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Bill W., Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Source: Time, June 14, 1999
- 1895, Nov. 26 - Bill W. is born in East Dorset, Vermont.
- 1918, Jan. 24 - Bill and Lois W. are married days before Bill leaves for Europe to serve in the First World War.
- 1934, Dec. 11 - Bill W. takes his last drink and enters Towns Hosp. in New York City.
- 1935, May 11- In the lobby near the bar of the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, Ohio, Bill W. calls Walter Tunks who tells him to call Henrietta Siberling who introduces him to Dr. Bob.
- 1935, May 12 - Bill W. and Dr. Bob meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.
- 1935, June 10 - Bill W. and Dr. Bob found the A.A. Fellowship in Akron, Ohio.
- 1935, June 28 - Dr. Bob and Bill W. visited Bill D. at Akron's City Hospital in Ohio.
- 1935, Oct. 17 - Ebby T., Bill W.'s boyhood friend who introduced him to the Oxford Group, moves in with Bill and Lois.
- 1937, Oct. 7 - Bill and Lois W. leave for Akron, Ohio.
- 1937, Dec. 12 - Bill W. meets with the Rockefeller Foundation to raise money.
- 1938, Sept. 21 - Bill W. and Hank P. form Works Publishing Co. to raise money to to publish the "Big Book."
- 1939, Nov. 13 - NY AA urges Bill W. to stay on as leader of the "Fellowship" and not hunt for a job, despite
money problems.- 1939, April 26 - Bill and Lois W.'s Brooklyn home is foreclosed on. They move in with Hank P., the first
of over 50 moves before they buy a home in 1941.- 1939, June 16- Bill W. visits Blythewood where Marty M. sobered up.
- 1939, Sept. 20 - Morris Markey writes the Liberty magazine article, "Alcoholics and God." An Unfavorable publication, but Bill W. notes "The Liberty blast will stir things up."
- 1939, Nov. 11 - Bill and Lois W. visit Cleveland AA founder Clarence S.
- 1940, Feb. 8 - Bill W. and 6 other AA members ask 60 friends of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. for money at the Union Club, NY and receive $2,000.
- 1940, Sept. 24 - Bill W. makes a 12th Step call on Bobbie V. who will replace Ruth Hock as NY's, AA office secretary.
- 1941, Jan. 3 - Jack Alexander tells Bill W. that the Oxford Group will be in his Saturday Evening Post article on A.A. (Read the article)
- 1941, Jan. 4 - Bill and Lois W. drive to Bedford Hills to see Stepping Stones and break in through an unlocked window.
- 1941, March 14 - A.A. in South Orange, NJ holds an anniversary dinner at the Hotel Suburban with Bill W. as the guest speaker.
- 1941, April 11 - Bill and Lois W. move into Stepping Stones, located at Bedford Hills, New York.
- 1943, March 29 - The Charleston Mail WV, reports Bill W. talked at St. John's Parish House.
- 1943 Nov. 26 - The San Francisco Examiner quotes Bill's opinion, "Women are more difficult than men... more crafty and subtle."
- 1943, Dec. 2 - The San Quentin News reports "Mr. Bill" speaks to 300 inmates at their AA meeting.
- 1953, April * - Bill W. writes an early 6 step version of the 12 Steps.
- 1966, March 21 - Ebby T., who Bill W. called his sponsor, dies sober. Letter from Bill W.
- 1970 Oct. 10 - Lois W. reads Bill's last message in New York.
- 1971, Jan. 24 - Bill W. dies in Miami, FL.
- 1971, Jan. 26 - Bill Wilson's obituary is published on page one of The New York Times
- 1971, Feb. 14 - A.A. groups worldwide hold a memorial service for Bill W.
- 1984, Jan. * - Pass it On the story of Bill W. and how the A.A. message reached the world, was published by AAWS.
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