*
Sackville
O'C. M.- member Dublin group, noted as worlds champion
at helping AA's by mail, his story "The Career Officer"
in 2nd and 3rd edition of Big Book (A
83) (BB2 523-531u)
(BB3 517-525u)
*
Sadie - patient Dr.
Dan Craske Chicago mid 1939 (A
22) (BB3 294u)
*
Saint Francis of Assisi - Bill admired, influenced
by, patron
saint (A
110-111, 270f) (G 22) (H
237-8) (P 302, 404-6)
*
Saint Ignatius of Layola - usually in reference to
'Exercises of Saint Ignatius' and the '12 Steps' (A
253f) (H 365) (P
242)
*
Saint Paul - had spiritual experience on road to Damascus
(P
125)
*
Sam - high powered Yankee preacher, carried message
to Atlanta sparked growth, created sort of Chautauqua
brand of AA (A
25)
*
Sam - early Chicago A.A., Earl
T. worked with, wife Tee
(A
22) (BB3 310u)
*
Sam C. - started A.A. meeting Akron area, others didn't
like him (D
271)
*
Saul, Dr. C. Dudley - Philadelphian, told friend,
Judge Curtis Bok,
owner, publisher Saturday Evening Post, about A.A.
(A
18) (H 363-4) (P
244)
*
Schneider, Norman - young Canadian; friend Lois in
Young People League, asked Lois marry him, family owned
meat packing firm in Kichener Ontario (B
85) (L 16) (P
48)
*
'Scientist' - nickname for Christian Science's
(P
230)
*
Scott, Albert - chairman board trustees Riverside
Church; associate & advisor John
D. Rockefeller Jr., chaired meeting December 1937
to raise money from Rockefeller; family owned newspaper
Cambridge Ohio (A
15, 148f) (B 274) (D
134) (H 59-60, 192) (L
109) (N 65-66) (P
184-185, 187, 202)
*
Scuderi, Dr. Thomas P. - young emergency room intern
St. Thomas Hospital, worked with Sister
Ignatia on alcoholics, treated alcoholics until retirement
(D
51-2, 64, 342) (S 9, 144)
(BB3 217)
*
Seabrook, Willie - author of Asylum (BB3
224)
*
Seiberling, Frank - entrepreneur, founder 1st president
Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, father-in-law Henrietta
Seiberling; lived 65 room mansion Portage Path (D
56) (L 95) (P
136-137)
*
Seiberling, Henrietta - nickname 'Henri'; Frank
Seiberling's daughter-in-law, graduate Vassar College,
housewife, separated from husband, lived gate house, 3
young children; friend Anne
Smith; went Oxford Group meetings in 1932 at West
Hill group, introduced Dr. Bob & Anne to Oxford Group;
prayed and received guidance to have special Oxford group
meeting on Dr. Bob's drinking; last name on list Reverend
Walter Tunks gave Bill when called from Mayflower
Hotel, arranged Bill & Dr. Bob meet Mother's Day May
12 1935 her residence; she & Anne taught Bill &
Dr. Bob start day quiet time, prayer, reflection; unsympathetic
to Bill about conference -believed Bill finally succumbed
madness (A
19, 66, 73, 75) (B 236-237)
(C 2-3, 36) (D
56, 58-61, 63-4, 66, 100, 108, 130, 137, 157-61, 217-9,
267, 271, 342) (E 12) (G
51, 69) (H 355-7) (L
95) (N 27, 31, 35) (P
136-7, 142, 144, 189n, 301) (S
18, 114) (W 156) (BB3
179u)
*
Seltzer, Louis - editor Cleveland Press, rounded
out industrial meeting 15th A.A. anniversary (H
118)
*
Shakespeare - English writer and playwright (BB3
400, 403, 411, 449)
*
Shane - a cowboy movie (BB3
333)
*
Sharkey, Tom - owner of 'brawling bar on 14th Street'
in NYC (BB3
251-2)
*
Shaw, Benard - Irish born writer and playwright (BB3
536)
*
Shaw, Elise - Frank Shaw's wife, matron of honor at
Lois's wedding,
Lois oldest closest friend (B
111, 137) (L 11, 22, 74)
(P 175)
*
Shaw, Frank - wife Elise; Wall Street big shot, high
up in J.K. Rice Company; Bill did stock market investigations
for him; parted official company 1929, remained lifelong
friends; died 1950's (B
137) (L 74) (P
69, 72, 74, 75, 78-80, 85, 175)
*
Shaw, Robert - lawyer, friend Willard
S. Richardson, early Board member (A
186)
*
Shaw, W.H. - faculty at Burr & Burton, pall bearer
Bertha Bamford
Bill's childhood sweetheart (P
36)
*
Sheen, Monsignor Fulton - nationally popular, radio
show Catholic Hour; then monsignor, later bishop; met
with Bill on Saturday's better part of year to explain
Catholicism (G
48) (N 52) (P
281-2, 335)
*
Sheila T. - helped Nell
Wing & Harriet G.
