Background
Oliver, William John was born on March 30, 1925 in Blackshear, Georgia, United States. Son of John Wesley and Katherine (Schalwig) Oliver.
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William John Oliver
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Student, Georgia Southwestern College, 1942-1943; student, Mercer U., 1943-1944; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, University of Michigan, 1948.
Career
Intern, resident, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1948-1953;
director pediatric laboratories, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1959-1967;
private practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1953;
instructor department pediatrics, University of Michigan, 1953-1956;
assistant professor, University of Michigan, 1956-1961;
associate professor, University of Michigan, 1961-1965;
professor, University of Michigan, 1965;
department chairman pediatrics, University of Michigan, 1967-1979;
chief pediatric service, Wayne County Hospital, 1958-1961. Co-chairman task force on recent advances of coordinating commission on continuing education and recertification American Board Pediatricians and American Academy Pediatricians, 1977-1980. Member task force for pediatric review education program, 1980-1988.
Member committee program for renewal certification in pediatrics American Board Pediat., 1989-1991, member exam writing committee for certified pediatric nephrology, 1989-1993, PRCP pilot test committee, 1993-1996. Member review and question writing committee for Pediat. in Review American Academy Pediat., since 1991. Consultant U. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1980, Research Review Committee on Pediat., 1989.
Educational consultant department pediatrics Stanford University Hospitals, since 1991. Member self-assessment program forPediat. in Review, since 1990. Investigator adaptation primitive Southern Americans Indians, since 1976, African Pygmies, since 1987, worldwide primitive societies, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
President Michigan Kidney Disease Foundation, 1969, Washtenaw County branch Michigan Childrens Aid Society, 1964. Trustee Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, 1983-1988. President of the board of trustees Perry Nursery School, Ann Arbor, 1989-1990.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1952. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (Chairman of Commission medical education 1974-1980, chairman council on pediatric education 1975-1980, chairman task force oversight of pediatric review and education program 1984-1988, Clifford G. Grulee award 1979). Mem.Soc. Pediatric Research, Midwest Society Pediatric Research (president 1968), American Society Nephrology, Association Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen (member of council 1977-1979), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Pediatric Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, Gamma Sigma Epsilon.
Connections
Married Marguerite Bertoni, May 28, 1949. Children: Ralph Scott, Catherine, Susan.
