Deceased Members–2003

In Memory of William J. Carroll, Jr.

William J. Carroll, Jr., FSA, MAAA, passed away on June 25, 2003.

He was born on December 22, 1926 in Cambridge, Mass and grew up in Arlington, Mass. Carroll was drafted out of his senior year of high school to serve in the U.S. Navy in World War I. He finished his Bachelor's degree in mathematics at Tufts University in 1951 and completed his Master's degree in actuarial science at the University of Michigan under advisor Cecil Nesbitt.

Carroll's actuarial career began in 1953 at Loyal Protective Life Insurance Company in Kenmore Square, Mass. He moved to group pensions for New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1960 and completed his ASA exams in that same year. In 1965 he moved to consulting pension work with Archibald Price Consulting Actuaries in Wellesley, Mass, serving many prominent clients in the Boston Area. In 1966 he became an FSA and joined the Academy as a charter member. In 1968 he formed a partnership, Boulet, Carroll and Heskett, in Boston. It became Carroll and Heskett sometime later and then William J. Carroll, Consulting Actuary until he retired in 1996.

Carroll is survived by two sisters, six nieces and nephews and many friends.