Whos's
Who in AA History
that begin with the letter:
f
Father Dunlea -associated Rydalmere Mental Hospital
Sydney with Australian psychiatrist S.J. Minogue (A
85)
Father Ed -nickname
Father Edward Dowling, S.J. (B
307)
Father Edward Dowling, S.J. (Father Ed) -nickname
Puggy; visited Cincinnati 1940 read Big Book, gotinterested
A.A. studying 12 Steps which found parallels Exercises
St. Ignatius spiritual discipline Jesuit Order; reason
went Akron see Dr. Bob & members Alcoholic Squadron
Oxford Group, no results Protestants there never heard
St. Ignatius & Spiritual Exercises, referred Bill
New York, made pilgrimage meet Bill rainy night 1940 24th
Street Clubhouse; Tom M. caretaker 1st A.A. clubhouse
24th Street called some bum from St. Louis late 1940;
Bill took 5th step that night with him had 2nd conversion
experience; St. Louis Jesuit priest, editor Queen's Work
Catholic Publication; fascinated parallels 12 Steps -
Exercises St. Ignatius spiritual discipline his Jesuit
order; heard Bill's 5th Step; 1 most Bill's important
early friends, most frequently touch with; became Bill's
spiritual advisor & close friend next 2 decades; responsible
founding A.A. St. Louis; 1 1st religious leaders endorse
A.A. 1940; nonalcoholic, spoke 2nd Intentional Convention
St. Louis 1955; tried LSD cause Bill asked; died April
2 1960 (A
xii, 2, 37, 195, 253) (B
307-309) (E
15, 72) (G 48, 53, 65-66,
77, 86) (H 179, 364-366)
(L 131) (N
98) (P 241-242, 358, 371)
(S 25-26)
Father J.G. Gallagher -worked
with Sister Ignatia (D
221)
Father Nagle -St.
Vincent's Charity Hospital, helped Cleveland alcoholics
(A
20) (H 204)
Father Otis W. -early
recovering priest (S
171)
Father Ralph Pfau -1st
A.A. Catholic priest join A.A., organized National Clergy
Conference, wrote Golden Books, wrote autobiographical
account alcoholism [Prodigal Shepherd] (S
197)
Father T. V. Dunlea -October
1944 started A.A. Australia (E
41)
Father Vincent Haas -newly
ordained priest, looked into A.A. for Sister Ignatia,
heard confessions alcoholic patients St. Francis Hospital
because hospital chaplin didn't think alcoholics patients
truly repented (D
189-190) (N 80)
Fayette Griffith -Bill's
grandfather, raised Bill since age 10 & sister Dorothy
(N
10, 16) (W 139)
Fitz M. (John Henry Fitzhugh M.) -2nd
man recover Towns Hospital fall & early winter 1935;
strongly religious; wrote story [Our Southern Friend];
resident Cumberland Maryland, minister's son; devoted
friend Wilson's, came Tuesday night meetings Bill's house
1935 about 1937; spring 1937 went home Maryland, trying
start A.A. group there; went number Oxford Group meetings
& house parties with Wilson's; 1st prospect from Dr.
Silkworth 1937; present meeting December 1937 Rockefeller
raise money; led Big Book conservatives wanted more Christian
doctrine, insisted Big Book should express Christian doctrine
& use Biblical terms & expressions; involved phrase
God as we understood Him in Steps; wrote Our Southern
Friend Big Book; looked Library Congress number books
named Way Out 12, number named Alcoholics Anonymous; loner
Washington D.C. area joined by Hardin C. & Bill A.
