2007
Samuel J.N. Sugar, 96, an internist for 50 years in Prince George's County, died of complications from a subdural hematoma
Feb. 9 at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla.
Dr. Sugar, a native Washingtonian, was instrumental in the 1950s in the research and development of the first generation of oral
drugs to lower blood sugar in diabetic patients. He also founded the nuclear medicine department at Prince George's Hospital
Center.
He graduated from Western High School and George Washington University. He received a pharmacy degree from GWU in
1931 and a medical degree from the same school in 1934. He interned and did his residency at Gallinger Hospital.
During World War II, Dr. Sugar served in the Army Medical Corps, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war, he
entered private practice in Mount Rainier. He also taught at the GWU medical school.
He was past president of the Prince George's County Medical Society and a member of Woodmont Country Club. He enjoyed
golfing, fishing and cooking.
His wife of 59 years, Naomi Vigderhouse Sugar, died in 1996.
Survivors include his wife of nine years, Fay Widome Sugar of Rockville and Palm Beach, Fla.; three children from his first
marriage, Diane Stickler of Charlotte, Margy Sugar of Birmingham, Ala., and Dr. Mark Sugar of Rockville; a brother; 12
grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.