William Sterling Edwards, III

Background

III, William Sterling Edwards, was born on July 23, 1920 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Sterling, Junior and Elizabeth Alabama (Wyman) E.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia Military Institute, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1945.

Career

Intern, then resident in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1945-1952; from instructor to professor surgery, Medical College Alabama, 1952-1969; professor, chief division cardio thoracic surgery, U. New Mexico Medical School, Albuquerque, 1969-1974; professor, department chairman surgery, U. New Mexico Medical School, 1974-1987; emeritus professor surgery, U. New Mexico Medical School, since 1987.

Achievements

• William Sterling Edwards, III has been listed as a noteworthy cardiovascular surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Surgical Association, Society Vascular Surgery (president 1970), International Cardiovascular Society (president North America chapter 1978), American Thoracic Society, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Southern Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, Rocky Mountain Vascular Surgery Society (president 1980), Western Vascular Society (president 1987).

Connections

Married Ann Rohrer Dudley, July 13, 1946. Children– Bruce Sterling, Peter Dudley, Katherine Wyman, Benjamin Wyman.

Father:

William Sterling E.

Mother:

Elizabeth Alabama (Wyman) E.

Spouse:

Ann Rohrer Dudley

child:

Bruce Sterling III

child:

Katherine Wyman III

child:

Benjamin Wyman III

child:

Peter Dudley III