1940; along with Florence R. helped start Washington Group
(A
17, 74, 162, 166) (B 250,
263, 274, 282, 286) (D 108)
(E 25) (G
111) (H 13, 107) (L
107) (N 334) (P
161-162, 168, 191, 199, 257)
Florence B. -Freddie
B.'s wife, divorced after Freddie sober (L
94)
Florence R. -only
female A.A. when names Big Book discussed, objected called
100 Men; her story 1st edition [Feminine Victory); 1st
female drunk stay Bill's house, Bill knew her husband
Wall Street; Bill & Lois got her out Bellevue; helped
Fitz M. start Washington Group; returned drinking died
apparent suicide Washington D.C. (A
18) (B 263-264) (E
25) (L 107) (P
202)
Francis H. -young
Boston A.A., read Lois's book, offered help her late 1982;
came Stepping Stones January 1983, 1st as caretaker, then
secretary, stayed Lois's death (G
139)
Francis J. -wife
Mort J., Los Angeles A.A. (A
94) (P 288)
Francis Money -boyhood
acquaintance Bill's (P
47)
Frank Amos -advertising
man; longtime friend John D. Rockefeller, present meeting
December 1937 Rockefeller raise money, went Akron investigate
A.A., conducted feasibility study, made good report John
D. Rockefeller Jr., recommended $50,000 contribution February
1938; became sold on A.A. & offered services; 1 of
1st nonalcoholic trustees April 1938; close friend Bill's;
referred Bill Eugene Exman religious editor Harper's book
publishers; died July 1965 (A
6, 15, 148-153) (B 274-275,
277) (D 128) (E
18) (G 92) (H
59, 61, 143, 194) (L 111,
197) (SM
9-10) (N 65-66, 68) (P
184-185, 188) (S 124)
Frank Gulden -former
Trustee (A
6, 208) (H 194)
Frank Jacobs -had
influence Bill's boyhood (B
42)
Frank M. -Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age says translated Big Book Spanish,
Dr. Bob & Good Oldtimers states Dick P. did it (A
200)
Frank M. -A.A.
archivist 1982 & administrative assistant General
Service Office; secretary Trustees' Archives Committee
(G
112, 126)
Frank R. -A.A.,
read Big Book Arizona, book convert rushed Los Angeles
to see if true, wife Elinor (A
93-94) (P 288)
Frank R. -trustee
Boston area (P
389)
Frank S. -Los
Angeles A.A. (P
288)
Frank Seiberling -entrepreneur,
founder 1st president Goodyear Tire & Rubber company,
father-in-law Henrietta Seiberling; lived 65-room mansion
Portage Path (D
56) (L 95) (P
136-137)
Frank Shaw -wife
Elise, husband Lois's best friend; Wall Street big-shot,
high up company J.K. Rice Company; Bill did stock market
investigations for him; parted official company 1929,
tolerant of Bill, remained lifelong friends; died 1950's
(B
137) (L 74) (P
69, 74, 175)
Frank Winans -Chicago
banker, April 8 1932 formed long-term speculative syndicate
him Bill & Arthur Wheeler based on Bill not taking
even 1 drink, middle May 1932 Bill drank Jersey Lighting
applejack (A
56) (B 180-181) (L
83) (P 90-91)
Fred -early
San Francisco A.A. (A
88)
Fred K. -New
Jersey A.A. help start A.A. Miami (A
25)
Freddie B. -wife
Florence, divorced after sober; chemistry professor; after
Bill spoke Oxford Group came talk Bill, became friends;
drank off & on 11 years before sober in A.A., attended
Tuesday night meetings Bill's house (L
94, 102) (P 132, 162)
Freddie S. -joined
A.A. with wife, Vi S. May 1941 Cleveland (D
245)
Fulton Oursler -editor
Liberty Magazine popular national weekly 1939; wrote book
[Greatest-Story Ever Told]; Senior Editor Readers Digest;
introduced Bill Fulton Sheen; member Board Trustees; good
friend Bill's; helped raise money distributing friends
2 chapters Big Book when unpublished (A
17, 87, 172, 176, 208) (G
73) (H 145, 180, 182-183,
194) (SM
11,17) (N 52,90) (P
223, 335)