Robert Hardin Williams

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Robert Hardin Williams (September 27, 1909, Savannah, Tennessee[1] – November 4, 1979) was a physician, specializing in endocrinology and diabetology.[2] He was the 49th President of The Endocrine Society.[3]

Biography

After growing up and graduating from high school in Savannah, Tennessee, Robert H. Williams graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1929 from

medical associate, and from 1946 to 1948 an assistant professor.[1] In 1948 he resigned from Harvard Medical School to become the chair of the department medicine at the newly established University of Washington School of Medicine; he was the chair from 1948 to 1963 during the department's formative period.[2]

Dr. Williams conducted his early work on thyroid disorders. His later research concentrated on diabetes, particularly insulin secretion and metabolism and its interaction with other hormonal substances. Dr. Williams established the Diabetes Research Institute and the Diabetes Center at the University of Washington. He also studied problems of obesity, atherosclerosis, and lipid metabolism.[2]

He was the editor of Textbook of Endocrinology (W. B. Saunders, 1950)[4] with a second edition in 1955[5] and many subsequent editions.[6] The Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 14th revised edition, was published in 2020.[7] He was the editor of, and wrote seven chapters for, the 1973 book To Live and Die: When, Why, and How,[8][9] "which addressed the issues of euthanasia, suicide, population planning, organ transplantation, body-mind-soul interrelations, and the afterlife."[2]

In 1966 Williams was awarded the Banting Medal of the American Diabetes Association.[10]

He married in 1941 and became the father of several children.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cattell, J., ed. (1949). American Men of Science: A Biographical Dictionary (8th ed.). Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Science Press. p. 2719.
  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Hardin Williams papers" (PDF). University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington, Seattle.
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    PMID 6987260
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  4. ^ "brief review of Textbook of Endocrinology, edited by Robert H. Williams". Academic Medicine. 25 (4): 303. 1950.
  5. ^ "Review of Textbook of Endocrinology, 2nd edition, edited by Robert H. Williams". United States Armed Forces Medical Journal. 7 (3): 449. March 1956.
  6. ISBN 978-1437736007
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  7. PMC 6992389
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  8. S2CID 171275565
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  9. ISBN 9781475743692
    . (1st edition, 1973)
  10. ^ "Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement" (PDF). American Diabetes Association.
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