User:Heather-ross01/William Proctor Wilson

William Proctor Wilson (July 02, 1921 - March 07, 2010) businessman, philanthropist, former CEO of The Butterick Publishing Company. William Proctor Wilson as the Presodent and CEO lead one of the first leveraged buyouts of the 1980's when Butterick management purchased the company from American Can. According to Forbes, the buyout was $12.5 million, of which all but $500,000 was borrowed. William Proctor Wilson grew up the middle of three children born to Trevett Abbot Wilson of Warren, Rhode Island and Jesse Proctor of New York. He descended from a long line of influential figures in Rhode Island history, Roger Williams (theologian), Nathan Miller (Rhode Island shipbuilder), Joel Abbot, and Thomas G. Turner. He had a long marriage to Mildred Annette Smith with whom he had two daughters. After his marriage to Mildred ended in divorce, he married Marie Titone. After their marriage ended in divorce, he married Leona Rocha of Maui, Hawaii the inventor of the fashion ruler. The two had met at The Butterick Publishing Company when she was their national spokesperson and he the CEO, they remained married until his death. He with his wife Leona Rocha established the William & Leona Wilson Scholarship Fund at the University of Hawaii Maui College.