit Memorial, Presbyterian Hospital. (all Newark); Chairman of the Board Medical-Surgical Plan of New Jersey.
President Medical Service Administration of New Jersey. Public director Prudential Insurance Company American, 1953-1962.
Member of state board of medical examiners New Jersey, 1940-1960.
Trustee New York University. Trustee New Jersey division American Cancer Society.
Served as captain Medical Corps, United States Army, World War I. American College of Surgeons fellow, Academy Medicine of New Jersey (past president), Medical Society of New Jersey (past president). Member Society Surgeons of New Jersey (past president), Essex County Medical Society (past president), Master of Arts A., Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association.
Married Helen Devore Thomas, January 1, 1917. Children: Royal Sommer (Doctor of Medicine), Kate Coleman (Mistress Perry J. Culver).