SUGG-WILLIAM

Excerpts from obituary published in San Diego Union Tribune on 8/30/2020:

Dr. William E. Sugg Jr. died of natural causes in his home in Carlsbad, California, on August 13, 2020.  He was born in January 1935 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended the University of Tennessee.  Shortly after graduating with his dental degree, he began his career as a Navy Dental Corps officer.  He served many tours of duty, including three years in Rota, Spain, two years aboard the USS Yorktown, and two years in Subic Bay, Philippines.  CAPT Sugg completed his oral surgery residence in 1969 at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, and later headed the oral surgery residency program at the same hospital from 1972 to 1979.  He retired from the Navy after 24-years and became a professor of Oral Surgery at the University of Southern California Dental School.  Many of his fondest years were spent teaching and training oral surgery residents.  He later held positions as an oral surgeon at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach.  He is survived by his wife and three children, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  He will be interred at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego.

Submitted by CDR Roy A. Mosteller, USNR (Ret)