October 17, 2001

Dr. William Reese

Dr. William George Reese, husband of former Cape Girardeau resident, Elizabeth Bahn Reese, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. He was born April 2, 1917, in Utah, was reared on a farm in Idaho, and lived in Little Rock, Ark., since 1951. At the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), he was professor of psychiatry from 1951-87, chairman of the department from 1951-85, and retired in 1987 as Marie Wilson Howell's professor and chairman, emeritus...

Dr. William George Reese, husband of former Cape Girardeau resident, Elizabeth Bahn Reese, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001.

He was born April 2, 1917, in Utah, was reared on a farm in Idaho, and lived in Little Rock, Ark., since 1951.

At the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), he was professor of psychiatry from 1951-87, chairman of the department from 1951-85, and retired in 1987 as Marie Wilson Howell's professor and chairman, emeritus.

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He is survived by his wife; three children: William Reese and wife Sudha of Portsmouth, R.I., and their two children, Gita Sukthankar and husband Rahul, and John Reese; Dr. Robert Reese and wife Linda of Tucson, Ariz., and their two children, Hilary and Colin Reese; and Mary Reese Finley and husband retired Army Lt. Col. Thomas Finley of St. Louis.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Ruebel Funeral Home in Little Rock.

Memorials may be made to UAMS Foundation--Psychiatry.

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