As a “Texan” it is not surprising that Bill always thought big. Born, raised and schooled in Waco, Texas, Bill headed “east” to Houston to attend Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, completing his general residency in orthopedic surgery at Baylor Hospital, and then at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He joined the Army as a surgeon and served as a Captain in the 101^st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War.  He completed his tour of duty with the Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before settling down in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a skilled and noted orthopedic surgeon and practiced at all four of Tulsa’s hospitals until 1972 when he finished his fellowship in hand surgery. He practiced alone and then in partnership with others until the late 1990’s with ever increasing responsibilities as the Chief of Surgery, Chief of Orthopedics and Chief of Staff at St John Medical Center. At various times, he was President of the Tulsa Orthopedic Society and Clinical Associate Professor at both the University of Oklahoma Medical School and Oklahoma State Medical School. “Retiring” is not a word usually associated with Bill and indeed he continued to work as a physician through 2015 and remained a licensed physician until he died.

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