Background
Riser, William Henry was born on June 25, 1911 in Milltown, Alabama, United States. Son of Doctor William H. and Bertha Mae (Carlson) Riser.
Riser, William Henry was born on June 25, 1911 in Milltown, Alabama, United States. Son of Doctor William H. and Bertha Mae (Carlson) Riser.
Bachelor of Science, Ala Polytechnic Institute, 1933. Student of University Alabama, 1933-1936. Doctor of Medicine Emory University, 1938.
Intern Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, 1938-1939. House officer internal medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1939-1940. Assistant in clinical hematology and clinical pathology, medical school Emory University, Georgia, 1940-1941.
Associate professor clinical hematology Medical College Alabama, Birmingham, 1945-1946, associate professor medicine, 1946-1949, acting professor, department chairman medicine, 1949-1950, associate professor, 1950-1952, professor since 1952, director school medical technologists since 1945, hematology clinic since 1945.
Clinical laboratories Jefferson Hillman Hospital since 1945, house staff since 1947, medical director since 1948. Consultant internal medicine Victoria and Albert Hospital, Montgomery, Alabama, chairman deans committee, educational director residency training program Victoria and Albert Hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama.
Consultant internal medicine, medical division Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies.
Salvation is not based on an individual's fulfillment of God’s commands, but rather on Christ's fulfillment of them and of being united with him through faith.
Member Regional Blood Bank for Northern Alabama. Served as lieutenant colonel, medical corps, United States Army, 1941-1945. North. Africa and France.
Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.
Member Gorgas Medical Society, Southeastern Clinical. Club, American College Physicians, American, Southern and Alabama State medical associations, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association, Jefferson Company Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chirurgical
Club: Mountain Brook Country.
Married Roberta Alice Johnson, October 5, 1940. Children: Jeanne, Susan, William H., III, Julie.