with archives (G
126)
*
Shep C. - Vermont; did considerable drinking with
Ebby T.; thru Oxford
group, tried help Ebby; went with Ebby to see Bill on
Ebby's 2nd visit; came Tuesday night meetings Bill's house;
went Bill & Lois Oxford Group meetings Calvary Episcopal
Church 4th Avenue (B
211) (L 91) (N
17-18) (P 113, 115, 116,
162) (W 151) (BB3
9u,13u)
*
Shepherd - early New York A.A., folks thought would
make it (P
227)
*
Sheppard, Norman - name Bill got from Reverend
Walter Tunks at Mayflower Hotel May 11 1935, trying
to find a drunk work with, he gave Henrietta
Seiberling's number to Bill (A
66) (C 5, 35-36) (D
64) (L 95) (N
27) (P 136) (S
19)
*
Sherwood, Carlton - friend Dick
Richardson, successful money charity raiser, tried
raise money A.A.; assisted in Rockefeller February 8 1940
dinner (A
152, 182)
*
Shoemaker, Helen - wife Dr.
Sam Shoemaker, wrote book I Stand By the Door
(H
379)
*
Shoemaker, Dr. Reverend Samuel - wife Helen; rector
Calvary Episcopal Church; leading figure Oxford Group
during 1920's-1930's; met Dr.
Frank Buchman China January 1918, he decided let go
of self to allow God guide him; converted by Dr. Buchman;
opened doors & made Bill see belief Higher Power not
only change thinking feeling but become living force in
world; nonalcoholic spoke 2nd Intentional Convention St.
Louis 1955; Bill credited him for 12 Steps; died 1963
(A
xii, 2, 4, 38-40, 59, 74, 253, 261-71) (B
226, 261) (E 10, 72) (G
97) (H 177-8, 277, 279, 298,
368, 379-80) (L 92,103) (N
9, 24) (P 116, 127, 129,
169, 174, 178n, 199, 358, 371, 373) (W
118, 175)
*
Sibley D. - Marty M.
found her Bellevue Hospital, guest Stepping Stones, talented
violinist, didn't stay sober (L
139) (P 335)
*
Silas B. - wife Beth;
Bill worked with Towns Hospital, once reporter Kansas
City Star, Bill took to hospital after sober, thought
he going die (L
102)
*
Silkworth, Dr. William Duncan - little
doctor who loved drunks; ran Towns Hospital; graduate
Princeton, medical degree New York University-Bellevue
Medical School, not psychiatrist, specialist neurology;
lost life savings 1929, arrived Towns hospital 1930; theory
alcoholism as combination physical allergy & compulsion
drink, holistic approach to disorders; met Bill during
2nd hospitalization at Towns, gave Bill information needed
understand alcoholism as illness; April 1935 told Bill
quit preaching at drunks -instead talk about illness,
tell them physical sensitivity & obsession, religion
usually fills them guilt or rebellion; referred prospects
to Bill in 1937 -Fitz M.
& Hank P.; wrote introduction
Big Book; suggested too many you & must
words in Big Book; wrote 3 articles on alcoholism Medical
Record; used term moral psychology to characterize
word fellowship; present meeting December 1937 Rockefeller
raise money; attended John
D. Rockefeller's A.A. dinner February 1940 (A
vii-viii, 13, 16, 38, 39, 52, 62f, 63, 67, 74, 143, 148,
155, 158, 160, 161, 167, 168, 183, 206, 219, 244, 302-8)
(B 191, 224, 227, 233-234,
274) (C 4) (D
68) (E 11-12) (G
97) (H 59, 60, 62, 104-5,
117, 142, 156, 175-176, 196-200, 243-4, 247, 278-9, 282-6,
297, 373) (L 85, 145) (SM
9) (N 14-15, 19-21, 65) (P
99, 101-102, 107-9, 119-20, 122n, 123, 125, 126, 127,
131, 133, 143, 154, 165, 184-5, 191, 197, 200-1, 232-233,
318, 388) (W 153, 156) (BB3
xiu, xvi, xxiii-xxx,
7u, 14u,
162u, 571)
*
'Silky' - Dr. Silkworth's nickname, see "Silkworth,
Dr. William Duncan"
*
'Sir William' - Dr. Bob's nickname for Bill
on state occasions, see "Bill
W."
