Frederic Bayley Pratt (22 February 1865 - 3 May 1945) was the president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 1893-1937. February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Brooklyn (named after the Dutch city 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. ...

Early life

He was born in Brooklyn NY, the son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and Mary Helen Richardson. Standard Oil (Esso) was a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ... Charles Pratt Charles Pratt (2 October, 1830 - 4 May, 1891) was a United States capitalist, businessman and philanthropist. ...

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, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities. ... Time magazine cover - 11 June, 1923 Herbert Lee Pratt (21 November 1871 - 3 February 1945) was a leading figure in the US oil industry. ... John Teele Pratt (25 December 1873 - 17 June 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 - 1913) was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist. ...

He graduated from Amherst College in 1887. Amherst College is a private, independent, elite[1][2] liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ...

Career

In 1893, he was elected President of the Board of Pratt Institute, taking over from his elder brother, Charles Millard Pratt. He remained in this post for 44 years, when the title passed to his son Charles. Charles Millard Pratt (November 2, 1855 - 1913) was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist. ...

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. For USOC in telephony, see Universal Service Ordering Code. ... 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. October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

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).
• Helen Ladd Pratt (1899- )

Pratt died in 1945 at his family home in Glen Cove, Long Island, aged 80, of a heart ailment. For the American physician (1865–1910), see Christian Archibald Herter (physician). ...

Legacy

The family estate in Glen Cove, Long Island, "Poplar Hill", is now owned by Glengariff Nursing Home since 1971. It was designed by William and Jeffery Platt, sons of Charles A. Platt. Glen Cove is a city located in Nassau County, New York. ... Charles Adams Platt (New York October 16, 1861–Cornish, New Hampshire September 12, 1933 was a prominent landscape gardener and architect of the American Renaissance movement, who introduced formal gardens of Italianate design to an American audience, with his influential book Italian Gardens (1893). ...

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.