Dr. Paul John Dugan M.D.

Dr. Dugan is survived by his sister Pauline, wife Olga, their sons Paul Jr. (Tina), Alan (Teri) and Robert (Beth), 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren spread throughout the country from Hawaii to the pacific northwest and Montana, California to Tennessee. Dr. Dugan was preceded in death by his daughter Andrea (Rick) who succumbed to cancer in 2017.

Paul was born on July 9th, 1930, in Brockway, Pennsylvania to Paul George Dugan (1896–1932) and Clara Virginia Pasi (1897-1989) As a child, Paul was stricken with polio and was paralyzed and unable to walk, which drove his passion to become a physician. As a single mother from the time Paul was 2, his mother worked as a retail clerk to provide for their family. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson University and went on to earn his medical degree from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia.

Paul met his wife Olga Taeresa Burns, from Brownwood, Texas, at William Beaumont Army Hospital in Elpaso Texas where they were both Army Medical Officers. They married on June 7, 1958, in Bad Cannstatt Germany where he was stationed at the time. He and Olga later moved to Roseville, California with their four children in 1963.

Dr. Dugan was committed to his family, his patients, and the communities he served. During his career as a family physician in Roseville, he often spent weekends making house calls and serving uninsured patients, friends of patients, and was a tireless advocate for public health awareness.

He served on the Roseville Planning Commission from 1964 to 1968

He was Roseville Chamber President in 1966 and was proud to be a lifelong member of the Chamber. He was awarded an Honorary Membership after his retirement.

He was appointed to the California Board of Medical Examiners by both Governor Ronald Reagan and Governor Jerry Brown.

He assisted in credentialling the UC Davis School of Medicine, and served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Practice at UC Davis starting in 1975.

He served as the Director of Continuing Medical Education of Sutter Roseville Medical Center from 1977 to 1997.

He was named Roseville’s Citizen of the year in 1978 and again in 1992, and was granted the Roseville Chamber’s inaugural Edward M. Friedman Community Service Award recipient in 2007.

With the help of hundreds of community volunteers, he and Olga created the first ever mass CPR training program, Start-A-Heart, in 1978 which ran continuously for 19 years until it was finally replicated as CPR Saturday across the country and internationally by the American Red Cross.

A funeral mass is scheduled for Monday March 6th at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Rose Church in Roseville California. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Paul’s life.

In lieu of flowers, Olga invites you to send donations in Paul’s name to the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation. www.Sutterhealth.org/Roseville-give