Background
Williams, Robert Leon was born on July 22, 1922 in Buffalo. Son of Leon R. and L. Paulyne (Ingraham) Williams.
educator neurologist psychiatrist
Williams, Robert Leon was born on July 22, 1922 in Buffalo. Son of Leon R. and L. Paulyne (Ingraham) Williams.
Bachelor, Alfred University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Union University, 1946.
Chief neurology and psychiatry, Lackland Air Force Base Hospital, United States Air Force, San Antonio, 1952-1955; consultant neurology and psychiatry to, United States Air Force Surgeon General, 1955-1958; faculty, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1958-1972; professor, department chairman psychiatry, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1964-1972; professor psychiatry, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1972-1992; department chairman, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1972-1990; professor neurology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1976-1992; acting department chairman, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1976-1977; professor emeritus psychiatry and neurology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1992. Member of faculty various universities, part time 1949-1958 including Albany Medical College at Union U., Columbia College Physisicans and Surgeons, Boston University, University Texas, Georgetown University.
Served from 1st lieutenant to lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1949-1958. Colonel Reserve, retired. Member American Psychiatric Association, American Electroencephalographic Society, American College Psychiatrists (president 1982-1983), American Academy Neurology, American Medical Association, Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, Benjamin Rush Society (president 1986-1988), Accreditation Council for graduate Medical Education (residency review committee for psychiatry 1985-1993), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Shirley Glynn Miller, February 5, 1949. Karen, Kevin.