Whos's
Who in AA History
that begin with the letter:
c
Captain Jack S. -native Maine, captain oil taker;
discovered A.A. 1947; organized Internationalist's Seamen
Group 1949 (A
82) (E 32) (G
10) (L 141)
Carlin sisters -rented
top floor 1933-1935 Wilson's house 182 Clinton Street
(L
105)
Carlo I. -member
Italian parliament, 12 stepped Roberto C., both spearheaded
effort publish Italian Big Book (E
51-52)
Carlton Sherwood -friend
Dick Richardson, successful money charity raiser, tried
raise money A.A. failed; assisted in Rockefeller February
8 1940 dinner (A
152, 182)
Caroline -nurse,
sister Dorothy S.M., wife Clarence S., been married Hank
P. New York A.A.; took Multilith Big Book Chicago doctor
(D
115, 180)
Carry -houseworker
Stepping Stones, niece Harriet often helped (L
157)
Caryl Chessman -convicted
murder, 12 years death row, wrote autobiography Cell 2455
Death Row; Jack Alexander suggested write Bill due believe
close resemblance between criminal psychopath alcoholic
both unconsciously destroy themselves, Bill wrote back;
executed May 2 1960 (P
364, 366)
Catherine (Katy) Grinnell -member
rich family New Bedford Massachusetts, lost husband WWI,
entertained soldiers (P
55)
Cebra G. -Manchester
judge's son, man done considerable drinking with Ebby,
been contact Oxford group, he & Roland tried help
Ebby, kept Ebby out jail August 1934 (L
93) (N 9) (P
113)
Chan F. -Chicago
A.A. carried message with Bill Y. to Pat C. Minneapolis
1940 (A
95)
Charles B. Towns [Colonel] -owner
& founder Towns Hospital New York City with Dr. Lambert,
took management hospital father; asked Bill work his hospital
December 1936; loaned $2,500 help Big Book get published;
believed lack occupation greatest destroyer men, called
them vagrant types, admit no 1 Towns hospital unless paid
advance & backer; present 25th Anniversary 1960 Long
Beach California (A
13, 100-101, 115, 159) (B
257-258) (E 72) (G
72) (H 144, 176) (L
107) (N 63-64) (P
101) (W 160, 163)
Charles ("C. J.") K. -12
stepped Duke P. Toledo with Eddie B. both he & Eddie
state insane asylum Toledo voluntary commitments summer
1939, read manuscript Big Book, got out (D
253)
Charlie B. -alcoholic
paired with nonalcoholic candy manufacture Vancouver British
Columbia start AA groups there (A
84)
Charlie J. -early
Cleveland A.A. (D
167)
Charlie P. -participated
Big Book seminars Joe McQ. (G
112)
Charlie Ritchie -had
influence Bill's boyhood (B
42)
Charley Richie -helped
Bill's grandfather work farm (L
32-33)
Charlotte L. -office
worker March 1947 Alcoholic Foundation (G
5)
Chet M. -former
patient state insane asylum Toledo, signed out patients
take Toledo meetings (D
256)
Chip -nickname
A. LeRoy Chipman (H
59)
Chris -Dr.
Silkworth sent to see Bill, rugged wire-rope salesman
Paulson & Weber, got Bill job selling wire rope, came
A.A. sobered up, slipped never came back (L
120, 130)
Christine Bock -Bill's
fathers 2nd wife, had daughter Helen, died January 6 1955
(B
73) (L 70) (P
80, 362)
Chuck -wife
Lee, 1st alcoholic arrive Los Angeles from East, artist,
arrived just in time attend 1st home meeting Kaye's place
Benecia Avenue December 19, 1939 (A
92)
Chuck C. -Los
Angeles A.A. (P
348)
City folks -big
city people vacation Vermont (P
39)
Clarace Williams -wife
T. Henry Williams, nonalcoholic, daughter Dorothy; friend
Dr. Bob's wife, Oxford member, Oxford Group meeting house
(A
19, 75, 141) (C 28, 44, 123)
(D 57) (L
104) (P 145) (S
31)
Clarence Griffin -Gardner
Fayette Griffith's only son, died 1894 Colorado (P
28)
Clarence S. -wife
Dorothy S.M.; early Cleveland A.A., started & founded
group Cleveland May 18 1939 Cleveland Heights home Abby
G., 1st group called Alcoholics Anonymous, 16 members;
called self Father Alcoholics Anonymous; stated that group
1st use name Alcoholics Anonymous & initials A.A.;
attended John D. Rockefeller's A.A. dinner February 8,
1940; 1st person split Akron meetings, led revolt &
announced special meeting alcoholics apart Oxford Group;
antagonistic & hostile bad mouthed Bill toward later
years, loved Dr. Bob; leader small group dissident anti-Conference
& anti-General Service Office (A
19, 183) (C
49, 131) (D 109, 115) (G
50, 103) (N 75, 78, 84) (P
232-233, 203, 224) (S 32,
155)
Clayton Quaw -firm
Quaw & Foley, firm Bill did most stock market investigations
for (P
175)
Clem L. -A.A.
who Bill wrote 1948 about organized religion (P
283)
Cliff W. -wife
Dorothy; Mort J. helped get sober; California A.A. proposed
Bill G.S.O. publish Bill's correspondence with Yale reference
declining honorary degree (A
93) (L 157)
Clifford Copping -boyhood
acquaintance Bill's (P
47)
Clifford Wilson -pall
bearer Bertha Bamford Bill's childhood sweetheart bearer
(P
36)
Clint Frazer -Greenland
Long Island New York, 1st met Bill J.K. Rice Jr. &
Co. he telephone trader, drinking companion Bill's from
good old days, introduced Bill Joe Hirshhorn, wife Kay,
came A.A. 1948 (B
175) (L 75) (P
77, 93, 95, 161)
Clinton T. Duffy -liberal
warden San Quentin, 1st known corrections official country
permit A.A. meeting inside maximum security prison 1942,
Bill spoke 420 inmates November 28 1943; friend Bill's;
spoke A.A. 15th anniversary; present 25th Anniversary
1960 Long Beach California; died 1982 (A
89) (E 62, 72) (G
74) (H 118) (P
289)
Colonel Donovan -recommended
Bill Supply Service March 1942 (P
272)
Conor F. -Irish-born
A.A., tavern owner Philadelphia started A.A. Dublin Ireland,
1st person helped Richard P. (A
83) (E 43)
Curtis Jameses -honored
troops preparing overseas, invited Bill's whole battery
his Newport estate (L
23)
Cy -Wilson's
spent night with Cy & Barb (P
214)
Cy Jones -Bill's
brother-in-law, worked clerk insurance department New
York Central Railroad for Cy (A
54) (L 30) (P
63)