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William J. Grace, MD, FACC 1916–1977
Obituary
WILLIAM J. GRACE, MD, FACC 1916-1977 Dr. William J. Grace, editor of The American Journal of Medicine and a widely respected cardiologist, was host, year after year, to the College’s continuing education program in myocardial infarction and coronary care at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, a course that was regularly oversubscribed. This program was based on the first coronary care unit established in the metropolitan New York area. Dr. Grace was a man of many talents, an able administrator, a great teacher, lecturer arkI editor and, above all, a compassionate and dedicated physician who trained numerous interns and residents in a pattern of superb patient care. The record of his life is a recital of activity on important boards and committees, educational assignments, editorial work and, for our College, a real interest in forwarding our function of spreading cardiologic knowledge. Bill was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on March 18,19 16. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938 and his MD from Cornell University in 1942. He interned at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and came back to Cornell as resident in internal medicine in the New York Hospital. He was admitted as a Fellow in our College in 1951 and was immediately active in College affairs. He served as College governor for downstate New York from 1962 to 1965; he was on the Continuing Education Committee from 1970
September 1977
to 1973 and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1974. He was our representative on three committees of the American Heart Association: Clinical Cardiology, Coronary Care and Critical Care Medicine. He was our program representative in the American Medical Association’s Section of Cardiovascular Disease from 1973 to 1977. Bill had Fellowships in the College of Chest Physicians, College of Physicians and College of Clinical Pharmacology, and the New York Academy of Medicine. In each organization he was not content to relax as one of the Fellows. He served on committees; he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the New York Heart Association. Bill’s bibliography began in 1948 and included more than 150 papers. He held editorial appointments on six journals and from July 1973 until his death served as editor of the prestigious American Journal of Medicine. At the same time he was Director of Medicine in St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York and made daily teaching rounds. He died on February 18, 1977 at the age of 60 years. Bill Grace will be remembered for his kindness and for his sincere dedication to the members of his staff; the interns that he trained will be a living memorial to a distinguished Fellow of our College. Philip Reichert, MD, FACC Historian American College of Cardiology
The American Journal of CARDIOLOGY
Volume 40
485
WILLIAM J. GRACE, MD, FACC 1916-1977 Dr. William J. Grace, editor of The American Journal of Medicine and a widely respected cardiologist, was host, year after year, to the College’s continuing education program in myocardial infarction and coronary care at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, a course that was regularly oversubscribed. This program was based on the first coronary care unit established in the metropolitan New York area. Dr. Grace was a man of many talents, an able administrator, a great teacher, lecturer arkI editor and, above all, a compassionate and dedicated physician who trained numerous interns and residents in a pattern of superb patient care. The record of his life is a recital of activity on important boards and committees, educational assignments, editorial work and, for our College, a real interest in forwarding our function of spreading cardiologic knowledge. Bill was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on March 18,19 16. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938 and his MD from Cornell University in 1942. He interned at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and came back to Cornell as resident in internal medicine in the New York Hospital. He was admitted as a Fellow in our College in 1951 and was immediately active in College affairs. He served as College governor for downstate New York from 1962 to 1965; he was on the Continuing Education Committee from 1970
September 1977
to 1973 and a member of the Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1974. He was our representative on three committees of the American Heart Association: Clinical Cardiology, Coronary Care and Critical Care Medicine. He was our program representative in the American Medical Association’s Section of Cardiovascular Disease from 1973 to 1977. Bill had Fellowships in the College of Chest Physicians, College of Physicians and College of Clinical Pharmacology, and the New York Academy of Medicine. In each organization he was not content to relax as one of the Fellows. He served on committees; he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the New York Heart Association. Bill’s bibliography began in 1948 and included more than 150 papers. He held editorial appointments on six journals and from July 1973 until his death served as editor of the prestigious American Journal of Medicine. At the same time he was Director of Medicine in St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York and made daily teaching rounds. He died on February 18, 1977 at the age of 60 years. Bill Grace will be remembered for his kindness and for his sincere dedication to the members of his staff; the interns that he trained will be a living memorial to a distinguished Fellow of our College. Philip Reichert, MD, FACC Historian American College of Cardiology
The American Journal of CARDIOLOGY
Volume 40
485