William Cecil Dabney (1894–1963) was an American industrialist and the first soldier from Louisville, Kentucky injured during World War I.
During the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, Dabney commanded four successive attacks[4] that helped lead the Allied Forces to victory.
In 1959, Dabney collaborated with Gibson McCabe, president and publisher of Newsweek, on an effort to record the magazine's contents for blind Americans.
[8] The following year, Dabney authored the book American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., 1858–1960: A Century of Service, which discussed the organization's history.
During his tenure as president, Dabney also helped lead the development of a collaboration between the American Printing House for the Blind and IBM.