Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Woolley, Moroni R. April 6, 1892 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 19, 2012, 8:28 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist MORONI R. WOOLLEY, Dentist. Specializing in oral surgery, Dr. M. R. Woolley has been established in practise here since his arrival in Honolulu in 1923. Before coming to Hawaii he practised at Grantsville, Utah, for five years, and went to the University of Southern California in the early part of 1923 to take post graduate work in oral surgery and inlay technique. During the World war Dr. Woolley served in the United States army. Born at Grantsville, Utah, April 6, 1892, Dr. Woolley is the son of Samuel E. and Alice (Rowberry) Woolley. His father for many years was at the head of the Mormon Mission in Hawaii and was largely responsible for the development of the church’s sugar plantation and railroad holdings at Laie, Oahu, its practical welfare work among the Hawaiians and the construction of the magnificent temple at Laie. He attended the schools of Utah and the Utah Agricultural College, taking his D.D.S. degree at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1918. He married Rhea Anderson at Salt Lake City, Sept. 29, 1920. They have one son, Joseph A. Woolley. Dr. Woolley is a member of the Psi Omega fraternity, the American Dental, Utah Dental and Hawaii Dental Societies and the Honolulu Golf Club. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/woolley675bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb