Samuel Newton Key

Samuel Newton Key, Jr., M.D. passed away July 27, 2005 in Austin, Texas. He was the only child of Samuel Newton Key, Sr., M.D. and Mae Robertson Key, born on July 12, 1916, in Austin, Texas. He was educated at Pease School, Allen Junior High School, and Austin High School. He attended the University of Texas and then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he graduated with a degree in English. He received his graduate medical training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a clerkship at the Mayo Clinic, an internship at Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre, Pennsylvania, and residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Iowa. In 1946, he returned to Austin to begin a practice on ophthalmology with his father and continued in practice (with a two-year interruption to serve as a Captain in the United States Air Force during the Korean War in 1950-1952) until his retirement in 2000. He was a member of the Travis County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, the American Medical Association, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and the Southern Medical Association. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. He served as president of the Travis County Medical Society, as chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee of the Texas Medical Association, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Medical Association for ten years. He was married to Doris Kathleen Jones for sixty-one years. Together they had two children, Samuel III, and Sarah Nancy Key. He was a careful, humorous observer of people and the natural world. His wife and children cherish their memories of his long and exemplary life. He collected an extensive medical library. Following his retirement, he continued an active interest in medicine, maintaining his subscriptions to numerous general medical and ophthalmological journals, and taking continuing medical education examinations. Among his possessions, his family has a found a framed oath with his name, acquired many years ago, probably in medical school: A Doctor’s Oath Father, I dedicate these two hands to thy service, that the lame may walk; and the halt may be strong lifting up the needy; defending the weak and comforting the dying- this is my oath to the… Temple of Healing Sam Key, Jr. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2005 at Austin Memorial Park with Reverend Helen Almanza, Ph.D. presiding. Memorials and guestbook online at wcfish.com