did the co founder of alcoholics anonymous ( bill wilson ) was he ever nominated for the nobel peace prize?

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Answer 1

No he wasn't - but Frasnk Buchman, founder of The Oxford Group, was:

The Spiritual Heroes of 12 Step Recovery
Part 8 of 12: Frank Buchman, the Early Years

Controversy followed Frank Buchman all of his professional life. Some loved and some hated
him. His defenders viewed him as a relentless fighter for a new and badly needed wave of
practical, American-style spirituality while critics saw him as hopelessly “ego-centric” and a
threat to traditional Christianity. He left his mark on the fields of religion, psychology and world
politics – he was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But what seems most amazing to
me is that the man who did even more than Bill Wilson to shape and form the principles and the
Steps of AA is so little known within the fellowship and his many contributions so rarely
acknowledged by people in recovery who quite probably benefited most from them. All of this
is, of course, no accident. Buchman’s name and his contributions were carefully and intentionally expunged from the official record of AA by the founders, much like the existence of a crazy uncle is denied by a proud family. When AA chose principles over personalities, Buchman’s personality may well have been the one they most wanted to forget."

For a biography of Bill W (with links to further info), please use the 2nd link below.

For more on Frank Buchman, please use the 3rd link.

Answer 2

No

As Alcoholics Anonymous grew, Wilson became its principal symbol. He helped create a governing structure for the program, the General Service Board, and turned over his power. "I have become a pupil of the A.A. movement rather than the teacher," he wrote. A smoker into his 70s, he died of pneumonia and emphysema in Miami, where he went for treatment in 1971. To the end, he clung to the principles and the power of anonymity. He was always Bill W., refusing to take money for counseling and leadership. He turned down many honors, including a degree from Yale. And he declined this magazine's offer to put him on the cover — even with his back turned.

Answer 3

In all my studies of Bill Wilson and AA, and having been a mental health and substance abuse clinician for 20+ years, now retired, I haven't heard of him being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but, maybe I missed something. I don't think so, though. God Bless you.

Answer 4

Yeah what they prefer is the different of the Nobel for individuals like Bush (regardless of the truth that the Nobel is a shaggy dog tale truly only political Al Gore for god's sake!) how about the Nobel maximum selfish, inhuman psychopath of the year award? Bush may win that regardless of the truth that Rumfeld and Cheney could beat him to it.

Answer 5

Good lord no. Nor should he have been.