William C. Fels (1916 – November 29, 1964) was an American academic administrator who served as fourth President of Bennington College.
He attended Bordentown Military Institute and graduated in 1937 from Columbia College, where he won the Brainerd Memorial Prize, for which he was cited as “most worthy of distinction on the ground of his qualities of mind and character.”[3] After receiving a master's degree from Columbia University, Fels started teaching English at Cooper Union.
[3] In 1942, Fels joined the United States Army and rose from the rank of private to captain in the Ordnance Corps.
In 1946, Fels returned to Columbia as assistant to the general secretary, working as veteran's counselor and in the development office.
[3] He also developed the College Scholarship Service to administer student aid funds more equitably and economically.