Background
Cantrell, William Allen was born on November 6, 1920 in Everton, Arkansas, United States. Son of William E. and Vida (Vinson) Cantrell.
Cantrell, William Allen was born on November 6, 1920 in Everton, Arkansas, United States. Son of William E. and Vida (Vinson) Cantrell.
Bachelor of Science, McMurry, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Texas, 1943.
Rotating intern, United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California, 1943-1944; resident neuropsychiatry, University Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, 1947-1949; assistant professor neuropsychiatry, University Texas Medical Branch, 1949-1954; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Houston, 1951-1963; professor psychiatry, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1963-1990; professor emeritus, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1990; chief psychiatry service, Methodist Hospital, Houston, 1966-1973.
Member medical advisory committee Texas Board Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1965-1973, chairman, 1965-1969, 72-73. Board directors Texas Association Mental Health, 1965-1972. Served to lieutenant Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (branch president 1958-1959), American College Psychiatrists. Member Texas Medical Association, Texas Neuropsychiat. Association (vice president 1958-1959), Central Neuropsychiat.
Association (vice president 1974-1975), Central Neuropsychiat. Association (president 1976-1977), Texas Psychiatric Society (president 1980-1981), Houston Psychiatric Society (president 1956).
Married Joyce Laree Hobbs, January 17, 1945. Children: Mary Elizabeth, William Robert.
