that begin with the letter:
r
R. H. -Dr. Bob’s nickname for self (C 157)
Ralph –worked press room A.A.’s 2nd International Convention St. Louis July 1955 (A 36)
Ralph B. –writer Alcoholic Foundation; frequent visitor Stepping Stones (G 145)
Ralph R. –married Bill’s 1/2 sister Helen (P 330)
Randolph –West Indian Rosicruican elevator man 38 Livingston Street New York, tried keep Bill sober & when drunk safe, checked neighborhood bar’s for him (L 71) (P 81)
Ray H. –early San Francisco A.A. (A 88)
Ray McCarthy –1st administrator Yale School Alcohol Studies (H 189)
Ray W. –early New York A.A., atheist, went San Francisco 1940 business, told those there contacted by mail A.A. great stuff but put God out of it; picture appeared Jack Alexander March 1 1941 Saturday Evening Post article (A 87) (P 247)
Ray Windows –close friend Dr. Bob’s daughter age 12, Sue’s first beau & 2nd husband, married her December 19 1975, died August 3 1989 (C 11-12,85,95) (D 93,106)
Reuben A. Holden –secretary Yale University; coordinator give Bill honorary Doctor Laws degree (H 205-206) (P 311)
Reverend George Little –Toronto minister credited introducing A.A. Canada (A 84) (E 35)
Reverend Lee Belford –member 1st Trustee Archives Committee 1973 (G 127)
Reverend Mother Clementine –administrator St. Thomas Hospital when Sister Ignatia there (D 189)
Reverend & Mrs. W. H. Bamford –Bertha parents, Bill’s childhood sweetheart, Episcopal minister Manchester Vermont (P 35-36)
Reverend T. Willard Hunter –spent 18 years full-time staff positions Oxford Group & M.R.A.; states never heard 6 Tenets; supported A.A. (P 206)
Reverend Vincent P. Haas –Sister Ignatia ask look into A.A. meeting Kings School, check if A.A. allied Oxford Group (S 86)
Reverend Walter Tunks –Harvey Firestone’s minister; Bill called from Mayflower Hotel lobby May 11 1935 get name drunk, Episcopalian minister, long-time Oxford Group enthusiast, gave Bill 10 names call, last 1 Mrs. Seiberling; referred Norman Sheppard; conducted Dr. Bob’s funeral services 15 years later (A 66, 73) (B 236) (C 5, 35-36, 63) (D 64,344) (E 12) (L 95) (N 27) (S 19)
Reverend Willard (Dick) S. Richardson –ordained Baptist minister; handled John D. Rockefeller’s Jr. private charities, spiritual advisor, great friend; got Bill contact through Dr. Leonard Strong Bill’s brother-in-law John D. Rockefeller Jr. & associates; present 1937 meeting John D. Rockefeller’s office money raising; became good friend Bill & Lois; referred Dick Richardson; proposed Alcoholic Foundation be formed February 4 1938; Bill requested $50,000 turned down, given $5,000, $3,000 pay Dr. Bob’s mortgage rest Bill & Dr. Bob get $30 monthly, became sold on A.A., offered services; called Uncle Dick;, 1 1st Alcoholic Foundation board member (A 14, 147, 148, 151-152) (B 274) (E 18) (G 98) (H 59, 62, 142-143, 146, 177, 192, 195) (L 108, 197) (SM 9) (N 65) (P 181, 183, 188, 232) (W 159)
Rex –1 founding members A.A. Sydney Australia Sydney late 1944, Australia’s 1st A.A. secretary (A 86) (E 41)
Ricardo –inmate San Quentin, continuously helpful from beginning bringing A.A. San Quentin (A 89)
Richard P. –1st sober A.A. Ireland, Connor F. Philadelphia tavern owner helped (A 83) (E 43)
Richard Peabody –lay therapist treatment alcoholism, author [Common Sense Drinking], recovering alcoholic (P 176)
Robbie (Robert) –11 year old boy Goldfoots were raising, got close with Bill during time worked Goldfoots farm make money during motorcycle trip 1925 (B 151) (L 42)
Robert Griffith –cousin Bill’s, Brattleboro (P 27)
Robert H. –Bill wrote 1959 about loneliness (G 76)
Robert J. Roth –associate professor philosophy Fordham University; wrote William James & Alcoholics Anonymous, magazine America July 1965 based discussions & sharing 30th University Convention Alcoholics Anonymous Toronto Canada 1965 (G 21)
Robert Lee Brown –sharecropper trying raise tobacco, very poor, invited Bill & Lois who on road share Christians dinner 1928, turnip greens, sweet potato custard (B 158)
Robert Ripley Smith –Dr. Bob’s son born June 5 1918, nickname Smitty, started drinking 16, alcoholic (A 68) (C 2, 99, 120, 154) (D 10)
Robert Shaw –lawyer, friend Willard S. Richardson, early Board member (A 186)
Robert Smith –wrote acceptable script about A.A. for Paramount Pictures middle 1940’s (G 8)
Robert Thomsen –Bill’s biographer, author Bill W. (N 13) (P 379)
Roberto C. –12 stepped by Carlo I., together translated Big Book Italian, gave 1st Italian Big Book Lois 1980 International Convention New Orleans (E 51-52) (G 110)
Roger Burnham –Lois Burnham’s brother & friend Bill’s, told Lois of Bill, Lois’s best man wedding; died December 1970 (B 111) (G 57) (L 74) (P 39, 58)
Roger Perkins –senior class member Burr & Burton, pall bearer Bertha Bamford Bill’s childhood sweetheart (P 36)
Roger Williams –T. Williams direct descendant founder Rhode Island & champion religious freedom colonial America (P 145)
Roland J. –spiritualist Doc Bob talked late 1930’s (D 311)
Rollicking Rollie –nickname Rollie Hemsley (D 251) (N 85-86) (P 236)
Rollie Hemsley –nickname Rollicking Rollie, early Cleveland A.A., famous baseball player, catcher Cleveland Indians caught Bob Feller no-hitter May 1940, 1 1st big names go public 1939 revealed been sober in A.A., caused lot publicity, sports reporter really responsible; Rollie; recruiting officer Akron fellowship, stayed awhile Oxford Group A.A. split (A 24) (B 300) (D 167, 204, 218, 251) (L 146) (N 85-86, 95) (P 236)
Rollo M. –joined A.A. May 1941, wife Ethel M., also A.A., 12 stepped by John & Elgie (D 223, 243-244)
Roscoe M. –husband Ethel M., 1st A.A. women stay sober any time, credited having longest uninterrupted sobriety any women (S 124)
Rose Landon –neighbor Bill’s while staying with grandparents (P 29)
Rowland Hazard –met Stewart’s cafeteria after Oxford Group meetings; drunk through fortune, carried message Ebby; former Rhode Island state senator, investment banker, senior director chemical company, concerned his drinking saw Dr. Carl Jung psychiatrist & psychoanalyst Switzerland 1930, treated about year, drunk again, returned more treatment, Jung told science can’t help need spiritual awakening & ally himself religious group, did, Oxford Group 1931 & found sobriety, with Cebra G. interceded judge accepting, responsibility Ebby August 1934, helped Ebby find sobriety; died 1945 (B 229-231) (E 10) (H 276-277, 282) (L 93) (N 8, 9, 21, 33) (P 113-115, 128) (W 154-155)
Roy Y. –1st Texan get sober & stay sober, contacted Larry J. newspaper man from Cleveland who wrote 6 A.A. articles Houston Press, Army sergeant, stationed Tampa started 1st groups Florida west coast (A 24) (D 259)
Rum hound from New York –how Bill described himself to Henrietta Seiberling May 11, 1934 (D 60)
Russ –childhood friend Bill’s, communicated with Morse Code Rutland (P 22-23)
Russ R. –once partner Time-Life, atheist, stayed with Wilson’s over year (B 263) (L 119) (P 164)
Ruth G. –wife Ernie G., the 2nd 1 (D 141)
Ruth Hock Crecelius –nonalcoholic, Hank P.’s Honor Dealers organization secretary, came work Bill & Hank P. 1936 Hanks office 17 William Street Newark; Bill’s 1st secretary & office manager 1936-1942; Bill & Hank P.; nicknamed Dutch & Duchess; native Newark, grew up thrifty German family, attended German-speaking church, lived ethnic section city, divorced 24; 1st national A.A. secretary, went without pay for time, became Bill’s sectary typed manuscript Big Book Bill dictated, wanted little mention God steps & Big Book; Serenity Prayer brought her 1941; picture appeared Jack Alexander March 1 1941 Saturday Evening Post article; given 5 millionth copy Big Book 50th International Convention Montreal 1985, typed original manuscript 1938; died spring 1986 (A 16, 159, 166, 195-196) (B 277, 292) (D 167) (E 18, 20) (G 61, 82, 111-112) (H 106, 144, 152) (L 111, 141) (N 99, 297) (P 191-193, 199, 241, 247) (W 160, 179)
Ruth R. –wife Eddie R. 1st person Bill & Dr. Bob tried help, failed underlying mental illness manic depressive, Ruth surrendered in Oxford Group; they 2 children lived Dr. Bob & Annie; caused lot problems, Eddie threatened Annie with butcher knife (B 249) (C 5, 41-42) (D 77-78, 80, 99) (L 97) (P 151-152)
Ruth S. –friend Wilsons, husband Wilbur S., drove them see Stepping Stones (L 133)
Ruth T. –joined A.A. spring 1939, from Toledo, well-to-do woman, hosted A.A. meetings her house (D 242, 256)