In 1889, Bridget Della Mary Gavin was born in Shanvilly, County Mayo, Ireland.
After immigrating to the United States, she joined the Sisters of Charity of
St. Augustine in Cleveland, Ohio, where she received the religious name
Sister Mary Ignatia [right: Sr. Ignatia interviewing
an alcoholic for possible admission]. An accomplished musician, she was assigned to teach music for about ten
years but found the pace “too hectic” and eventually suffered a nervous
breakdown.
After her recovery, her superior appointed her to work in the admissions office at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio. Despite the hospital’s policy against treating drunks, she began secretly doing so in 1934. She would go on to assist Dr. Bob S. [left] and thousands of alcoholics, earning the nickname “The Drunks’ Little Angel of Hope.”
In 1896, Harry Tiebout [right] was born in Brooklyn, New York. According to the unsigned introduction to the book Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings (1999), “He would become the first psychiatrist to publicly recognize and uphold the work of Alcoholics Anonymous,” and would be “uniquely distinguished for having facilitated communication between the worlds of alcoholism and psychiatry.”
In 1931, in its “Scientific Notes and News”
[left],
Science magazine noted that Dr. Frederick B., as president of the
American Institute of Chemists had been elected ex officio as an
honorary member of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Societies of South
Africa. This announcement appeared three below that of Albert Einstein
accepting an invitation to become the Cecil Rhodes Memorial Lecturer at
Oxford.
Dr. B. was Bill W.'s first real A.A. prospect in December 1934.
In 2003, the Mid-Southern California (Area 09) Archives relocated to its second
location at 6922 Brockton Ave. in Riverside [left, August 2008].
After her recovery, her superior appointed her to work in the admissions office at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio. Despite the hospital’s policy against treating drunks, she began secretly doing so in 1934. She would go on to assist Dr. Bob S. [left] and thousands of alcoholics, earning the nickname “The Drunks’ Little Angel of Hope.”
In 1896, Harry Tiebout [right] was born in Brooklyn, New York. According to the unsigned introduction to the book Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings (1999), “He would become the first psychiatrist to publicly recognize and uphold the work of Alcoholics Anonymous,” and would be “uniquely distinguished for having facilitated communication between the worlds of alcoholism and psychiatry.”
In 1931, in its “Scientific Notes and News”
[left],
Science magazine noted that Dr. Frederick B., as president of the
American Institute of Chemists had been elected ex officio as an
honorary member of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Societies of South
Africa. This announcement appeared three below that of Albert Einstein
accepting an invitation to become the Cecil Rhodes Memorial Lecturer at
Oxford.Dr. B. was Bill W.'s first real A.A. prospect in December 1934.
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In 1940, Dr. Bob S. wrote to Bill W.
[right: both men, respectively],Have definitely shaken off the shackles of the Oxford Group and are meeting at my house for the time being. Had 74 Wednesday in my little house, but shall get a hall soon [left: Dr. Bob and Anne's residence, 855 Ardmore Ave., Akron, Ohio; above—living room; below—aerial view]. |
In 2003, the Mid-Southern California (Area 09) Archives relocated to its second
location at 6922 Brockton Ave. in Riverside [left, August 2008].
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