Background
Procter, William was born on September 8, 1872 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Harley Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Sanford) Procter.
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William Procter
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Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1891. Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1894. Graduate student Sorbonne (Paris), 1896-1897, Columbia, 1917-1920.
Doctor of Science, University of Montreal, 1936.
Career
During early career specialized in railroad organization and securities. Organized firm of Procter & Borden, 1902, retired, 1929. Established laboratory on Mount Desert Island (Maine), 1921.
Established Biological Survey of Mount Desert Region, 1936.
Has contributed to curricula of university and state biological departments Trustee American Museum Natural History, New York City.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board of managers Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia), 1928-1940. Director Procter & Gamble Company.
Member advisory board, department of zoölogy, Columbia University.
Fellow Entomological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Academy Natural Sciences, Boston Society of Natural History, Entomological Society of America (member edit board, 1940-1947), American Microscopical Society, Academy Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Ornithologists Union, Santa Barbara Natural History Society, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Genetic Society, Ray Society of London (England), Plymouth Marine Association (England), Southern California Academy Sciences.
New York Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Washington, Ecologists Union, Ecological Society of America, Royal Canadian Institute, American, Pacific Coast and Cambridge entomological societies, Science Episcopalian (warden). Clubs: Century, University (New York).
Connections
Married Emily Pearson Bodstein, February 3, 1910.
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Nationality
American