WI BIO - Kenosha Co - RUSSAKOV, Samuel Irwin

History of Kenosha and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Lyman. Chicago: Clarke 
Publishing, 1916, vol II, pp 497-498

Dr. Samuel Irwin RUSSAKOV, D. D. S., Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, who 
in the notably short space of four years has won a position of distinction as 
a dental practitioner in Kenosha, building up a practice of very gratifying 
proportions, was born in Chicago [Cook County, Illinois] on 11 July 1890, a 
son of Isaac and Sarah (BABAD) RUSSAKOV. The father [Isaac RUSSAKOV], who 
for many years conducted business in the manufacture of tin cans in Chicago, 
is now deceased. His [Samuel Irwin RUSSAKOV's] mother [Mrs. Sarah (BABAD) 
RUSSAKOV, if not remarried] still resides there [Chicago].

Dr. RUSSAKOV, one of a family of eight children, obtained his preliminary 
education in the Jewish Training School of Chicago, from which institution he 
graduated in 1904. He then entered the Richard T. Crane Manual Training 
School, completing his studies there in 1907. Having determined to make 
dentistry his life work, he entered the University of Illinois and completed 
his course in its dental department with the class of 1910. He then opened 
an office in Chicago, where he practiced for two years, and in 1912 came to 
Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has had remarkable success, and through his native 
and acquired ability has built up a fine practice in a notably short space of 
time. His gradings for the three years of college work and in the state 
board examinations of Illinois (1910) and Wisconsin (1912) were exceedingly 
high, having borne him high honors in all of them. He passed the Illinois 
civil service examination in 1910 for dental interne in the state 
institutions with a mark of ninety-six percent. In 1914, out of a class of 
166 who took the examination for dentist in the Cook County institutions, 
only three [p 498] passed, of which he was one, and he received the 
appointment of dentist for Cook County at the Oak Forest Infirmary, which 
position he still holds.

Dr. [Samuel Irwin] RUSSAKOV is a member of the Kenosha County Dental 
Association. He is constantly on the alert to improve his methods and is 
therefore quick to adopt any new idea which his judgment sanctions as of 
value in his work. He is identified with Psi Omega dental fraternity, and 
the Beta Phi fraternity, being former Treasurer and at present a member of 
the Supreme Council of the Beta Phi organization. He belongs to Kenosha 
Lodge, Independent Western Star Order; and while in Chicago he presided for 
four consecutive terms as President of the Palassian Society, a literary and 
dramatic organization. He is independent in politics, and too busy in his 
profession to devote time to anything but his practice. He deserves much 
credit for what he has accomplished, and already he has advanced far on the 
path toward prosperity and prominence.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly