Dr. William Mason Danner Jr. 

From the Santa Barbara News Press, Dec. 20, 1946 

Dr. William Mason Danner Jr., 57, one of Santa Barbara's adopted sons and famous for his long years of service in YMCA work, died last night.  In Santa Barbara he was general secretary of the YMCA for five years and more recently had taught at Santa Barbara College and the University of California at Los Angeles.

During the past year he had conducted his own practice along with being the consulting psychologist for the Devereaux School here.

Dr. Danner was born in Chicago in 1890 and spent the early years of his life in Louisville, Ky. He attended schools in Denver, Colo., and graduated from Harvard University in 1913. He obtained his Ph.d degree from Stanford University in 1942 in psychology.

He spent more than 20 years in active YMCA fork, beginning as house executive of the branch in Boston. During the first World War he was general secretary for the "Y" at Camp Devens, Mass., and later activates chairman for the organization in all the New England states.

From 1919 to 1924 he was general secretary of the South Bend, Ind., YMCA, from where he went to head the "Y" at Ardmore, Pa. He then came to Santa Barbara in 1926 and remained as general secretary of the YMCA here until 1931. For the next nine years he did graduate work and was on the faculty of Stanford University. From 1940 to 1945 he taught at Santa Barbara College and at UCLA.

Dr. Danner was the son of Dr. William Mason Danner of Montclair, N.J., and Washington, D. C., and the late Lois Rutledge Danner. His father is retired general secretary of the American Mission to Lepers.

In Philadelphia on June 6, 1917, Dr. Danner married Miss Sara Kolb. She survives him and is noted in art circles under the name Sara Kolb Danner. The Danner home is at 1978 Mission Ridge Rd.

Other survivors are: a son, Peter; a sister, Mrs. Charles A. Stender, Montclair, N. J., and a brother Paul Rutledge Danner of New York. On his mother's side, Dr. Danner is a descendant of Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence. His mother was a great-niece of Ann Rutledge.

Funeral services are planned for 11 am tomorrow in the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel. Born July 16, 1890, Chicago, Ill. Died Dec., 19, 1946, Santa Barbara, Ca.

 
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