Reporter Volume 26, No.23 April 6, 1995

By JED NITZBERG
Reporter Contributor
The Columbus McKinnon Corp. and the Dunlop Tire Corp. have established
a fellowship for graduate students in the UB School of Management in
memory of A. Neville Procter, former president and chief executive
officer of Dunlop Tire Corp. and a former director of Columbus
McKinnon.
	The corporations have made a combined pledge of $100,000
toward the endowment in honor of Procter, who died in 1994.
	The Procter fellowship endowment will provide partial tuition
support for full-time graduate students enrolled in the UB School of
Management who demonstrate financial need and have an interest in
studying manufacturing. The fellowship will be awarded to one student
every other year and will follow each recipient for a two-year period
of study.
	Procter began his career with Dunlop Tire in England in 1950
and quickly established himself as an innovator in manufacturing and
operations. He was called on to share his expertise at Dunlop's
divisions in Brazil, Spain, Nigeria and Canada before coming to
Buffalo. He was named executive vice president of Dunlop Tire and
Rubber Corp. in Buffalo in 1970 and became president and chief
executive officer in 1972. He served as a director of Columbus
McKinnon from 1987 until his death.
	Procter received recognition from numerous WNY business groups
including the Buffalo-Niagara Sales & Marketing Executive Award in
1975, the Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year Award in 1977 and the
Community Leader of the Year award from the Junior Chamber of Commerce
in 1985.
	Frederick W. Winter, dean of the School of Management, said
the Procter graduate fellowship will provide the school with another
opportunity to attract the best and the brightest students with
financial need and help them continue their studies in management.