Dr. Davis Woolf Goldstein photo courtesy of Mary Smart Holland The Centennial History of Arkansas 1922: Dr. D.W. Goldstein, who is connected with the Cooper Clinic at Fort Smith, his activities covering the departments of radium, therapy and dermatology, was born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1888, his parents being Marx and Rosa (Wolf) Goldstein. He obtained a high school education, after which he entered the University of Tennessee for the study of medicine, having mentally reviewed the broad field of business in order to select a vocation which he believed would prove congenial and profitable. Attracted by the practice of medicine and surgery, he matriculated in the University of Tennessee, winning his M.D. degree in 1910. He afterward went a road for postgraduate work,studying in Vienna, Berlin and London. He also studied in Philadelphia and New York, and in his practice has always specialized in dermatol;ogy, having gained a marked degree of efficiency in that field. In May, 1917, Dr. Goldstein enlisted for service in the world war and was commissioned a first lieutenant at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was sent to Camp Gordon at Atlanta, Georgia , as battalion surgeon of the Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth Infantry, and in the Eighty-second Division. He was with the field troops in the offensive and defensive sectors on th western front, being statione3d at Toul and at Maubache. He was also on active duty in the offensive at St. Mihiel, in the Meuse-Argonne and was with the combat troops of the Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. Later he was made regimental surgeon of that command and received a citation for distinguished service in rendering first aid under fire. He met all of the experiences of modern warfare and exerted his professional skill to the utmost in rendering aid to wounded and stricken comrades, never considering his own health or of safety when he cold make his laborsx of avail in ministering to the soldiers of his regiment. In June, 1919, he was sent to Camp Pike, Arkansas, and was recommended for a promotion to the rank of Major. With his return to Fort Smith, Dr. Goldstein joined Cooper Clinic and has since done important work in this connection in radium, therapy and dermatology. He has at all times kept abreat with the trend of modern professional thought, research, investigation, and progress, and is accounted one of the able young pysicians of Western Arkansas. Dr. Goldstein, was united in marriage to Miss. Florence Pahotski. Beyond the interests of his home, outside activities make little claim upon the time and attention of Dr. Goldstein, for he has always preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his professional interests, and he discharges his duties with a marked sense of conscientious obligation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source: Southwest Times Record. 23 Feb 1969 Submitted by Deborah Musgrove Dr. Davis Woolf Goldstein is best remembered as one of the founding members of Cooper Clinic. Born on 14 September 1888, in Greenville, Mississippi, to Marx and Rosa (Woolf) Goldstein. He was the grandson of Davis and Jennie Wolf of Mississippi. The young Goldstein graduated from Greenville High School, he sat his goal not on becoming a doctor, but becoming a pharmacist. He began his study of pharmacy at Tulane University and somewhere during this time, changed his mind and transfered to medicine and schools. He studied medicine at the University of Tennessee. Some time after his completion of medical school, Dr. Goldstein decided to study in Europe. He left the United States in 1910. While in Europe on tours of dermatology clinics and in London, he became acquainted with Sir Alexander Fleming. Upon his eight month stay over in Europe, Goldstein returned to the United States and began his studies once again, this time in Philadelphia. In 1913, Dr. Goldstein moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas to set up his practice. This was short lived, as World War I soon broke took the world by storm and Dr. Goldstein volunteered. He was assigned to the 325th Infantry Batallion Surgeon and was stationed at Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia. Later, in 1918 he was transferred to France and was assigned to the 82nd Division at Batallion Surgeon and the 328th Combat Infantry Division as their Regimental Surgeon. His work did not go un-noticed, as he was awarded for distinguised service under fire in the Meuse Argone offensive. In 1917, he married Florence Pahotski (she died in 1973) and he married his second wife Leona (Farber) Heilbron. After World War I, Dr. Goldstein returned once again to Fort Smith and joined Dr. St. Cloud Cooper and a few other physicians in forming Cooer Clinic. There Dr. Goldstein remained until he was 81 years of age.