In 1986, Granzig founded the American Academy of Clinical Sexologist within Maimonides University.
Dorothy Strauss became the first chair of the newly formed certification committee.
In 2002 the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) awarded Granzig its highest award, the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal for his lifetime contribution of advancing sexological reform worldwide.
[4] William Granzig is widely considered an authority on sexology and is frequently quoted in the media.
Granzig received his Ph.D. from Loyola University Chicago, and is a Lifetime Founding Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexology.