Background
Anderson, William Banks was born on December 18, 1897 in Haw River, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Holt and Mary (Banks) Anderson.
Anderson, William Banks was born on December 18, 1897 in Haw River, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Holt and Mary (Banks) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1920. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1924.
Intern Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, 1924-1925. Resident Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1925-1927. Practice medicine, specializing in ophthalmology, Durham, North Carolina, from 1927.
Associate McPherson Hospital, 1927-1945.
Associate professor surgery charge ophthalmology Duke Medical Center, 1930-1949, professor, chief division ophthalmology, 1949-1965, professor ophthalmology emeritus, chief division, from 1965. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Durham, from 1950.
Member neurological and sensory disease service advising committee Neurological and Sensory Disease Service Project Review Panel, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1963-1964, consultant Division Hospital and Medical Facilities, 1968. Examining physician Selective Service System, 1941-1947. Served as Second lieutenant, infantry United States Army, 1917.
American College of Surgeons fellow (past chairman advisory council for ophthalmology).
Member of the American Medical Association (past chairman science section ophthalmology), Southern Medical Association (chairman section ophthalmology), North Carolina, Durham-Orange County medical societies, American Ophthalmological Society, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (vice president), Association for Research in Ophthalmology, North Carolina Society Foreign Research in Ophthalmology, North Carolina Society Foreign Prevention Blindness (chairman medical advising committee), North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Society (past chairman).
Married Mildred Everett, October 18, 1927. Children: William Banks, Edward Everett, Charles Alexander.