Background
Rees, William James was born on July 13, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of John Archibald and Blanche Evelyn (Watson) Rees.
Rees, William James was born on July 13, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of John Archibald and Blanche Evelyn (Watson) Rees.
Bachelor, Rockhurst College, 1942; Doctor of Medicine, St. Saint Louis University, 1946; Master in Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1950.
Medical admimistrator, Department of Army and Upjohn, Germany, Austria, United States, 1952-1961; clinical investigator, Abbott laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, 1961-1963; resident in dermatology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1963-1965; chairman biomedical research, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1965-1969; director life science, Stanford Research Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, 1969-1971; assistant director, Stanford Research Institute, Washington, 1971-1972; director international clinical research, G.D. Searle & Company, Chicago, 1972-1983; director clinical research, Chemex Pharmaceuticals, Denver, 1983-1986; president, managing director, Rhys International Associations, Edmonds, Washington, since 1988. Consultant State of California Division Occupational Health, Berkeley, 1963-1968. Clinical instructor dermatology University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1965-1968, assistant professor, 1969-1971.
Colonel United States Army, 1942-1987, research. Member American Academy Dermatology (life, associate), American Academy Medical Directors, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Medical Society Vienna, American Public Health Association, Association Military Dermatologists, Association of Military Surgeons United States. (charter) American Academy Clinical Toxicology.
Married Marybeth Smith, January 31, 1950. Children: Virginia Lee, Diane Elizabeth, Carolyn Marie, Karen Jean, Mary Noel.