Clinton (Clint) B. Sayler (1950)

Clinton was the second son of Annette and Charles Sayler born in Shelly, Idaho, on March 29th, 1932.  The Sayler family moved to Longview when Clinton was a child. Since Clinton was a late bloomer size-wise, he didn't participate in any high school athletics. According to his brother Clinton's last couple of years in high school he played on the Champion basketball team for the Trinity Lutheran Church in 1950. (Dr. Sayler was a man full of the joy of life and possessing a vital curiosity about the world and people around him,) he was fascinated with medicine since childhood. Clint graduated from the University of Washington in 1954 in pre-med and went on to study at the Stanford School of Medicine and graduated from there in 1958.  He completed his residence at the Public Health Service Hospital at John Hopkins University and earned a Master's degree in public health. His medical practice took him to many places from Stanford; to John's Hopkins University / service in the Coast Guard as a lieutenant commander; as a public health physician for several years; including a fascinating summer where he treated Native Americans in the Four Corners region; and later to Seattle where he served as chief of radiology at the U.S, Marine Hospital. Finally, he moved to Portland where he practiced radiology as a partner in Radiology Consultants, focusing his work at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center. Dr. Sayler was an acknowledged expert in the field of mammography He authored or co-authored many studies in that field, and was responsible in 1973 for developing the mechanics of marking breast lesions. Additionally, Dr. Sayler was instrumental in the establishment of one of the first breast cancer centers in the Portland metro area. He has been recognized as a pioneer in the studies of the diagnosis of breast cancer through medical history and physical examination and had a paper with his finding published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Clint had several hobbies, including golf and flying. As a teenager along with his brother Hugh, he caddied at the Longview Country Club in exchange for lessons from the club's pro. He played regularly and during the last week of his life enjoyed a final golf trip with his brother and several of their friends. Dr. Sayler passed away July 21,2409 from heart disease.