Background
Sly, William S. was born on October 19, 1932 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States.
Sly, William S. was born on October 19, 1932 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States.
Doctor of Medicine, St. Saint Louis University, 1957.
Intern, assistant resident ward medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1957-1959;
clinical associate national heart institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1963;
research biochemist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1963;
director division medical genetics, department medicine and pediatrics, school medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1964-1984;
from assistant professor to professor medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1964-1978;
from assistant professor to professor pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1967-1978;
professor pediatrics, medicine and genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1978-1984;
professor biochemistry and pediatrics, St. Saint Louis University, since 1984;
chairman Edward A. Doisy department biochemistry-molecular biology, St. Saint Louis University, since 1984. Visiting physician National Heart Institute, 1961-1963, pediatric genetics clinic University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1964. American Cancer Society fellow laboratory enzymol National Center Science Research, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1963, department biochemistry and genetics University of Wisconsin, 1963-1964.
Attending physician St. Louis County Hospital, Missouri, 1964-1984. Assistant physician Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1964-1984, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1967-1984. Genetics consultant Homer G. Philips Hospital, St. Louis, 1969-1981.
Member genetics study section division research grants National Institutes of Health, 1971-1975. Member active staff Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, since 1984. Member medical advisory board Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1989-1992.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Human Genetics (member steering committee human cell biology program 1971-1973, committee genetic counseling 1972-1976), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Chemical Society, Genetics Society of America, American Society Microbiology, Society Pediatric Research, Sigma Xi.