William Cowles Ingersoll

Asheville – William Cowles Ingersoll, 79, died Monday, May 21, 2007. A native of New Castle, Indiana, he was the son of the late Harold G. and Florence Shephard Ingersoll and husband of the late Marilyn Jones Ingersoll, who died in 2005. He also was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Ingersoll and a sister, Judith Ingersoll Tolibaisa. Bill served a tour of duty with the US Army in 1946 and 1947, was a graduate of Knox College in 1951 and received his master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1953. He joined the Boston office of Arthur Andersen & Co. and became a principal in 1962. His entire business career was with Arthur Andersen where he developed the firm’s early and continued expertise in the fields of electronic data processing and computers. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Asheville and the Asheville Downtown Club and was a lifetime trustee of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Bill is survived by four brothers, Jack Ingersoll of Chicago, Harold and Dick Ingersoll of New Castle, Indiana and Steve Ingersoll of Appleton, Wisconsin; a sister-in-law, Jill Ingersoll of Columbus, Indiana. A service will be held at 5:30 pm Wednesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian. Burial will be in the South Mound Cemetery in New Castle, Indiana under the direction of Macer-Hall Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church Street, Asheville, NC 28801.