William B. Schwartz, MD, 1922–2009

Ascorbic Acid and the Formation of Collagen* by William Van B. Robertson and Barry Schwartz

The importance of ascorbic acid for the metabolism of connective tissue substances, especially collagen, has been established by numerous investigators, using morphologic criteria (1). However, there have been few biochemical studies of this function of ascorbic acid with the exception of the recent analyses of Elster (2) and Robertson (3), which demonstrated that the maintenance of preformed c...

From research to rationing: a conversation with William B. Schwartz. Interview by John K. Iglehart.

Obituary: William J Sibbald, MD, FRCP(C)

William Sibbald was born June 28, 1946, and died September 14, 2006, at his home in Toronto, Ontario, surrounded by his family after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Up until two days before his death, he remained the Physician-in-Chief of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Critical Care and a lifelong dynamic force for the advance...

William Clifford Roberts, MD: an interview by W. Bruce Fye, MD.

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2007;20(3):269–292 B ill Roberts (Figure 1) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 1932, and he grew up there. In 1954, Bill graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and in 1958, from Emory University School of Medicine. His internship was in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital. After a 3-year residency in anatomic pathology at the National ...

William Leslie Jack Edwards, MD: a conversation with the editor.

J ack Edwards (Figure 1) was born on September 21, 1926, in Dallas, Texas, where he grew up and has lived most of his life. After attending public schools in Dallas, he went to Harvard College in Boston, Massachusetts, finishing 3 years in 2 years. He then went to the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical College in Dallas, where he received his medical degree in 1948. He completed two ...