Sam Albert Mossafer died on February 17, 2007. He was born on November 20, 1919 to David and Serena Mossafer.
Sam attended Leschi School, where his team won the city softball title. He then entered Garfield High School, where he played football for four years.
After graduation, Sam received an athletics scholarship to the University of Oregon. His studies were interrupted in 1942 when he entered the U.S. Army as an interrogator of Italian prisoners of war. He was honorably discharged as a sergeant in November 1945.
Sam returned to the University of Oregon to complete his Bachelor’s of Science degree in 1950. He subsequently earned his Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1953. His publications included: “The Effect of Testosterone on Growth Hormones” (1950); his Doctoral dissertation “Pyramidal System in Willed Movements” (1953); and The Golden Twenty, a book about basketball.
Sam was listed in the “Who’s Who in Human Services Professional 1992-1993″ and in “Who’s Who in Industry and Finance 1980-1990.” In 1993, he entered the commercial real estate field, in which he worked until mid-2006.
He was involved over the years with many organizations. He made friends wherever he went.
Sam is survived by his sister, Bernice Mossafer Rind; brother Joseph D. Mossafer; and nephews and nieces, grand-nephews and grand-nieces, and cousins around world including London, Paris, Israel, South Africa, Argentina and Brazil.