Prouty, William W.

William W. (Bill) Prouty was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., circa 1913, and moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1919. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School, Oak Ridge Military Institute, and the University of North Carolina. He was a veteran of World War II. Prouty worked as a sportswriter, columnist, and photographer for The Chapel Hill Weekly and The Chapel Hill Newspaper. He died on 23 January 1996.

From the guide to the William W. Prouty Photographic Collection, circa 1955-1961, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.)