Frederic B. Pratt

Frederic Bayley Pratt (February 22, 1865 – May 3, 1945) was an American heir, the president of the board of trustees of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 1893 to 1937, and president of the United States Olympic Committee in 1910. Early life Frederic Pratt was born at his family's Clinton Hill estate in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt and his second wife, Mary Helen Richardson. He was brother to George Dupont Pratt, Herbert L. Pratt, John Teele Pratt, Harold I. Pratt, and their sister Helen Pratt (1867–1949); his older half-brother was Charles Millard Pratt. After attending private schools, Pratt graduated from Amherst College in 1887. Career In 1893, he was elected president of the board of Pratt Institute, taking over from his elder brother, Charles Millard Pratt. Because founder Charles Pratt Sr died so soon after the college began, Frederic Pratt is credited with guiding the college through its early decades. He served in this post for 44 years, after which his son Charles Pratt became president.