Frederic Bayley Pratt (22 February 1865 - 3 May 1945) was the president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 1893-1937. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Pratt Institute is a specialized private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica New York
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Early life
He was born in Brooklyn NY, the son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and Mary Helen Richardson. Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company Charles Pratt ( October 2 1830 – May 4 1891) was a United States capitalist, Businessman and
He was brother to George Dupont Pratt, Herbert L. Pratt, John Teele Pratt and Harold I. Pratt; and half-brother to Charles Millard Pratt. George Dupont Pratt ( 16 August 1869 - 20 January 1935) was a Conservationist, Philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor Herbert Lee Pratt ( 21 November 1871 - 3 February 1945) was an American business man and John Teele Pratt ( December 25, 1873 — June 17, 1927) was an American corporate attorney philanthropist music impresario and financier Harold Irving Pratt ( 1877 - 29 May, 1939) was an American oil industrialist and Philanthropist. Charles Millard Pratt ( November 2, 1855 - 1935 was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist
He graduated from Amherst College in 1887. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Career
In 1893, he was elected President of the Board of Pratt Institute, taking over from his elder brother, Charles Millard Pratt. Charles Millard Pratt ( November 2, 1855 - 1935 was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist He remained in this post for 44 years, when the title passed to his son Charles.
In 1910, he succeeded Caspar Whitney as president of the American Olympic Committee, now the United States Olympic Committee, but only served for five weeks, prior to Col Robert Means Thompson. Robert Means Thompson ( 2 March 1849 - 5 September 1930) was a United States Navy officer
Personal life
On 17 October 1889, he married Caroline Ames Ladd (3 September 1861, Portland OR - 12 June 1946, Glen Cove), the daughter of William Ladd and Caroline Elliott. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
They had three children:
- Charles Pratt (1892- ), President of the Board of Pratt Institute from 1937-1953
- Mary Caroline Pratt (1895-1980) who married Christian Herter, Governor of Massachusetts (1953-1956), and Secretary of State (1959-1961). Christian Archibald Herter ( March 28, 1895 December 30, 1966) was an American politician and statesman Governor of Massachusetts
- Helen Ladd Pratt (1899- )
Pratt died in 1945 at his family home in Glen Cove, Long Island, aged 80, of a heart ailment.
Legacy
The family estate in Glen Cove, Long Island, "Poplar Hill", is now owned by Glengariff Nursing Home since 1971. Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. It was designed by William and Jeffery Platt, sons of Charles A. Platt. Charles Adams Platt ( October 16, 1861 – September 12, 1933) was a prominent landscape gardener and architect of the " American Renaissance
His family home at 229 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn was given to the Pratt Institute; originally known as the Frederick B Pratt House, it is now known as the Caroline Ladd Pratt House. It was completed in 1898, and designed by architects Babb, Cook and Willard in a neo-Georgian style.
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