*
Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine - ran admitting
office St. Thomas Hospital (D
45, 198)
*
'Sky pilots' - Dr. Bob's nickname ministers
(C
127)
*
'Slim' - anonymous name Bill used in describing
danger giving someone taking drugs alcohol (H
104)
*
'Smit' - Dr. Bob's nickname for son, see "Robert
Ripley S."
*
Smith, Alfred E. - 'celebrated American statesman',
4 time gov. of NY, unsuccessful first Catholic presidential
cantidate (BB3
50u)
*
Smith, Anne Ripley - Dr.
Bob's wife, married 1915; maiden name Anne Robinson
Ripley from Oak Park Illinois, attended Wellesley Col.,
teacher; stated attending Oxford Group meetings 1932 with
friend Henrietta Seiberling; convinced Dr. Bob go Oxford
Group; Bill asked her write family chapter Big Book she
said no; suggested kneeling when giving self God; early
1936 organized wives group, Bill called her Mother
A.A.; she & Henrietta Seiberling taught Bill &
Dr. Bob start day with quiet time, prayer & reflection;
talked Sister Ignatia
daily; with Sister Ignatia helped Akron's 1st alcoholic
women; died June 1 1949 age 68 heart attack (A
6, 19, 23, 67, 69, 73, 141) (B
237) (C 2-3, 6-7, 12, 28-29,
42-43, 60, 83, 105, 132) (D
10, 16, 29-31, 35, 37-40, 42, 53, 55-8, 60, 66-7, 71-5,
80-1, 85-8, 90-1, 93, 95, 100, 105, 107-8, 114-6, 119,
121, 123, 132, 134, 142, 145-6, 152-3, 165-6, 168, 175,
177-8, 182, 195, 197, 208, 213, 216-7, 223-4, 233-6, 242-3,
252, 255-6, 268-9, 272, 278, 281-3, 292, 294, 296-8, 300,
302-4, 309, 311-3, 316-7, 320-3, 327-31, 336. 341-2, 344)
(E 14) (G
71, 88) (H 119, 353-4, 359-7,
360) (N 40) (P
76n, 137, 140, 143, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 162, 177,
195, 275, 334, 339, 342) (S
114, 117, 121-122, 128, 130-131) (W
180) (BB3 176u,
270, 272, 273, 279, 280)
*
Smith, Bernard B. - nickname 'Bern'; international
lawyer; chairman Alcoholic Foundation; nonalcoholic trustee
1944-1956; chairman General Service Board 1951-1956; architect
General Service Conference, convinced trustees change
ratio -more alcoholics on board then nonalcoholics; chaired
& spoke 2nd Intentional Convention St. Louis 1955,
Kiel Auditorium, A.A. became of age; only trustee
who supported conference idea, worked with Bill to bring
about General Service Board permanent successor to founders,
brought majority trustees accept conference idea trial
basis; helped Bill put together General Service Conference
structure /architect conference; due Bill's illness called
from New York 1970 Miami Beach International Convention
deliver main speech; responsible 1957 new bylaws; died
heart attack 1970 (A
xii, 4f, 47, 126, 186, 208, 212, 223, 256, 273, 274-283,
281) (B 353) (E
19, 72) (G 96-98, 106) (H
168, 194, 337-9, 380) (SM
17, 42, 106) (N 130, 251,
259) (P 328, 344-345, 350,
358, 401)
*
Smith, Betty - Dr. Bob's son's wife (daughter in law),
married 1944; alcoholic father
got sober after Betty brought him Big Book 1944; goes
A.A. meeting for self March 13 1979 (C
152) (D 297, 302-4, 309,
316, 318, 339)
*
Smith, Dr. Bob - see "Bob
S., Dr."
*
Smith, 'Bob' - Dr. Bob's son, see "Robert
Ripley S."
*
Smith, Jack - assistant Dr.
Sam Shoemaker, disapproved Bill's work with drunks
(L
103) (P 169)
*
Smith, Robert - wrote acceptable script about A.A.
for Paramount Pictures in mid 1940's (G
8)
*
Smith, Robert Ripley - Dr. Bob's son; see "Robert
Ripley S."
