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. 2007 Jul;20(3):269-92.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2007.11928302.

William Clifford Roberts, MD: an interview by W. Bruce Fye, MD

William C Roberts  1 , W Bruce Fye
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William Clifford Roberts, MD: an interview by W. Bruce Fye, MD

William C Roberts et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2007 Jul.
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Figure 1
Dr. William C. Roberts. Photo: RCL Portrait Design.
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Figure 2
His father, Stewart Ralph Roberts, MD, at the age of 54.
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Figure 3
With his mother, Ruby Viola Holbrook (age 53), and older brother, Stewart Ralph Roberts, Jr., MD (left), at Stewart's wedding in 1957.
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Figure 4
In college.
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Figure 5
Pledge class of Phi Delta Theta at SMU in 1950. Dr. Roberts is in the second row, second from the left; Dr. George Hurt is in the last row, third from the right.
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Figure 6
In the late 1960s, when he was at NIH.
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Figure 7
His children about year 2000. Daughter, Frances Carey, with John, Charles, and Cliff. Frances received an engineering degree from SMU, worked for Oracle for several years, married, and now is a homemaker with three young children. John (left) is the chief executive officer of SugarCMR, a software company in San Jose, California. Charles (middle) is chief of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Virginia. Cliff (WCR Jr.) (right) obtained an MBA, worked for two different transportation companies, and eventually developed his own company, which he later sold. He now teaches in the public school system in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Figure 8
His clan, showing three of the offspring and their children, which now total 11 grandchildren. (John and his family are not in the picture but are shown in Figure 9.)
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Figure 9
John and Kathy Roberts and their two children in 2007.
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Figure 10
Activities with the American College of Cardiology. (a) Accepting the Gifted Teacher Award from the college in 1978. (b) At the annual meeting of the Connecticut chapter, where he gave the keynote address on April 25, 2007. Dr. Bernie Clark (past president of CCACC) is on the left, and Dr. Lawrence Cohen is on the right.
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Figure 11
In 1982 when becoming editor in chief of The American Journal of Cardiology.
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References

    1. Roberts CS. Life and Writings of Stewart R. Roberts, MD. Georgia's First Heart Specialist. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company Publishers; 1993. p. 138.
    1. Roberts SR. History, Distribution, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment, Etiology. St. Louis, MO: C. V. Mosby; 1914. Pellegra; p. 272.
    1. The Stewart/Roberts legacy. Emory Magazine. 2001;(Winter):48–49.
    1. Edwards JE, Roberts WC. Jesse Efrem Edwards, MD. A conversation with the editor. Am J Cardiol. 1998;81(7):902–911. - PubMed
    1. Braunwald E. Departments, divisions and centers in the evolution of medical schools. Am J Med. 2006;119(6):457–462. - PubMed

BEST PUBLICATIONS OF WCR AS SELECTED BY HIM

    1. Andriole VT, Kravetz HM, Roberts WC, Utz JP. Candida endocarditis. Clinical and pathologic studies. Am J Med. 1962;32:251–285. - PubMed
    1. Roberts WC, Morrow AG, Braunwald E. Complete interruption of the aortic arch. Circulation. 1962;26:39–59. - PubMed
    1. Roberts WC. The histologic structure of the pulmonary trunk in patients with “primary” pulmonary hypertension. Am Heart J. 1963;65:230–236. - PubMed
    1. Roberts WC, Sjoerdsma A. The cardiac disease associated with the carcinoid syndrome (carcinoid heart disease) Am J Med. 1964;36:5–34. - PubMed
    1. Berry WB, Roberts WC, Morrow AG, Braunwald E. Corrected transposition of the aorta and pulmonary trunk. Clinical, hemodynamic and pathologic findings. Am J Med. 1964;36:35–53. - PubMed

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