William Dale Sawyer

2012. He grew up in Roodhouse, Illinois and graduated from medical school at Washington University

in St. Louis. His medical career consisted of nine years in the U.S. Army followed by years

of research and teaching at Johns Hopkins Medical University, Mahidol University in Bangkok,

Thailand and Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis. He was Dean of the medical

school at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He was President of the China Medical Board

of New York, a foundation which supported research and education in medicine, nursing and public

health in East and Southeast Asia until his retirement in 1997. He was only the second American to

be awarded the China Health Medal for his work in China. This was presented in a ceremony

in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jane Ann, and two children,

Dr. Dale Sawyer of Houston and Dr. Carole Bolin of Haslett, Michigan, and six wonderful grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Texas Home Health and Hospice in Waco or Wright State University

Medical School in Dayton, Ohio to the William D. Sawyer scholarship. Cremation services under the

direction of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contribution to Texas Home Health and Hospice, 7503 Bosque Blvd., Waco, TX 76712 or Wright State University Foundation, Boonshoft School of Medicine, William Sawyer Scholarship, 3640 Colonel Glen Hwy, Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001.