Minear, William Laurice

March 18, 1910-May 7, 1994. Member of the Santa Cruz County Society. Mentioned in the 1/13/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.
Arizona Medical Board record: William L. Minear MD; license date: 1/5/1938; medical school: NWU, FEINBERG SCH OF MED, Chicago, Illinois; graduation date: 07/01/1937.
See the “Biography” section of the Inventory of the William L. Minear Oral History, 1985 (http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu-mhhc61.xml) [note: middle name here as “Loris”]. See also the “Health Care” chapter (pp.49-53, name spelled "Minier") in “And then there was Patagonia” (2001) by Louise Stevens Easley.
Member of ArMA subcommittee on silicosis (May 26, 1942 Douglas Dispatch & May 26, 1942 Arizona Republic (source: Orville Harry Brown, M.D. collections, v. 7, p. 391 [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673])
For photo see: Spidle, Jr., Jake W. Doctors of medicine in New Mexico : a history of health and medical practice, 1886-1986. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1986, page 219.

J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1950; 142: 1086: The New Mexico Medical Society was recently granted the privilege by the governor of the state to investigate the health facilities and medical care and treatment of persons in all statesupported institutions. The request by the society to inspect these institutions was prompted by charges of mistreatment of patients and mismanagement. Dr. James W. Hannett, president of the medical society, has appointed three committees to investigate the state institutions : Drs. Carl H. Gellenthien of Valmora, Albert S. Lathrope of Santa Fe and Alan Jacobson of Albuquerque; Drs. Erich P. Hausner of Santa'Fe, Percy G. Cornish of Albuquerque and Harold M. Mortimer of Las Vegas ; Drs. George S. Morrison of Roswell, Rodger E. MacQuigg of Albuquerque and William L. Minear, Hot Springs. A written report of these committees will be submitted to the governor of the state, to the various boards in charge of the institutions and to the New Mexico Medical Society.
J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1952; 150: 1020: The Chicago Orthopaedic Society, which met at the Palmer House, Oct. 10, heard a report by Dr. Fremont Chandler, president, American Orthopaedic Association, on the joint meeting of the Orthopaedic Associations of the English-Speaking World in London. "Debridement and Synovectomy in Localized Skeletal Tuberculosis" was presented by Dr. Robert G. Addison (by invitation) and Dr. William L. Minear, Carrie Tingley Hospital, Truth or Consequences, N. Mex., and was discussed by Dr. Charles N. Pease.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1959; 169: 2081: Questions and Answers. Myelography and Diskography. To the Editor: -- What risks are associated with myelography and diskography? Is a surgeon justified in obtaining a myelogra7n or diskogram to establish evidence of disease for medicolegal reasons, or are these procedures justified only to establish additional clinical evidence when symptoms are severe enough to demand surgery? William L. Minear, M.D., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
JAMA, Nov 1994; 272: 1556b: MINEAR, William Laurice, 84; Albuquerque, NM; Northwestern University Medical School, 1937; certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; died May 7, 1994.