Corby, William
educator, college president, was born Oct. 2, 1833, in Detroit, Mich. As chaplain of a New York cavalry regiment he left for the army of the Potomac. He was through Mc- Clellan's campaign on the peninsula, and was afterwards commanded by Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant. In 1866 he was made president and local superior at Notre Dame. In 1872 he was appointed the pastor at Watertown, Wis., holding this place until 1877, when he was chosen president of Notre Dame for a second time.