Background
Trier, William Cronin was born on February 11, 1922 in New York City. Son of John and Anne (Cronin) Trier.
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William Cronin Trier
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Education
AB, Dartmouth College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1947.
Career
Intern, St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, New York, 1947-1948; intern, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1948-1949; resident in surgery, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1949-1950; commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, 1948; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1964; assistant medical officer, United States Ship Midway and United States Ship Wasp, 1950-1952; residen in surgery, St. Albans Hospital, Long Island, New York, 1952-1955; fellow plastic surgery, Washington University Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1956-1958; member plastic surgery staff, Naval Hospital, St. Albans, 1958-1960; chief plastic surgery, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1960-1963; chief plastice surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1963-1967; assistant professor surgery, plastic surgery, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1969; professor surgery, plastic surgery, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976-1985; professor dental ecology School Dentistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976-1985; associate professor, chief plastic surgery, U. Arizona College Medicine, Tucson, 1969-1976; professor surgery, U. Washington School Medicine, Seattle, 1985-1990; retired, 1990. Member commission on study evaluation procedures American Board Medical Specialties, 1981-1985, science advising committee.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors, president Pima County unit and Arizona divisions American Cancer Society, 1970-1976, board directors North Carolina Division, president Orange County (North Carolina) unit, 1976-1982. Member American College of Surgeons, American Association Plastic Surgeons (historian 1973-1976, vice president 1984-1985, president-elect 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, American Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (at large board directors 1979-1981, treasurer 1984-1987), American Society Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Academy Pediatrics, American Cleft Palate Association (president 1980-1981), American Cleft Palate Foundation (president, 1984-1990), United States Power Squadron, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Gamma Delta Chi, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Connections
Married Kathleen Emily Renz, June 14, 1947. Children: William Cronin (deceased), Peter L. (deceased).
