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E. B. Watson -1902 class president Dartmouth, Dr. Bob’s class (D 19)
Earl T. –early Chicago A.A. founder Chicago group; suggested Bill codify A.A. experience late 1945, became 12 Points Assure Our Future then 12 Traditions; suggested reduce 12 Points Assure Our Future & Traditions shortened 1949 (A 22, 203, 213) (D 179) (G 20) (H 154) (L 147) (P 225, 334)
Ebby Thatcher –Bill’s sponsor; Bill’s childhood friend Burr & Burton school days, played ball with Bill, Manchester class mate 1 season Burr & Burton; family prominent Albany 3 generations kept summer home Manchester Vermont; sold insurance, worked investment broker, helped brother Major Albany New York; drinking made him problem there; 1929 he, Bill, pilot flew into Manchester airfield drunk, 1st people land there; drove drunk into house into kitchen, asked cup coffee; had alcoholic problem but visited Bill sober & brought program sobriety learned Oxford Group, came see Bill November 1934 sober, came back with Shep Cornell; 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 [William James], brought Oxford Group message Bill; met Stewart’s cafeteria after Oxford Group meetings; slipped 1936 after 2 years & 7 months, drank heavily afterward, longest sober period 6 years, got drunk taught Bill have faith in message not always messenger; got Bill going New York Oxford Group meetings; came live Wilson’s November 18 1936, drunk May 1937 visitor 415 Lexington A.A. office during 1940’s; Bill requested he receive monthly check life, did $200; guest Stepping Stones; died sober March 21, 1966 (A vii, 46, 58, 62, 64, 140) (B 202-204, 207, 211, 229-230, 263, 273) (C 4) (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 34, 83, 177, 336, 393) (W 151, 154, 157)
Ed –salesman Larry J. helped Texas (A 24)
Ed A. –early Ohio A.A. (G 25)
Ed B. –member office staff, Nell Wing 1954 write & research team Bill thought up; relative famous American painter, been successful writer & editor, alcohol ruined career; discharged Rockland State Hospital; laryngectomy unable speak; editorially helped Bill 2nd edition Big Book (G 15, 121) (P 354)
Ed B. –early Akron A.A., wife Annie (D 148, 274)
Ed B. Dr. –director Miami Heart Institute, A.A., friend Bill’s (P 399-400)
Ed E. –offer Bill & Lois use Connecticut farmhouse “Dun Nibblin”, refused offer (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 car old Stutz from him, rumor he took money went drinking (L 134)
Ed W. –former sales manager, Bill took home try to sober up (B 233)
Eddie B. –12 stepped Duke P., Toledo-based salesman with Charles (“C.J.”) K., both he & Charles, state insane asylum Toledo voluntary commitments, summer 1939, read Big Book manuscript, got out (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. –sent by J.C. Wright, 1st person Bill & Dr. Bob tried help, hoped A.A. #3, failed underlying mental illness manic depressive, atheist, wife beater, reason limitation 9th Step; prominent Youngstown family; wife university professor, wife Ruth surrendered in Oxford Group; he & her 2 children lived Dr. Bob & Annie; caused lot problems, threatened Annie with butcher knife; example ineffectiveness wet-nursing (A 72) (B 249) (C 5, 41-42) (D 77-78, 80, 99) (L 97) (P 151-52)
Eddie Rickenbacker –pilot, plane crashed Pacific, Bill used analogy group survival (A 97) (H 36)
Edgar Cayce –famous psychic (G 75)
Edith Klein –professional librarian helped, Nell Wing archives (G 126)
