SCHULTZ, II, SAMUEL PH.D. Samuel Schultz, 71, devoted husband of the late Arlene (Olechowski) and loving father of Angela Marie Reed and Raymond Thomas Schultz, died Wednesday, September 18th, at his home in Greer, SC. Sam was born in Detroit, MI on May 12th 1942, the second of eight children of George Samuel Schultz and Marie Henriette (Vallez). After having built a linear particle accelerator as a high school science project, Sam went on to receive a Ph.D. in math and psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit. He was a full professor at the University of Michigan, CIO of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, founding Chairman of Health Level Seven (aka HL7, a non-profit, ANSI and ISO accredited global healthcare standards organization), CIO of University HealthSystems Consortium in Chicago (an alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of their affiliated hospitals representing the nation's leading academic medical centers), CIO of Mercy Health Services, professor of Medicine and Director of Medical Informatics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, and a principal and co-founder of Cardinal Consulting (for management and information technology in healthcare). In 1985, he was the recipient of the John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Sam was a life-long Michigan Wolverines football fan - GO BLUE! In addition to Arlene, he was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, John Robert Schultz and George Frederick Schultz. Besides his children, Angela and Raymond, both of Greer, SC, he leaves behind a son-in-law, Adam Reed; two grandchildren, Elizabeth Nicole Reed and Anthony Samuel Reed; a sister, Gretchen Ann (Wayne) Binsted of Taylors, SC; four brothers, Franz Peter (Jeanette) Schultz of Taylors, SC, Paul Richard (Susan) Schultz of Fairfield, CA, Eric Henry (Mary McGregor) Schultz of Brooklyn, NY, and Christopher Donald Schultz of San Francisco, CA; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dr. Ralph (Martha) Olechowski, D.O. of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Carol (Art) Simmons of Rochester Hills, MI, Kathy (Paul) Taylor of Port Austin, MI, Tom (Linda) Olechowski of Rochester Hills, MI, and John (Sandra) Olechowski of Romeo, MI; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service for all friends and family will be held at Saint Michael's Church in Port Austin, MI on Friday, October 18th at 11 AM. Donations may be given in Sam's name to the University of Michigan School of Nursing,https://leadersandbest.umich.edu/give/
Patricia L. Hagland (Whitledge)
My posting of the Samuel Schultz II, Ph.D. obituary caused several people to comment that he was not pictured in our yearbook. I went to his website Profile addition and he mentions having moved from GPP to Atlanta in 1958. When our website was developed, he must have requested to be included because he spent part of his high school career in our class.
Penelope L. Distin (VanGinderdeuren)
Sam was a dear friend of mine since 2nd grade. He was quiet and a lot of fun. He moved to Georgia because of his father's job. We had just reconnected before his wife died and he moved to SC. I am sorry we lost touch for many years...Lots of good fun memories .......