William Andrew Cox

Background

Cox, William Andrew was born on August 3, 1925 in Columbus, Georgia, United States. Son of Virgil Augustus and Dale Jackson Cox.

Education

Student, Presbyterian College, 1942; student, Harvard University, 1944-1945; student, Cornell Univercity, 1945; Bachelor of Science, Emory University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, 1954; Master of Science in Surgery, Baylor University, 1961.

Career

Active duty, United States Navy, 1943-1946; Lieutenant (senior grade), United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1954; commissioned First lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Army, 1954; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1969; intern, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, 1954-1955; resident general surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, 1956-1960; resident cardiovascular thoracic surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1960-1962; staff cardiothoracic surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1962; assistant chief cardiothoracic surgery, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, 1962-1965; chief department surgery and cardiothoracic surgery, 121 Evaculation Hosp, Seoul, Korea, 1965-1966; consultant cardiothoracic surgery, Korean Theatre, 1965-1966; assistant chief cardiothoracic surgery, Brooke Army Med Center, 1966-1969; chief, Brooke Army Med Center, 1969-1973; board directors thoracic surgery residency programs, Brooke Army Med Center, 1966-1973; retired, Brooke Army Med Center, 1973. Brooke Tower, on call for President Lyndon B. Johnson when he visited hisTex. Ranch, 1967-1972; clinical professor cardio-thoracic surgery University Texas School Medicine, San Antonio, since 1971.

Practice specializing in cardiovascular thoracic surgery, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1973-1993. Consultant cardio-thoracic surgery Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, since 1977. Chief staff Memorial Medical Center, 1980.

Director disaster medical care region 3A Texas State Dept.Health, 1973-1988. Member Coastal Bend Council Governor's Emergency Medical Svc. Commission, 1979-1988.

Member of advisory board on congenital heart disease Texas Dept.Health, 1980-1988. Participant joint conferences on cardiovascular surgery andthoracic surgery American People Amb. Program, Leningrad, Moscow, Bucharest, Romania, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1987.

Del.Vanderbilt U. Joint conference vascular surgery Dublin, Ireland, Edinburgh, Scotland, London, 1986. Participant joint conferences cardiovascular surgery and thoracic surgery American Amb. People to People Program, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hanoi, Vietnam, DaNang, Vietnam, Hue, Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam, Hong Kong, 1992, People to People American Amb.

Program, England, Scotland, Wales, 1996. Speaker symposium Controversies in Cardiology, Doctor Willis Hurst, Holland American Lines Veendam, 1997.

Achievements

• William Andrew Cox has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiovascular thoracic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Ruling elder Presbyterian Church, since 1960. Fellow American College Chest Physicians. Member American Medical Association, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Denton A. Coley Cardiovasc.

Surgery Society, Texas Medical Association (delegate conf.infectious diseases Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, 1983), Southern Thoracic Surgery Association, Nueces County Medical Society, Corpus Christi Surgical Society, 38th Parallel Medical Society, United States Power Squadron, People to People International, International Platform, United States Navy League (life), Retired OfficersAssn. (life), Navy Memorial Yacht Club (past commodore presidio San Francisco), T-Bar-M Racquet Club, Corpus Christi Country Club, Corpus Christi Athletic Club, Corpus Christi Town, Fort Sam Houston Officers Club.

Connections

Married Nina Recelle Hobby, January 1, 1948. Children: Constance Lynn Cox Rogers, Patricia Ann Cox Brown, William Robert, Janet Elaine Cox Sidewater.

Father:

Virgil Augustus

Mother:

Dale Jackson Cox

Spouse:

Nina Recelle Hobby

child:

Janet Elaine Cox Sidewater Cox

child:

Constance Lynn Cox Rogers Cox

child:

William Robert Cox

child:

Patricia Ann Cox Brown Cox