William G. Foulke, 94, banker, civic leader

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2007 | by Gayle Ronan Sims Inquirer Staff Writer

William Green Foulke, 94, of Chestnut Hill, retired chairman of the former Provident National Bank, where he worked for nearly 35 years, died Friday at his home. Mr. Foulke had suffered a stroke six months ago, his son Walter said.

Mr. Foulke attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., and followed in his father's footsteps when he graduated in 1934 from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in English literature. That year, he married Louisa Wood, and the couple raised three children in Chestnut Hill.

For the next five years, Mr. Foulke worked for Pardee Co., a timber, coal and mineral firm in Center City founded by his grandfather Calvin Pardee. It had interests in the Appalachian Mountains in West...