William Olney, 76, was a University fundraiser

William Olney, a former fundraiser for Harvard University, died Jan. 3 in his home in Westwood, Mass. He was 76.

From 1962 until his retirement in 1988, Olney was the director of special development projects at Harvard. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Center for Population Studies and the Center for Prevention of Infectious Disease at the School of Public Health.