*
E.B.
'Bob' R. - his story "He
Who Loses His Life" in 2nd and 3rd edition (BB2
540-52u) (BB3
531-43u)
*
Earl
M., Dr. - psychiatrist; learned A.A. from butcher
Ed M; co-chairman 20th Anniversary
Convention's Medical Panel, his story "Physician, Heal
Thyself" in 2nd & 3rd edition (A
4,237) (P 301) (BB2
393-400) (BB3 345-52u,
347)
*
Earl T. - wife Katie
T.; early Chicago A.A. -founder Chicago group; his
suggestion that Bill codify A.A. experience in late 1945
became "12 Points to Assure Our Future" then shortened
into "12 Traditions" in 1949, his story "He Sold Himself
Short" in 2nd & 3rd edition (A
22,203,213) (D 179-81) (G
20) (H 154) (L
147) (P 225-6,334) (BB2/3
287-96) (BB3 135u,
?257,
309-10u)
*
Ebby T - Bill's sponsor; Bill's childhood friend Burr
& Burton school days; family prominent Albany 3 generations
kept summer home Manchester Vermont; sold insurance, worked
investment broker;1929 he, Bill, and pilot flew
into Manchester airfield drunk, 1st people land there;
drove drunk into kitchen of house -asked cup coffee; had
alcoholic problem but visited Bill sober 1934 -brought
program sobriety learned from Oxford Group, returned with
Shep C; asked Bill visit
Calvary Church 23rd Street Oxford Group U.S. headquarters
led by Reverend Sam
Shoemaker; visited Bill Towns Hospital brought book
Varieties
Religious Experience; came to live at Wilson's
November 18 1936, drunk May 1937; drank heavily afterward,
longest sober period 6 years -taught Bill have faith in
message not always messenger; Bill requested he receive
monthly check life; guest Stepping Stones; died sober
March 21, 1966 (A
vii,46,58,62,64,140,179) (B
202-204,207,211,229-230,263,273) (C
4) (D 91) (E
11) (G 9,92,98-99) (H
196-199,244-245,277-279,283-284,298,313,367-368) (L
93-94,118,139,197) (N 7-9,16-21,33-35)
(P 33,34,60,83-4 ,111-20
,122n ,124 ,126 ,131 ,143 ,162 ,177,178 , 335 , 336, 358,
381, 393) (W 151,154,157)
(BB3 xviu,
8-14u)
*
Ed - prospect Dr. Craske
sent to Earl T (BB3
294u)
*
Ed - salesman, Larry
J. helped in Texas, sobered up in Houston, took AA
to Austin (A
24)
*
Ed A. - early Ohio A.A. (G
25)
*
Ed B. - member office staff with Nell
Wing; relative famous American painter, been successful
writer & editor, alcohol ruined career; discharged from
Rockland State Hospital; laryngectomy unable speak; helped
Bill edit 2nd edition Big Book (D
148,150,224,228-30,271,274-5,325-6) (G
15,121) (P 354)
*
Ed B. - early Akron A.A., wife Annie
(D
148,274) (P 354,357)
*
Ed B, Dr. - Bill's doctor, Miami Heart Institute,
with Bill in May & June 1970 trying to get him ready for
convention in July; on Lear jet January 24 1971 from Bedford
Hills New York to Miami Heart Clinic; arranged for
Bill's body be kept in Miami until New England ground
thawed for Bill's burial (B
368) (G 1,3) (L
160) (P 399-402)
*
Ed E. - offer Bill & Lois use Connecticut farmhouse
"Dun Nibblin" (L
125)
*
Ed G. - early St. Johnsbury Vermont A.A., Fellowship
Group member (D
300)
*
Ed M. - early Akron A.A., had meat market West Exchange
Street, Dr. Bob would stop in & chat (D
271,277)
*
Ed V. - Bill bought old Stutz car from him, rumor
he took money went drinking (L
134)
*
Ed W. - former sales manager, Bill took home to try
and sober up (B
233)
*
Eddie B. - Toledo based salesman; with Charles
("C.J.") K. was state insane asylum Toledo voluntary
commitments, summer 1939, read Big Book manuscript,
got out; they then 12 stepped Duke
P (D
253)
*
Eddie F. - U.S. A.A., sobered up Boston, founder A.A.
El Salvador 1954, called there Mr. Eddie (E
47)
*
Eddie R. - prominent Youngstown family; wife Ruth
university professor, surrendered in Oxford Group; 1st
person Bill & Dr. Bob tried help, sent by J.C.
