Procter, William, 1872-1951

William Procter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 8, 1872. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, in 1894. After graduation, Procter spent a few years travelling and working at various jobs before becoming an organizer and partner at Procter & Borden, a firm that worked in bonds in New York City, where he stayed until 1920. After 1920, Procter spent much of his time in Maine, including seven years as president of Bar Harbour Hospital, and 1926 through 1951 as president of the Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region. In 1936, he received the degree of Sc.D. from a university in Montreal. He was a member of the advisory board for the department of zoology at Columbia University between 1942 and 1947. On February 3, 1910, he married Emily Pearson, who died in 1949. He died on April 19, 1951, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

William Procter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 8, 1872. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, in 1894. After graduation, Procter spent a few years travelling and working at various jobs before becoming an organizer and partner at Procter & Borden, a firm that worked in bonds in New York City, where he stayed until 1920. After 1920, Procter spent much of his time in Maine, including seven years as president of Bar Harbor Hospital, and 1926 through 1951 as president of the Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region. In 1936, he received the degree of Sc.D. from a university in Montreal. He was a member of the advisory board for the department of zoology at Columbia University between 1942 and 1947. On February 3, 1910, he married Emily Pearson, who died in 1949. He died on April 19, 1951, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

William Procter, Ph.B. 1894. Born September 8, 1872, Cincinnati, Ohio; died April 19, 1951, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Father, Harley Thomas Procter, partner Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati; son of William Procter. Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Sanford) Procter; daughter of Aaron and Flora Jane (Beardsley) Sanford. Yale relatives include: Thomas Tousey (B.A. 1707) (great-great-great-great-grandfather); William H. Sanford, '84 (uncle).

Phillips-Exeter. Member The Colony and Berzelius.

Student The Sorbonne 1896-97; with Redmond, Kerr & Company, bankers, 1898 and Kountze Brothers 1898-1901; organizer and partner Procter & Borden, bonds, New York City, 1902-20; graduate student Columbia 1917-20; established laboratory on Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1921, and in 1926 established Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region (president 1926-51); an authority on marine and insect life of the Region (author of many publications and contributed to curricula of universities and State biological departments); research associate in marine biology Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Sc.D. Montreal 1935; member advisory board zoology department Columbia 1942-47; president Bar Harbor Hospital 1923-30; member board Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1917-20, 1928-40; trustee American Museum of Natural History; a founder and governor Scientific Research Society of America; member Sigma Xi, Boston Society of Natural History, Academy of Natural Sciences, New York Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Microscopical Society, Ornithologists' Union, Genetic Society, New York, Brooklyn and Cambridge Entomological societies, Ray Society of London, Plymouth Marine Association, Ecologists Union, Ecological Society of America, Royal Canadian Institute; warden Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church (Episcopal), Palm Beach.

Married February 3, 1910, New York City, Emily Pearson, daughter of Frederick W. and Julia (Northhall) Bodstein. Mrs. Procter died 1949.

Death due to heart attack. Buried in Bar Harbor (Maine) Cemetery. Survived by a brother, Rodney Procter, '03 S.

(Taken from Yale University Obituary Record, Sheffield Scientific School, 1949-51, pp. 105-106).