William Otto Whetsell

Background

Whetsell, William Otto was born on September 25, 1940 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Son of William Otto and Margaret Elizabeth (Daniel) Whetsell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wofford College, 1962; Master of Science, Medical University of South Carolina., 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina., 1964.

Career

Resident in neurology, New York Neurological Institute, New York City, 1970-1971; resident in pathology and neuropathology, College of Physicians and Surgery/Columbia University, 1971-1975; assistant professor pathology and neurology, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1975-1978; assistant professor neurology, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1975-1978; associate professor pathology and neurology, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1978-1979; professor pathology, director neuropathology, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis, 1979-1983; professor pathology, director neuropathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 1983-1998; professor psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, since 1986. Member scientific advisory board Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, New York City, 1980-1985, national science Council Huntington's Disease Association, New York City, 1990-1996. External advisory board Alzheimer's Research Center, Duke U., Durham, 1985-1992.

Member National Institutes of Health study section BDCN4, since 1998.

Achievements

• William Otto Whetsell has been listed as a noteworthy Neuropathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Brandon Hall School, Atlanta, since 1994. Board directors Mental Health Association, Nashville, 1986-1994, Nashville Opera Association, since 1989. Trustee Volunteer Resource Center, Opera American, Washington, since 1997.

Lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1969-1971. Fellow College American Pathologists. Member American Medical Association, American Association Neuropathologists, Society Neurosci.

Interests

• Avocations: classical music, opera, gardening, golf, skiing.

Connections

Married Anne ElizabethRodgers, October 14, 1967. Children: William O. III, Helen Fern Elizabeth.

Father:

William Otto Whetsell

Mother:

Margaret Elizabeth (Daniel) Whetsell

Spouse:

Anne ElizabethRodgers

child:

William O. III Whetsell

child:

Helen Fern Elizabeth Whetsell