Editing Sam Sheppard (section)

==Early life and education==
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Sheppard was born in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, the youngest of three sons of Richard Allen Sheppard, D.O. He attended [[Cleveland Heights High School]] where he was an excellent student and was active in American football, basketball, and track; he was class president for three years. Sheppard met his future wife, Marilyn Reese, while in high school. Although several small Ohio colleges offered him athletic scholarships, Sheppard chose to follow the lead of his father and older brothers and pursued a career in [[osteopathic medicine]]. He enrolled at [[Hanover College]] in Indiana to study pre-osteopathic medical courses, then took supplementary courses at the [[Case Institute of Technology]] in Cleveland during the Summer of 1943.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neff |first=James |title=The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case |publisher=Random House |year=2002 |isbn=0-375-76105-5 |edition=2002 Paperback |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref> Sheppard finished his medical education at the Los Angeles Osteopathic School of Physicians and Surgeons (now [[University of California, Irvine|University of California Irvine]]) and was awarded the [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine]] (D.O.) medical degree.

Sheppard completed his internship and a residency in neurosurgery at [[Los Angeles County General Hospital]]. He married Marilyn Reese on February 21, 1945, in Hollywood, California. A few years later he returned to Ohio and joined his father's growing medical practice at [[Bay View Hospital]].