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Youmans, William Barton
COLUMBIA, MO. -
William Barton "Bill" Youmans, age 96, of Columbia, Mo., died
Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at The Bluffs nursing home. Bill was born on Feb. 3,
1910, in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, son of the late Charles Trimble Youmans and Lucy
May Gardiner Youmans. He married Cynthia McCreary Holbrook on Nov. 24
(Thanksgiving Day) in 1932. Cynthia died in 2003, after a long and happy
marriage, one month before their 72nd anniversary. Bill and Cynthia had three
children, William Barton Jr., Carol Anne and Charles Gilbert. Bill received
his B.S. degree (1932) and his M.S. (1933) from Western Kentucky State College
in Bowling Green. Later, he earned a Ph.D. in Physiology (1938) from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.D. (1944) from the University of
Oregon. He interned at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (1944-45). He taught at
the University of Oregon Medical School (1938-52) where he headed the
Department of Physiology (1946-52), then he returned to Madison as chair
(1952-71) and later professor (1971-76) of physiology. He authored more than
90 articles on physiology and pharmacology, as well as three monographs and
three textbooks, in addition to the chapters on "Respiration" in Best and
Taylor's Physiological Basis of Medical Practice. He was a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of numerous
organizations, including the American Physiological Society, the American
Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the American Heart
Association. His biographical sketches appear in American Men of Science and
Who's Who in America. In 1976, Bill retired to Pt. Angeles, Wash., with his
wife Cynthia. After many pleasant years in the Northwest, they moved to
Columbia, Mo., to live with their son Gilbert and his wife Svetlana. Bill and
Cynthia especially enjoyed their frequent visits with their
great-grandchildren. A year after Cynthia died, Bill moved to a nursing home,
where he couldn't resist instructing the staff on the symptoms of his own
disease: "I've written books on congestive heart failure." Bill is survived by
his sister, Evelyn Ragland; his daughter, Carol Ann Davies; his son, Gilbert;
his three grandchildren; his seven great-grandchildren; and countless former
students who are practicing medicine today. Memorial services will be held at
2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, at MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, with visitation
from 1:30 p.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Monona, on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at 11 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be sent to the Cynthia Holbrook Youmans Scholarship
Fund, University of Wisconsin Foundation, P.O. Box 8860, Madison, WI
53708-8860. Online tributes may be left at
www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.
Gilbert's address is:
Gilbert Youmans
3212 S. Old Ridge Road,
Columbia, MO 65201
YoumansG@missouri.edu
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