William Edwin Dick Jr.

He was born October 31, 1936 in Waynesboro, VA to William and Margaret (Cross) Dick. He is survived by his wife, Ann Haddick Evans, his brother, George, one son, William III, and eight step-children: Deborah (Cold) Olson, Christian Cold, Jennifer (Cold) Kopina, Laura (Cold) Koener, Craig Cold, Mark Cold, David and Eric Haddick.

Preceding him in death were his parents, sons: Steven and James and his wife, Barbara Nelson Cold.

Education in Pennsylvania and Virginia was followed by studies at The College of William and Mary and North Carolina State University of the Greater University of North Carolina, culminating in a BS (1958) in Biochemistry. Commissioned in the U.S. Army after graduation, he served briefly on active duty, finishing the reminder of an 8-year obligation in the Reserves. While still in the Reserves post-graduation studies at Purdue University led to MS and PhD degrees in Biochemistry (1965, 1966) with a specialty in Carbohydrate Chemistry and induction into The Society of Sigma Xi, an honorary research society.

Beginning in late 1965 he worked for 19 years at the USDA in Peoria at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory (currently the Center for Agricultural Utilization Research) years before joining a startup vaccine company (Praxis Biologics) in Rochester NY in 1984. For 16 years, he was a senior member of a discovery and early development team that devised a novel, 7-component vaccine to protect infants/toddlers from Pneumonia (Prevnar7) and did preliminary work a 13-component upgrade licensed later.

Moving into Proctor Endowment Home in 2014 he found a number of friends and continued his hobby: reading American, European and Asian history and mystery novels set in those times.

Arrangements for cremation and other details are arranged by Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel. A celebration of his life will be at Proctor Endowment Home and will be announced later.