Crile, George Washington (kril) [ key ] , 1864 a 1943 , American surgeon, b. Coshocton co., Ohio, M.D. Univ. of Wooster medical school (later merged with Western Reserve Univ.), 1887. He taught at the Univ. of Wooster (1889-1900) and at Western Reserve Univ. (1900-1924) and was a founder and director (from 1921) of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. factmonster