Everard Leland Webber

Background

Webber, Everard Leland was born on January 27, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Leland Bacon and Harriet Gaylord (Peck) Webber.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, University Cincinnati, 1942. Doctor of Humane Letters, DePaul University, 1980.

Career

With, Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, 1939-1942; With, Ernst & Ernst (Certified Public Accountants), Chicago, 1945-1950; with, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1950-1983; executive assistant, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1951-1960; assistant director, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1960-1962; director, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1962-1980; trustee, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1966-1981; president, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1976-1981; president emeritus, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, 1981-1990.

Achievements

• Everard Leland Webber has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Savings and Profit Sharing Fund Sears Employees, Sears Roebuck & Company, from 1980. Director Growth Industry Shares, William Blair Ready Reserves, Inc. Member National Council on Arts, 1970-1976, National Museum Services Board, 1977-1981.

Member National 4H Service Committee, 1972-1976. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association Hotel, Chicago, 1954-1978, chairman, 1961-1962. Board directors Illinois State Museum, 1965-1970.

Board directors Field Foundation of Illinois, 1982-1990, chairman, 1983-1990. Interim president United Way/Crusade of Mercy, 1985-1986. Board governors Illinois State Colleges and Universities, 1967-1975.

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Association Museums (vice president 1966-1970), Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Tavern, University, Attic, Caxton, Michigan Shores, Commercial, Economic (Chicago).

Connections

Married Ellen Gowen Duer, March 30, 1946 (deceased 1974). Children: Leland Duer, James Randall, Ellen Robinson. Married Joan Wray Malloch.

Father:

Leland Bacon Webber

Mother:

Harriet Gaylord (Peck) Webber

Spouse:

Joan Wray Malloch.

Spouse:

Ellen Gowen Duer

child:

Ellen Robinson Webber

child:

Leland Duer Webber

child:

James Randall Webber