interred 10/23/2010
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William A. Dickson, 96, of South Orleans, MA died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Born in Weston, MA on May 23, 1914, the son of Brenton H. Dickson, Jr. and Ruth W. Bennett, he graduated from Belmont Hill School and Harvard University 36, and then attended Cornell University Medical School, receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1943. In 1941, while in medical school, he married Harriet B. Dickson. After completing his service in the Army Medical Corps in 1945, he interned in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital in Boston, then became Chief Pediatric Resident at Mass General Hospital. He was in private practice in the Boston area until 1967. Being devoted to the cause of public medicine, he was then appointed Senior Associate at the Bromley-Heath Health Center in Roxbury, now known as the Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain. In 1972, he moved to South Orleans and continued to practice public medicine at AIM Clinic in Wellfleet and served for several years on the Orleans Board of Health. He was a lifelong member of the American Board of Pediatrics. He loved children and was considered a compassionate doctor by the parents of his patients. He was an active member of many organizations: Chatham Yacht Club, Friends of Pleasant Bay, Cruising Club of America, and Schussverein Ski Club, among others. His lifelong passion for sailing found him cruising coastal waters from Labrador to the Bahamas, and beyond. He skied the mountains of New England before ski lifts, and was still skiing double diamond trails into his eighties. Being licensed as an amateur (ham) radio operator in his early teens, he talked with people around the world, and was still talking to his radio friends throughout this summer. Bill was pre-deceased by his wife, Harriet, and leaves behind his four children and their spouses: Pat and Ellen of Leyden; Pete and Rachel of Freeport, Maine; Tom and MaryJane of Sconset; and Joanie and her partner Dave Hopkins of Shelburne Falls, plus six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His family requests that any memorial donations be made in his honor to Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 1243, Harwich, MA 02645. A memorial service will be held at St. Peters Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 2 pm.
Published in The Cape Codder from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 2010
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William A. Dickson, 96, of South Orleans, MA died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Born in Weston, MA on May 23, 1914, the son of Brenton H. Dickson, Jr. and Ruth W. Bennett, he graduated from Belmont Hill School and Harvard University 36, and then attended Cornell University Medical School, receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1943. In 1941, while in medical school, he married Harriet B. Dickson. After completing his service in the Army Medical Corps in 1945, he interned in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital in Boston, then became Chief Pediatric Resident at Mass General Hospital. He was in private practice in the Boston area until 1967. Being devoted to the cause of public medicine, he was then appointed Senior Associate at the Bromley-Heath Health Center in Roxbury, now known as the Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain. In 1972, he moved to South Orleans and continued to practice public medicine at AIM Clinic in Wellfleet and served for several years on the Orleans Board of Health. He was a lifelong member of the American Board of Pediatrics. He loved children and was considered a compassionate doctor by the parents of his patients. He was an active member of many organizations: Chatham Yacht Club, Friends of Pleasant Bay, Cruising Club of America, and Schussverein Ski Club, among others. His lifelong passion for sailing found him cruising coastal waters from Labrador to the Bahamas, and beyond. He skied the mountains of New England before ski lifts, and was still skiing double diamond trails into his eighties. Being licensed as an amateur (ham) radio operator in his early teens, he talked with people around the world, and was still talking to his radio friends throughout this summer. Bill was pre-deceased by his wife, Harriet, and leaves behind his four children and their spouses: Pat and Ellen of Leyden; Pete and Rachel of Freeport, Maine; Tom and MaryJane of Sconset; and Joanie and her partner Dave Hopkins of Shelburne Falls, plus six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His family requests that any memorial donations be made in his honor to Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 1243, Harwich, MA 02645. A memorial service will be held at St. Peters Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 2 pm.
Published in The Cape Codder from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 2010
interred 10/23/2010
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William A. Dickson, 96, of South Orleans, MA died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Born in Weston, MA on May 23, 1914, the son of Brenton H. Dickson, Jr. and Ruth W. Bennett, he graduated from Belmont Hill School and Harvard University 36, and then attended Cornell University Medical School, receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1943. In 1941, while in medical school, he married Harriet B. Dickson. After completing his service in the Army Medical Corps in 1945, he interned in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital in Boston, then became Chief Pediatric Resident at Mass General Hospital. He was in private practice in the Boston area until 1967. Being devoted to the cause of public medicine, he was then appointed Senior Associate at the Bromley-Heath Health Center in Roxbury, now known as the Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain. In 1972, he moved to South Orleans and continued to practice public medicine at AIM Clinic in Wellfleet and served for several years on the Orleans Board of Health. He was a lifelong member of the American Board of Pediatrics. He loved children and was considered a compassionate doctor by the parents of his patients. He was an active member of many organizations: Chatham Yacht Club, Friends of Pleasant Bay, Cruising Club of America, and Schussverein Ski Club, among others. His lifelong passion for sailing found him cruising coastal waters from Labrador to the Bahamas, and beyond. He skied the mountains of New England before ski lifts, and was still skiing double diamond trails into his eighties. Being licensed as an amateur (ham) radio operator in his early teens, he talked with people around the world, and was still talking to his radio friends throughout this summer. Bill was pre-deceased by his wife, Harriet, and leaves behind his four children and their spouses: Pat and Ellen of Leyden; Pete and Rachel of Freeport, Maine; Tom and MaryJane of Sconset; and Joanie and her partner Dave Hopkins of Shelburne Falls, plus six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His family requests that any memorial donations be made in his honor to Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 1243, Harwich, MA 02645. A memorial service will be held at St. Peters Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 2 pm.
Published in The Cape Codder from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 2010
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William A. Dickson, 96, of South Orleans, MA died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Born in Weston, MA on May 23, 1914, the son of Brenton H. Dickson, Jr. and Ruth W. Bennett, he graduated from Belmont Hill School and Harvard University 36, and then attended Cornell University Medical School, receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1943. In 1941, while in medical school, he married Harriet B. Dickson. After completing his service in the Army Medical Corps in 1945, he interned in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital in Boston, then became Chief Pediatric Resident at Mass General Hospital. He was in private practice in the Boston area until 1967. Being devoted to the cause of public medicine, he was then appointed Senior Associate at the Bromley-Heath Health Center in Roxbury, now known as the Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain. In 1972, he moved to South Orleans and continued to practice public medicine at AIM Clinic in Wellfleet and served for several years on the Orleans Board of Health. He was a lifelong member of the American Board of Pediatrics. He loved children and was considered a compassionate doctor by the parents of his patients. He was an active member of many organizations: Chatham Yacht Club, Friends of Pleasant Bay, Cruising Club of America, and Schussverein Ski Club, among others. His lifelong passion for sailing found him cruising coastal waters from Labrador to the Bahamas, and beyond. He skied the mountains of New England before ski lifts, and was still skiing double diamond trails into his eighties. Being licensed as an amateur (ham) radio operator in his early teens, he talked with people around the world, and was still talking to his radio friends throughout this summer. Bill was pre-deceased by his wife, Harriet, and leaves behind his four children and their spouses: Pat and Ellen of Leyden; Pete and Rachel of Freeport, Maine; Tom and MaryJane of Sconset; and Joanie and her partner Dave Hopkins of Shelburne Falls, plus six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His family requests that any memorial donations be made in his honor to Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 1243, Harwich, MA 02645. A memorial service will be held at St. Peters Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 2 pm.
Published in The Cape Codder from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 2010
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