Background
Thomas,, William Orvill was born on May 7, 1914 in Clinton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Orvill and Eulah Mable (Howard) Thomas.
Thomas,, William Orvill was born on May 7, 1914 in Clinton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Orvill and Eulah Mable (Howard) Thomas.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1933. AB, Dartmouth College, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1941.
Intern in surgery Boston City Hospital, 1941-1942. Intern Boston Lying-In Hospital, 1943-1944, resident in obstetrics, 1947. Assistant resident in gynecology Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1942-1943, assistant resident in pathology, 1947, resident in gynecology, 1948.
Clinical instructor obstetrics-gynecology University Oregon, Portland, 1949-1956, associate clinical professor, 1956-1979, clinical professor, since 1979. Active staff Emanuel Hospital, Portland, since 1950. Courtesy staff Holladay Park Hospital, since 1974, St. Vincent's Hospital, since 1976, Providence Hospital, since 1980.
Served to lieutenant Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American College Ob-Gyn (secretary-treasurer district 1960-1963, district chairman 1969-1972, national Second vice president 1975), Australian Computer Society (advisory council obstetrics-gynecology 1972-1976). Member Pacific Coast Ob-Gyn Society, Pacific Northwest Ob-Gyn Association (president 1973), Oregon Society Obstetricians and Gynecologists (president 1958-1959), Portland Society Obstetricians and Gynecologists (president 1964-1965), Portland Planned Parenthood Association, Association Planned Parenthood Physicians, American Medical Association, Multnomah County Medical Association, Oregon Medical Society, American Society Gynecological Laparoscopists.
Married Dorothy Mae Streedbeck, August 18, 1941. Children– William Orvill III, David Howard.