Sam A. Nixon

Background

Nixon, Sam A. was born on June 28, 1927 in Galveston, Texas, United States. Son of Sam A. and Margaret Emory (Sandel) Nixon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, University Texas, Galveston, 1950.

Career

Intern, Fordham Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1950-1951; private practice, Nixon, Texas, 1954-1962; private practice, Floresville, Texas, 1962-1977; professor department family practice and community medicine, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1977; director continuing education, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1977-1992; associate network medical director, Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas, Houston, 1992-1994.

Achievements

• Sam A. Nixon has been listed as a noteworthy insurance company medical executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman treatment and research Houston Crackdown, 1990-1994. Captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1950-1954, Japan, Korea. Member American Medical Association (chairman council on medical education 1991-1993), American Social Health Association (board directors), State Medical Education Board (chairman), Texas Medical Association (president 1991-1992, C. Frank Webber M.D. award 1990), Harris County Medical Society (president 1989), American Academy of Family Physicians (president 1980-1981).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hughes, June 22, 1950. Children: Margaret Alice, Emilie Elizabeth Nixon Carrell, Janice Erin Nixon Mott, Dorothy Hughes Nixon Robinson.

Father:

Sam A. Nixon

Mother:

Margaret Emory (Sandel) Nixon

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hughes

child:

Dorothy Hughes Nixon Robinson Nixon

child:

Margaret Alice Nixon

child:

Emilie Elizabeth Nixon Carrell Nixon

child:

Janice Erin Nixon Mott Nixon