Catton, William R., Jr., 1926-2015

found: Wikipedia, 23 Apr. 2015(William R. Catton, Jr.; William Robert Catton, Jr.; b. 15 Jan. 1926 in Minneapolis, MN; d. 5 Jan. 2015; A.B. from Oberlin Coll. in 1950, M.A. (1952) and Ph.D. (1954) from Univ. of Washington; American sociologist best known for work in environmental sociology and human ecology; academic positions at Univ. of Washington, Univ. of Caterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Washington St. Univ.)

found: A young sailor at war, 2020 :ECIP t.p. (William R. Catton Jr.) Galley (on Bill's seventeenth birthday, 15 January 1943, he entered the US Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman; citation for the Purple Heart awarded to William Robert Catton Jr., aviation boatswain mate, second class, US Naval Reserve, “for wounds received in action against an organized enemy of the United States on 21 January 1945 in the vicinity of Formosa Island”; Bill Catton; discharged from the US Navy in August 1946 on the recommendation of a medical board; first enrolled at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, l then transferred the credits earned there and completed his undergraduate degree at Oberlin College)