William A. Procter
William A. Procter, the eldest son of William Procter, and former president of The Procter & Gamble Company, was born in Cincinnati, August 24, 1834. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of this city and later attended Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. In January, 1851, he became connected with the firm of Proctor & Gamble and continued with the firm and the company until the time of his death. Much of the success of the organization was due to his good business judgment. He served as president from the time the company was incorporated n 1890, until his death in March, 1907.
To Wm. Cooper Procter, who succeeded to the presidency, belongs the credit of evolving the admirable plan of cooperative labor under which the company is now operating. In the management of the great concern of which he is the head Mr. Procter has displayed remarkable business ability, unfaltering purpose and a laudable ambition to develop a trade of immense proportions. His ambition has been realized and he now enjoys the results of many years of wisely applied endeavor.
From Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume 4, by Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912