Background
Howland, William Stapleton was born on July 21, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of William and Mary (Stapleton) Howland.
Howland, William Stapleton was born on July 21, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of William and Mary (Stapleton) Howland.
Bachelor of Science, Notre Dame University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia, 1944.
Surgical intern, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, 1944-1945; assistant resident urology, Grady Hospital, 1945-1946; assistant resident anesthesiology, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1948-1950; assistant anesthesiologist, Presbyterian Hospital, 1950-1952; associate staff anesthesiologist, Presbyterian Hospital, 1952-1953; staff anesthesiologist, department chairman anesthesiology, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1953-1979; deputy chief medical officer, Memorial Hospital, 1967-1981; deputy general director, Memorial Hospital, 1974-1981; assistant professor anesthesiology, Columbia, 1953; associate professor surgery, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1954-1955; head experimental surgery, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1967-1969; associate professor surgery, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1955-1968; professor anesthesiology, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1968-1987; professor emeritus, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, since 1988; department chairman anesthesiology, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1953-1979; department chairman critical care, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1979-1986; vice president for clinical affairs, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1977-1981; emeritus staff, Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity Medical College, since 1987. Member Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1976-1987. Member panel on blood and blood products Bureau Biologics, Food and Drug Administration, 1975-1978.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Chief urology section 121st General Hospital 1946-1948, Bremerhaven, Germany. Member National board Medical Examiners, Memorial Hospital Medical Board (president 1966, 67, 68-69), American Society Anesthesiologists, New York State Society Anesthesiologists (vice president 1958, president 1966), New York Academy Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Miriam Adams, February 14, 1974. Children by previous marriage: Karen, William Stapleton.