Edith M. –friend Wilson’s (P 214)
Edith M. –Bob M.’s sister (D 257)
Edna McD. –wife early Cleveland A.A., county visiting nurse, helped get beds alcoholics Cleveland’s Deaconess Hospital (A 20) (D 201)
Edward Blackwell –president Cornwall Press, Cornwall New York (A 156, 169-170) (B 287) (H 145) (P 194)
Eleanor E. –heard Dr. Bob & Bill speak 1946, didn’t know who they were until 1966 (D 300)
Elgie R. –joined A.A. April 1939, John R.’s wife, made address books, 12 stepped Ether & Rollo M.; Oxford member (C 50) (D 80, 128, 146, 243)
Elinor R. –wife Frank R. Los Angeles A.A. (P 288)
Elise Shaw –Frank Shaw’s wife, matron honor Lois’s wedding, Lois oldest, closest friend (B 111, 137) (L 11, 22, 74) (P 175)
Elizabeth D. –wife Herb D., Americans carried A.A. Brazil (E 47)
Ella Brock –Bill’s grandmother, married Gardner Fayette Griffith, died 1921 (N 10) (P 28, 70)
Ella Goldfoot –owned farm Bill & Lois worked on during 1925 motorcycle trip (L 44)
Ella Griffith –Bill’s mothers mother, raised Bill since age 10 & sister Dorothy (P 25) (W 139)
Elrick B. Davis –newspaper writer, probated from nuthouse, wrote 5 part series A.A articles Cleveland Plain Dealer, set off unprecedented wave A.A. growth Cleveland (A 20, 134) (D 203-204) (H 62, 180, 248) (N 83, 85) (P 224) (S 155-156)
Elvin M. Jellinek –founded Yale Summer Studies programs with Dr. Howard W. Haggard; 1962 transferred New Jersey became Rutgers School Alcohol Studies; wrote article 1st Grapevine (E 28) (P 325)
Emily S. –her & husband Harold S. constantly opened Flatbush home A.A. meetings (L 127) (P 217)
Emma –cared Dr. Bob last days (C 61)
Emmy Grinnell –member rich family New Bedford Massachusetts, husband gone WWI, entertained soldiers (P 55)
Emma K. –A.A., cared along with husband Lavelle K. Dr. Bob & Annie last years 855 Ardmore Avenue Akron (D 17, 30) (N 336)
Ernest Kurtz –historian, wrote Not-God (P 394)
Ernest M. –attended Tuesday night meetings Bill’s house (L 102) (P 162)
Ernie G. –Dr. Bob & Bill found him, latched on immediately, early Akron A.A., wife Ruth, helped several groups get started western Ohio & southern Michigan (B 248) (D 141, 258) (L 97)
Ernie W. Galbraith –A.A. #4; 1st young person 30 years old, 1st slipper, salesman, considered almost too young; drank 7 months after year sober; story [7 Month Slip] 1st edition Big Book, not 2nd due drinking; met Dr. Bob’s daughter 1935, 14 years older, married September 1941, married 24 years divorced 1965; quit drinking 1946 (A 6, 73) (C 11-13, 48, 51-53) (D 92-93, 96) (P 154, 225)
Esther E. –started group Dallas Texas (L 144)
Ethel M. –1st A.A. women stay sober any time, joined A.A. May 1941, credited having longest uninterrupted sobriety any women; husband Roscoe; weighed 300 pounds, Rollo M.’s wife, little guy, also A.A., 12 stepped by John & Elgie; died 1963 (D 223, 242-243) (S 124)
Eugene (Gene) Exman –religious editor Harper & Brothers publishing company; encouraged publication Big Book after reading 1st 2 chapters, offered $1,500 advance turned down (A 153) (B 279) (E 23) (G 74) (H 143) (L 111) (SM 10) (N 68) (P 193)
Evans Dick –Oxford Group member got Bill job 1936 collecting proxies behalf investment trust Harrisburg Pennsylvania (L 105)
Eve M. –former staff member, helped revive interest 12 Concepts (G 27)
Evelyn H. –Bill wrote her about slips, possibly her husband Bern slipped (P 252, 254)
Everett –husband Dr. Bob’s office girl Lillian (C 124)
