Background
Browder, William Bayard was born on September 6, 1916 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Olin Lorraine and Nellie Sheldon (Taylor) Browder.
Browder, William Bayard was born on September 6, 1916 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Olin Lorraine and Nellie Sheldon (Taylor) Browder.
Bachelor of Arts Illinois, 1938. Juris Doctor, University Illinois, 1941. Doctor of Laws, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1979.
Doctor of Laws, Illinois College, 1990.
Attorney I.C.R.R., 1941-1947, Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, 1948-1981, secretary, 1952-1977, director, 1954-1981, general counsel, 1956-1979, vice president, 1965-1974, senior vice president, 1974-1981. Vice president, director Trans Union Corporation, 1969-1981, general counsel, 1969-1979, senior vice president, 1974-1979, senior vice president law, 1979-1981. Vice president, director Ecodyne Corporation, 1972-1981.
Director Procor, Ltd., 1952-1981.
Member Citizens Committee To Study Police-Community Relations in Chicago, 1966-1967. Chairman Committee To Study Financing Community Colleges in Illinois, 1974-1975. President Chicago Crime Commission, 1965-1967.
Member advisory committee University Illinois College Commerce and Business Administration, Champaign-Urbana, 1969-1973. Member Illinois Racing Board, 1973-1974. Member Illinois Board Higher Education, 1975-1991, chairman, 1979-1991.
President Wilmette United Fund, 1962. Life trustee Young Men’s Christian Association-U Illinois, since 1966, chairman, 1967-1979. Board directors Mid American chapter American Red Cross, 1963-1965, Wilmette Public Library., 1964-1967, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1970-1975.
Member University Illinois Foundation, since 1969, board directors, 1973-1979, member president's council, since 1974. Member Illinois Governor's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives, 1983-1986, Illinois Governor's Commission on Science and Technology, 1983-1987. Member Illinois Gaming Board, 1993-1999.
Board directors organized crime committee Chicago Crime Commission. Trustee Trinity United Methodist Church, chairman board trustee, 1973-1985. Member American, Illinois bar associations, University Illinois Law Alumni Association (president 1968-1971), Chicago Legal Club, Order of Coif, Union League Club (Chicago) (director 1974-1976), Westmoreland Country Club (Wilmette, Illinois) (secretary, director 1979), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Mary Bain Lehmann, September 6, 1942 (deceased February 1984). Children: David Sheldon, Wendy Elisabeth, Amy Spence (deceased). Married Betty M. Kennedy, January 5, 1985.