George G. Groff

George G. Groff (April 4, 1851 – February 18, 1910) was an American scholar, physician and author.

Early life Groff was born in Tredyffrin Township, Welsh Tract, near Valley Forge in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1851, to John Groff and Susan Beaver. He was educated at Fremont Seminary in Norristown, Pennsylvania, West Chester Normal School (in 1874, as part of the first graduating class) and Ivy Institute. He graduated from the University of Michigan, Long Island College Hospital and the University of Leipzig. He received degrees from Long Island College Hospital, Lafayette College, Judson College, State College, Franklin & Marshall College and Susquehanna University.

For several years, Groff was the author of the majority of the health journals issued by the State of Pennsylvania.

In 1893, Groff was appointed to the Pan-American Medical Congress.

Personal life Groff married Margaret P. Marshall in 1880. They had a son, John C. Groff, among their five children.

U.S. President William McKinley appointed Groff a major and brigade surgeon in the Spanish–American War of 1898. In August 1898, he began a two-year stint as commissioner of the National Relief Commission in Puerto Rico.

Death Groff died in 1910, aged 58, at his home on College Hill in Lewisburg. He had fallen ill the previous day while teaching a class, and had suffered from bouts of influenza in the past.

He was interred in Rosedale Friends Cemetery in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, in a family plot owned by his father-in-law William P. Marshall. Groff's wife survived him by fourteen years and was buried beside him upon her death.