Wright, hoped would be A.A. #3, failed; he & her 2
children lived with Dr. Bob & Annie; caused lot problems,
threatened Annie with butcher knife; example ineffectiveness
of wet nursing. He eventually got sober in 1949 at the
Youngstown Ohio group (A
72) (B 249) (C
5,41-42) (D 77-78,80-1,85,93,97,99)
(L 97) (P
151-2,159n) (BB3 124u)
*
Eddy, Mary Baker - Christian Science founder, readings
influenced Bill to the dangers of single person leadership
(B
188) (G 25) (P
230,231n)
*
Edison, Thomas - inventor, Bill was offered job at
his lab (P
65,66,144)
*
Edith M. - Bob M.'s
sister (D
257) (P 214)
*
Edna McD. - wife early Cleveland A.A., county visiting
nurse, helped get beds alcoholics Cleveland's Deaconess
Hospital (A
20) (D 201)
*
Eileen - lovely young girl in Cecil
M's story (BB3
321)
*
Eleanor E. - heard Dr. Bob & Bill speak 1946, didn't
know who they were until 1966 (D
300)
*
Elgie R. - Oxford Group member; joined A.A. April
1939, John R.'s wife,
made AA address books, 12 stepped Ethel
& Rollo M. (C
50) (D 80-1,128,146,155,166,177,179,213,216-8,236-8,242-4,252,278,286,289-90,296-7,311,314)
(BB3 266u,
271)
*
Elinor R. - wife of Frank
R. in Los Angeles (P
288)
*
Eisenhower, Dwight D. - sent telegram good wishes
A.A.'s 2nd International Convention (A
36-7)
*
Elizabeth D. - wife of Herb
D., Americans carried A.A. to Brazil (E
47)
*
Ella G - Dr. Jim S.
met while repairing outlet and got into AA (BB3
493-5)
*
Ellen - daughter of Felicia
G. (BB3
402u)
*
Emily S. - her & husband Harold
S. constantly opened Flatbush home for A.A. meetings
(L
127) (P 217)
*
Emma - Esther E's family cook (BB3
385)
*
Emma K. - A.A., cared along with husband Lavelle
K. for Dr. Bob & Annie their last years at 855 Ardmore
Avenue Akron (C
61) (D 17,30,43,244,289,309,317-8,322-23,327,329-33)
(N 336)
*
Enid K - Trevor K's
wife (BB3
343u)
*
Ernest M. - attended Tuesday night meetings Bill's
house (L
102) (P 162)
*
Ernie G - Akron - A.A.
#4; Akron, 1st young person -30 years old, 1st slipper,
salesman, considered almost too young; drank 7 months
after year sober; story "The
Seventh Month Slip" 1st edition Big Book; met Dr.
Bob's daughter 1935, 14 years older, married September
1941, married 24 years divorced 1965; quit drinking 1946
(A
6, 73) (B 248) (C
11-13, 48, 51-53) (D 20,
92-93, 95-6, 98-100, 105-6, 112, 140, 141, 143, 258) (L
97) (P 154-5, 226) (BB1
282-6) (BB3 158u,
159u, ?270)
*
Ernie G. - Toledo - 1939, early member from Toledo,
wife is Ruth G. (D
141,148,175,226,235,253,256.258,265,300,312-3)
*
Eskimo - used in example of trying to run away from
alcohol (BB3
101)
*
Estelle, W.J. (Jim) Jr. - chairperson General Service
Board Alcoholics Anonymous (E
7)
*
Esther
E. - started group Dallas Texas, her story "A Flower
of the South" in 2nd & 3rd edition (L
144) (A 24) (BB2
343-54) (BB3 384-95u,
385)
*
Ethel M. - 1st A.A. Akron women stay sober any
time, Rollo M.'s wife,
she weighed 300 pounds/ husband was little guy, both 12
stepped May 1941 by John
& Elgie R., her story "From Farm
to City" in 2nd & 3rd edition (D
223,243-244,284) (S 124)
(BB2/3 261-74)
*
Evans, Dick - Oxford Group member got Bill job 1936
collecting proxies on behalf investment trust Harrisburg
Pennsylvania (L
105)
*
Eve M. - former staff member, helped revive interest
in "12 Concepts" (G
27)
*
Evelyn H. - Bill wrote her about slips, her husband
'Bern'
slipped (P
252,254)
*
Everett - husband of Dr. Bob's office girl
Lillian (C
124)
*
Exman, Eugene 'Gene' - religious editor
Harper & Brothers publishing company; encouraged publication
Big Book after reading 1st 2 chapters, offered $1,500
advance, Bill turned down (A
153-5,219) (B 279) (E
23) (G 74) (H
143) (L 111) (SM
10) (N 68) (P
193,194,356)
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