Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Grossman, Mose Edmund October 13, 1860 - December 14, 1921
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

MOSE EDMUND GROSSMAN, Pioneer Dentist. One of the pioneer dentists of 
Honolulu, to whom the dental profession in the entire Territory is indebted 
for the passage of the existing territorial laws affecting the practice of 
dentistry, the late Dr. M. E. Grossman for many years was a prominent figure 
in the islands.
  Coming to Honolulu in 1882 when a youth of twenty-one, Dr. Grossman 
established himself in private practice. At that time neither a college degree 
nor an examination was required to practice dentistry in Hawaii. Dr. Grossman 
had obtained his dental experience working in the office of a San Francisco 
practitioner, but he soon became dissatisfied with this background, and 
several years after his arrival in Honolulu he returned to the mainland and 
went to Philadelphia to study both dentistry and medicine. When he had 
completed these courses he again came to Honolulu and re-established his 
private dental practice.
  From that time he became a strong advocate of elevating the dental 
profession in the islands by the passage of laws requiring a high standard of 
professional training, and he was instrumental in obtaining such legislation. 
Always active in the work of the Hawaiian Dental Society, he held every office 
in that organization at various times, and served for many years as its 
president. At the time of his death he was the second oldest practicing member 
in point of service.
  Masonic activities claimed a large share of Dr. Grossman’s interest during 
his four decades in the Islands. He was one of the first potentates of Aloha 
Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and at that time was the first man to hold the 
office for two successive terms. He also held various other offices in Masonic 
bodies, and was an active member of the Pacific, Oahu Country and Commercial 
Clubs.
  Born in San Francisco on Oct. 13, 1860, Dr. Grossman was the son of Mark and 
Eva (Sunland) Grossman. In 1906 he married Julia Shepherd Webb of Chicago, and 
they had two children, Edward Shepherd and Eva Reed Grossman, who reside with 
their mother at the Grossman home in Nuuanu Valley. Dr. Grossman died Dec. 14, 
1921.


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