Background
Partlow, William Dempsey was born on February 4, 1877 in Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama, United States. Son of David A. and Catherine (Beason) Partlow.
Partlow, William Dempsey was born on February 4, 1877 in Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama, United States. Son of David A. and Catherine (Beason) Partlow.
Student Saint Clair College and State Normal School, Florence, Alabama. Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama, 1901, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1921. M. Margaret Nixon, April 26, 1905.
Dempsey, Margaret Cummings, Nixon Beason (deceased), Kathleen, David Beason. Intern Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1901-1902. Assistant physical same, 1902-1908, assistant superintendent, 1908-1919.
Superintendent Alabama State Hospitals since July 1, 1919.
Chairman Medical Advisory Board, West Alabama counties, in draft, World War I, and World World War World World War World War II
Member State Board of Health, Alabama, 1918-1947. Member State Board Medical Examiners, 1918-1947. Member State Board Examiners for Registration of Nurses.
1919-1927.
Fellow Southern Psychiatric Association (president 1936-1937), American Psychiatric Association. Member of the American Medical Association, Alabama State Medical Association (president 1917-1918), American Public Health Association. Rotarian. Partlow State School for Mental Defectives named in his honor, also superintendent same.
Children: William