Samuel Wood Chase

Background

Chase, Samuel Wood was born on May 27, 1892 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Nelson and Emma Isabelle (Wood) Chase.

Education

AB, Bowdoin College, 1914; AM, Harvard University, 1916; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1921.

Career

Member of faculty, Western Reserve U. School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, Cleveland, from 1920; professor histology and embryology, Western Reserve U. School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, Cleveland, from 1945.

Achievements

• Samuel Wood Chase has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Air Svc., United States Army, 1917-1919. Overseas with 41st Aero Squadron, 5th Pursuit Group as pilot, 1918-1919. Member International Association for Dental Research (president 1946-1947), American Association Anatomists, American Society of Zoologists, Ohio Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (honorary) Delta Upsilon.

Connections

Married Hilda Elizabeth Roehm, June 28, 1922. Children: Martha Cowles, Ruth Bradley.

Father:

Francis Nelson Chase

Mother:

Emma Isabelle (Wood) Chase

Spouse:

Hilda Elizabeth Roehm

child:

Martha Cowles Chase

child:

Ruth Bradley Chase