Doctor Leonard V. Strong Jr, the husband of Bill's younger sister Dorothy. Dr Strong attended the Rockefeller Dinner, February 8, 1940. He was one of the first trustees on the first board of the Alcoholic Foundation in April 1938. He died April 24, 1989. Leonard and Dorothy are both buried in the East Dorset Cemetary only 150 feet from the Wilson Family plot.

Strong, Dr. Leonard V. Jr. - husband Bill's sister Dorothy; osteopath; stuck by Bill lowest times; Bill's doctor confidant, gave Bill physical examination 1928, confronted Bill drinking; arranged Bill's admission Towns Hospital 1933 & paid bill; set up appointment Bill & Willard Richardson, friend John D. Rockefeller; essential link A.A. people around John D. Rockefeller Jr.; 1 trustees 1st board Alcoholic Foundation April 1938; 1954 resigned board due question more alcoholics then nonalcoholics on board, served Board Trustees secretary, died April 24 1989

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Autumn ( 1933 ), Lois, now earning $22.50 a week at Macy’s ($317 today) turned to her brother-in-law Dr Leonard V Strong, who arranged, and paid for, Bill W’s first admission to Towns Hospital. Bill was subjected to the “belladonna cure.” The regimen primarily involved “purging and puking” aided by, among other things, castor oil. Belladonna, a hallucinogen, was used to ease the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

Sept ( 1934 )] Bill W’s third admission to Towns Hospital (again paid by Dr Leonard V Strong). Dr Silkworth pronounced Bill a hopeless drunk and informed Lois that Bill would likely have to be committed. Bill left the hospital a deeply frightened man and sheer terror kept him sober. He found a little work on Wall St, which began to restore his badly shattered confidence.

Dec, ( 1937 ) Bill W’s brother-in-law, Dr Leonard V Strong, set up a meeting with Willard S Richardson (manager of John D Rockefeller’s philanthropies). A second meeting was held and included Bill, Dr Bob, Hank P, Fitz M and Ned P (a new man). Other attendees were Dr Silkworth, Richardson, Frank Amos, A LeRoy Chipman and Albert Scott. Bill also wrote that Akron, OH member Paul S (Truth Freed Me) attended the second meeting as well.

NY Times Obit: Dr. L.V. Strong Jr., 90; Aided A.A. Founder Published: April 28, 1989

Dr. Leonard V. Strong Jr., an osteopath who helped establish Alcoholics Anonymous, died of pneumonia Monday at the McKerley Health Care Center in Rutland, Vt. He was 90 years old and lived in Rutland.

Dr. Strong practiced in Manhattan for more than 30 years. He retired in 1963.

He was the brother-in-law of Bill Wilson, a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Through Dr. Strong, Bill W., as he was known, was introduced to an executive of the Rockefeller Foundation, which gave money to establish the Alcoholic Foundation, the forerunner of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Dr. Strong was an alumnus of the University of Chicago Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania Osteopath School.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; a son, Leonard 3d, of San Diego; a sister, Dorothy Zimmer of Rutland; 8 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.