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Samuel Moor Shoemaker III DD STD (December 27 1893 – October 31 1963) was a priest of the Episcopal Church. He was the rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City the United States headquarters of the Oxford Group during the 1930s. Sam Shoemaker and Oxford Group were significant influences for the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson attended Oxford Group meetings at the Calvary Church and Sam Shoemaker also helped start an Oxford Group chapter in Akron Ohio where Dr.