Henry Durand (6 June 1861 – 8 May 1929)[1] wrote, with Carl Wilhelm, "Bright College Years", the Yale University alma mater.
from Harvard Medical School in 1888, interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and practiced medicine in Rochester, New York.
He contracted an illness in Mexico from which he recovered in Los Angeles, California from 1916 to 1923, and then lived abroad in Nice, Vienna and lastly Paris, where he died in the American Hospital from heart disease.
[1] "Bright College Years" was arranged for the 1881 Yale Glee Club, and after the quelling of sentiment after World War I to find another alma mater, Durand's song has been "the unofficial alma mater that, with handkerchief accompaniment, is a standard element of Commencement, football games, and almost every alumni get-together.
He and his friend George Eastman agreed upon the desirability of a public park in the area, and collaborated in purchasing a number of farms around the Durand property.