The Resume

(June 22, 1882-March 30, 1968)
Holds over 300 patents
Opened a store in Toronto in 1908 and London in 1910
Life long bachelor
Lived in a single room at the Chicago Athletic Club

Why he might be annoying:

Many people do not think that Dr. Scholl really existed.
He is primarily concerned with the non glamorous world of corns, calluses and bunions.
He had his five story headquarters in Chicago painted Yellow and Blue.
His original sales technique was to go into a shoe store and throw a human foot skeleton on the counter.
Dr. Scholl preach's that people should change shoes during the day and allow the shoes to rest two days before wearing them again.
He collected ancient shoes and had the world's largest collection.
He left his business to his nephew who coincidentally is also named William Scholl.
His company brought us ads that say: 'I am gelon like a felon.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of thirteen children.
At 15, he designed and sewed a harness that required 132,000 stitches.
His first foot invention was an arch support called the foot-eazer and remained the company's biggest seller for 75 years.
A newspaper actually refused to run his ads because they featured naked feet.
He changed his work schedule to work at night, so he could attend the Illinois Medical College (Loyola) and Chicago Medical School.
As a young shoe cobbler, he realized that people abused their feet and did nothing to take care of them. Thus the idea was born.
He invented the buckled mule shoe and the clog.
By the time he was eighty, he employed 3,000 people and owned 423 retail stores.
Most people who knew him called him Billy.
Although his company makes over 1,000 different products, none were ever removed from production.
He made shoes in a wide range from mens 5½-16 and AAA-EEEEEEE and women's 2½-13 AAAAA-EEEEEEEE.
To promote his foot gear, he sponsored walking contests and sold pedometers (1918).
He created the Cinderella Foot contest in which woman would leave a foot print, and the most perfect would be judged (1916).
His credo was 'Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.'
He flew on the maiden flights of the Graf Zeppelin, The Hindenburg and Pan Am's first Boeing 707 international flight.
He boasted not having a single foot ailment until he developed a corn in his seventies.
He claims women are the worst foot offenders, saying his business will be successful as long as women are more interested in fashion that common sense.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I Died in 1968 (Ranked: 85)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• My Name, My Company
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11701)
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 122 Votes: 46.72% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 35.42% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 97 Votes: 46.39% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 235 Votes: 44.26% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 99 Votes: 38.38% Annoying