William Henry Carr (1902-1985) received the Pugsley Bronze Medal in 1937 for his development of trailside museums as a method of outdoor education. He was born and reared in Flushing, Long Island. He was an only child whose interest in natural history was nutured by his mother. Carr's father was a school principal but his untimely death made Carr to drop out og High School and take a job at the age of 17. He was mentored by Dr. Benjamin " Uncle Bennie" Talbot Hyde, who was a pioneer in the outdoor education. Following the footsteps of Uncle Bennie, Carr became naturalist of Palisades Interstate Park and was editor of The Camp Naturalist Magazine. In 1926 after several years of working at the museum, Carr was offered an opportunity to set up an experimental outdoor educational project at Bear Mountain Park.
Over the next 18 years Carrr devoted himself to establishing and overseeing the Nature trails and Trailside Museums at Bear Mountain.He constructed new buildings, trails and exhibits at the museum with full support of William Welch (Pugsley Medal 1934), the Palisades director. In 1944 Carr was experiencing health problems and was advised to seek a drier climate, so he left his beloved Bear Mountain for an extended resting warmer climate. Carr died in 1985. He used to say he wanted to rest on the museum, out in the desert, because it was part of him.