Background
Bartholome, William Gibson was born on February 19, 1944 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of William Franklin and Virginia Marie (Gibson) Bartholome.
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William Gibson Bartholome
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AB, Rockhurst College, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, U. Kansas, 1969.
Career
Intern, resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1969-1972;
fellow in medical ethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976;
assistant professor, then associate professor pediatrics, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1976-1983;
Adjunct Professor ethics, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 1983-1986;
associate professor pediatrics, history and philosophy of medicine, U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1986-1993;
professor, U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, since 1993. Consultant Joseph P. Kennedy, Junior Foundation, Washington, 1972-1978. Board directors University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1979-1983, acting medical director March of Dimes program, 1979-1983.
Pediatric medical ethicist Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1983-1986. Presenter at professional conferences.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Houston Association Retarded Citizens, 1977-1979, Glencoe (Illinois) Public Library., 1985-1986. Member Kansas Committee for Humanities, Topeka, 1986-1991. Major United States Air Force, 1972-1974.
Member American Society Law and Medicine, Society Health and Human Values, American Academy Pediatrics (commission on bioethics 1981-1987, task force on infant bioethics 1984-1985, national media spokesperson on pediatric ethics), Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Sigma Nu.
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Married Marita O'Rourke, July 29, 1967 (divorced 1991). Children: Bridget, Sheila, Claire. Married Pamela Roffol Dobies, January 15, 1995.
