Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Savage, M. D. , William E. June 17, 1893 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 524 - 525
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     WILLIAM E. SAVAGE, M. D.  Few physicians of Portland have received more 
thorough and comprehensive training or have made better use of their 
opportunities in this field than has Dr. William E. Savage, recognized as one 
of the capable of the younger physicians of the city. He is making steady 
advancement, winning that success which is the direct outcome of ability and 
close application. The Doctor was born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 17, 1893, 
and is a son of William Penn and Ann Elizabeth Savage. The father was a 
railroad man who started out in the humble capacity of telegraph operator but 
worked his way steadily upward until he became general freight and passenger 
agent with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, while later he was associated with 
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Belleville, Illinois.

     The father's business taking him to the middlewest, Dr. Savage obtained 
his training in the grade schools at Mount Vernon, Illinois, while later he 
attended a high school at East St. Louis. In 1912 he entered the University of 
Illinois and was graduated in 1916 with the Bachelor of Arts degree, having 
pursued a four years' course of study. With broad literary learning to serve 
as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional 
knowledge, he entered the Harvard Medical School and four years later the M. 
D. degree was conferred upon him. Following his graduation he became interne 
in the Boston and Worcester city hospitals and thus put to the practical test 
the knowledge that he had acquired during his collegiate days.

     In May, 1922, Dr. Savage arrived in Oregon and for a year thereafter was 
physician at the state university. In August, 1923, he came to Portland, first 
opening an office at 1312 Sandy boulevard, while at the present writing he is 
located at 1179 Sandy boulevard. He entered upon the general practice of 
medicine and surgery but in later years has largely specialized in surgery and 
has displayed remarkable skill and efficiency in this field, basing his 
ability upon a thorough knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the 
human system. He is now an instructor in surgery technique at the Oregon 
Medical College and his ability enables him to speak with authority on this 
subject.

     Dr. Savage was married to Miss Lillian E. Gaddis, of Alton, Illinois, and 
they have three children: William E., Jr., David Ellis and Nancy Jean. The 
Doctor belongs to Friendship Lodge No. 160, A. F. & A. M., but the major part 
of his time, thought and effort is devoted to his professional activities and 
duties. He is, however, a member of the Alpha Kappa Kappa and he belongs to 
the City and County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society and the 
American Medical Association. Through their proceedings he keeps in touch with 
the latest scientific researches and discoveries and he readily adapts 
improved methods to professional needs, rendering a most valuable service to 
his fellowmen in his active professional work.

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