Harold Irving Pratt
Harold Irving Pratt (February 1, 1877 – May 29, 1939) was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist. A director of Standard Oil of New Jersey, he also served on the Council of Foreign Relations from 1923-1939.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of oil industrialist Charles Pratt and Mary Helen Richardson. His brothers were Frederic B. Pratt, George Dupont Pratt, Herbert L. Pratt and John Teele Pratt; he was half-brother to Charles Millard Pratt.
Harold Pratt graduated from Amherst College.
Pratt became a director of Standard Oil of New Jersey, now ExxonMobil. Deeply interested in foreign affairs and issues dealing with global oil trade, he was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1923–1939.
In terms of community activities, Pratt was president of the board of trustees of Brooklyn Hospital. After founding and endowing the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he served as treasurer of the college.
In 1900 Pratt donated a new natatorium (swimming pool complex) to Amherst College.
Welwyn, the family mansion designed by Delano & Aldrich, was built in 1913 at Glen Cove, Long Island. The estate's 204 acres (0.83 km2) of grounds, called Welwyn Preserve, are currently owned by Nassau County and operated as a public preserve. The Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center is currently located in the main house.
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