William Danforth was born in St. Louis on April 10, 1926, the son of Donald, a business executive, and Dorothy Danforth, and the grandson of William H. Danforth, the founder of Ralston Purina Co.

ST. LOUIS — He was known as "Chan Dan." The Chancellor of Washington University for many years. The founder of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The grandson of the founder of Purina ...

Dr. William H. Danforth passed away Wednesday morning at his home in Laude, according to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Danforth was 94 years old.

In 1956, Adda Danforth also died, and at about the same time Dr. William H. Danforth, Donald's son and the founder's grandson, joined the board. St.

William H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina Company, launched the foundation in 1927 on the stock of the company that formed the family's fortunes.

Who was the founder? Purina, originally known as Ralston Purina, was founded by William H. Danforth in 1894 in St. Louis, Missouri. Danforth was born on September 10, 1870, in Charleston, Missouri.

Danforth was regarded as a smallpox patient, when in reality he did not have the disease at all, but simply a rash due to an attack of scurvy he contracted while in Cape Nome, Alaska, last year.

The scholarship program is named in honor of William H. Danforth, the 13th chancellor of Washington University, and his wife, the late Elizabeth Gray Danforth, who was an active and committed ...