*
Smith, Sue 'Suzanne' - see "Windows,
Sue"
*
Smith, Judge Walter Perrin - Dr. Bob's father, on
Caledonia County [Vermont] Probate court, state attorney
various times, member state legislature, superintendent
St. Johnsbury schools, director Merchants National Bank,
president Passumpsic Savings Bank, taught Sunday school
40 years, died 1918, didn't see son attain permanent sobriety
(D
9-10, 14, 26, 28) (BB3 171u)
*
Smith, Mrs. Walter Perrin - Dr. Bob's mother, lived
see him attain permanent sobriety (D
9-10, 172, 318)) (BB3 171u)
*
Smithers, Brinkley - chartered Lear jet to get Bill
from Bedford Hills New York to Miami Heart Clinic January
24 1971 (G
1)
*
'Smithy' - Bill's nickname Dr. Bob,
see "Bob S."
*
'Smitty' - Dr. Bob's son nickname
also 'Smit', see "Robert
Ripley S."
*
'Some people' stayed Bill's house -
Ebby, George
H., Oscar V., Russell
R., Bill C., Florence
R. (A
64) (B 263-264) (L
105)
*
Spelman, Matilda - Lois's
mother (B
80) (P 86, 87) (BB3
4u, 5u)
*
Spencer, Herbert - British social philosopher (BB3
570)
*
Stafford, Governor - fall 1960, 25th A.A. Vermont
anniversary, gave Bill citation behalf A.A. (G
57)
*
Stouffer, Dr. John - chief psychiatrist at Philadelphia
General Hosp (H
363) (BB3 572)
*
Strobel, Dr. Charles - Bill's
mother's 2nd husband (step father), cancer specialist
Memorial Hospital New York, died June 1936 (B
154) (L 53, 106) (P
75,290)
*
Strobel, Dora - daughter-in-law Bill's step father
Dr. Charles Strobel (L
53)
*
Strobel, Percy - son of Bill's step-father, Dr. Charles
Strobel (step brother) (L
53)
*
Strong, Dorothy - Bill's sister, married Dr. Leonard
Strong (G
98) (N 14) (P
15, 18-20, 23-8, 31-2, 40, 55, 99, 214, 324n, 329, 335)
*
Strong, Dr. Leonard V. Jr. - husband Bill's sister
Dorothy; osteopath; stuck by Bill lowest times; Bill's
doctor confidant, gave Bill physical examination 1928,
confronted Bill drinking; arranged Bill's admission Towns
Hospital 1933 & paid bill; set up appointment Bill
& Willard Richardson,
friend John D. Rockefeller;
essential link A.A. people around John D. Rockefeller
Jr.; 1 trustees 1st board Alcoholic Foundation April 1938;
1954 resigned board due question more alcoholics then
nonalcoholics on board, served Board Trustees secretary,
died April 24 1989 (A
6, 14, 147f, 151-152, 168, 208) (B
vi, 188, 273, 277, 355) (D
142) (E 18) (G
97-98) (H 59, 60, 142-143,
192, 195) (L 34, 86, 108,
197) (SM 9) (N
14, 65) (P 98-9, 108, 181-4,
188, 214, 217, 361) (W 148,
159) (BB3 ?6u,
7u)
*
Sue G - see "Windows,
Sue"
*
'Sugar' - nickname few charge nurses
Dr. Bob known & respected long time (D
48)
*
'Sweetie Pie' - nickname Lorraine
Greim, Ruth Hock's
nonalcoholic assistant, started work Newark January 1940
(P
235, 250)
*
Swentzel, Gardner - Lois's sister Kitty's
husband (brother in law), 1930's doing well at Taylor,
Bates & Company firm closely connected J.
P. Morgan's enterprises; liked Bill, introduced him
Arthur Wheeler
(B
180) (P 90)
*
Sybil C. - 1st woman A.A. Los Angeles (G
112)
*
Sylvia K. - glamorous divorcee, $700 month alimony,
1 of 2 women Chicago group 1939; credited having longest
uninterrupted sobriety any woman in AA; Dr. Bob, Henrietta,
Clarence & Dorothy
S. worked with her, her story "The Keys of the Kingdom"
in 2nd and 3rd edition (A
22) (D 180-1, 241) (BB2
304-12u) (BB3
295u, 304-12u)
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