Dr. Mogill is one of WSU's favorite teachers.

The School of Medicine has received a $100,000 bequest from the estate of Shirley Kyle.  Designated for The George Mogill Family Medicine Award Endowment, this generous gift honors Dr. George Mogill’s (MD, ’42) professional accomplishments and personal qualities. Kyle, a teacher, had been his long-time patient. 

George Mogill’s professional life of more than 50 years exemplifies the multi-faceted family physician -- combining humility, humanism and humor with astute medical talent.  Notably, he was among the first physicians in the nation to receive board certification in family practice. The Mogill endowment was established to recognize and promote excellence in this specialty by funding annual major awards to promising Year IV students entering residency training in family medicine.  

Featured in a 1985 Monthly Detroit magazine profile, Dr. Mogill recalled driving his ’47 Nash from house to house during his early years in practice. Today, patients consult him at the University Family Physicians Royal Oak clinic. Dr. Mogill is especially gratified that among his current patients are many of those he treated at their homes during the late 1940s, along with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. At age 83, Dr. Mogill observes that he continues to thrive on working “seven or eight days a week.”

Dr. Mogill’s robust approach to life extends beyond dedication to his patients. Joining him at dawn for lively squash sessions, third-year medical students are challenged to keep up. A clinical professor in the school’s Department of Family Medicine, Dr. Mogill has shared lessons in the art and science of family practice with hundreds of students. His lasting impact as an educator is reflected in the four teaching awards students have conferred on him in the last six years.