Dr. Samuel Kline

KLINE, KURWITZ

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/12/2015 at 15:43:35

Northwestern Iowa
Its History and Traditions
1804 – 1926

Dr. Samuel Kline is an able and successful physician of Sioux City, who has gained not only an enviable reputation in the line of his profession but has also shown keen sagacity and sound judgment in managing material affairs, having expressed his faith in the future of Sioux City by his judicious investments in real estate here. Dr. Kline is a native of Russia, born on the 14th of April, 1880, and received his preliminary educational training in the public schools of that land. Subsequently he began a course in theology but when twenty years of age his plans were interrupted through the oppression of the Russian government, and, with a determination to locate where there was unrestricted opportunity for individual effort and advancement, he came to the United States, landing at New York City in October, 1900. He went direct to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, taking special studies and educating himself in the English language. In 1902 he came to Sioux City where he continued his studies under private tutors for two years longer, when he took up the study of medicine in the Sioux City College of Medicine, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1908. During the last two years of his course he was made a member of the teaching staff of the college, serving with eminent satisfaction to faculty and student body. Immediately after his graduation, Dr. Kline entered upon active practice, opening offices in the Davidson building, and has built up a large and remunerative practice. He has specialized in internal medicine and has gained a high reputation as a consulting physician. In 1914 Dr. Kline made his first real estate investment here and, with unbounded faith in the city and its splendid possibilities, he has continued to invest from time to time until today he is numbered among the heavy holders of real estate in this city.

In 1908 Dr. Kline was united in marriage to Miss Dora Kurwitz, a native of Russia, and they are the parents of three children, Earl, Bernard and Marvin. The Doctor is a member of the Woodbury County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce, while his religious affiliation is with the B’nai B’rith congregation. He has never has occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world and , prompted by a laudable ambition, has steadily worked his way upward until he now occupies an enviable position, both socially and professionally.