William Close
| William Close | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Taliaferro Close June 7, 1924 Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Died | January 15, 2009 (aged 84) Big Piney, Wyoming |
| Education |
Summer Fields School Harrow School St. Paul's School |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Columbia University |
| Spouse(s) | Bettine Moore (m. 1943) |
| Children | Glenn, Tina, Jessie, Alexander, Tambu |
| Parent(s) | Edward Bennett Close Elizabeth Taliaferro |
William Taliaferro Close (June 7, 1924 – January 15, 2009) was an American surgeon who played a major role in stemming a 1976 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, the first major outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa, and preventing its further spread. He was also the father of actress Glenn Close and husband of Bettine Moore Close.
William Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 7, 1924, minutes after his twin brother. His parents were Elizabeth (née Taliaferro) and Edward Bennett Close, an attorney; his mother was a descendant of the Taliaferro family. William had two half-sisters, Adelaide Close Riggs and Eleanor Post Close (Eleanor Post Hutton), from his father's first marriage to Post Cereals heiress and General Foods founder Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Raised in France, he attended Summer Fields School, Harrow School in England, and then St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. Close enrolled in Harvard University in 1941, leaving the school two years later to marry and to become a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He served as the personal pilot and interpreter for General Joseph Harper.
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