Background
Cooner, William Hollis was born on June 29, 1927 in Jasper, Alabama, United States. Son of Rufus Andrew and Lucile (Hollis) Cooner.
Cooner, William Hollis was born on June 29, 1927 in Jasper, Alabama, United States. Son of Rufus Andrew and Lucile (Hollis) Cooner.
AB, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1947; Doctor of Medicine, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1951.
Intern, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1951-1952;
resident urology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1955-1956;
resident surgery, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, 1956-1957;
resident urology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, 1957-1959;
physician, Mobile (Alabama) Urology Group, 1965-1992;
physician, Emory Clinic, Atlanta, since 1992. Professor urology U. South Alabama College Medicine, Mobile, 1991-1992, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1992. Staff U. South Alabama Medical Center, since 1965, president, 1973.
Staff member Providence Hospital, since 1965, president, since 1973. Staff member Springhill Memorial Hospital, since 1972, president, 1989-1990. Staff member Emory University AffiliatedHosps., since 1992.
Chairman Mobile County Board Health, 1974. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1952-1965. Fellow American College of Surgeons.
Member American Medical Association (delegate 1984-1991), American Urological Association (District Contribution award 1990), American Association Clinical Urologists (president 1978-1979), Medical Association State Alabama (vice president 1976-1977), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Ruth Ross Vineyard, January 11, 1958. 1 child, Jonathan Hollis.