Background
Williams, Benjamin Tallifaro was born on January 25, 1931 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Benjamin Tallifaro and Edna Jane (Potter) Williams.
Williams, Benjamin Tallifaro was born on January 25, 1931 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Benjamin Tallifaro and Edna Jane (Potter) Williams.
Bachelor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, U. Oklahoma, 1955; certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, St. Saint Louis University Hospitals, 1959; postgraduate in combinatorial mathematics, microelectronic engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1961.
Pathologist, Scripps Hospital, La Jolla, California, 1961-1962;
director laboratories, Mercy Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, 1962-1988;
president, University Pk. Pathology Associations, Urbana, since 1971;
president, Cognitive Systems, Ltd., Urbana, since 1979. Chairman of the Board Regional Health Resource Center, Urbana, 1971-1991.
Professor medical information science University of Illinois College Medicine, Urbana, since 1986, head department pathology, since 1986. President Life Span Research Institute, Englewood, Florida, since 1987. Pres.Soc. for Advanced Medical Systems, Washington, 1979-1981.
President Internat.Health Evaluation Association, 1990-1992.
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President Model Community Coord. Council, Champaign, Illinois, 1973-1975. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1959-1961.
Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists, American College.Med. Information (founding fellow). Member American Medical Informatics Association, Rotary, Serra International (president Champaign 1987-1988), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Elizabeth Ann Klein, September 23, 1957. Children: Monica, Marcia, Marie, Mark, Grace, Mary, Sarah, Richard.