Professors Willcox Share Unique Emeritus Ranking
The Ithaca Journal, Jul 13 1963, P. 3, with photo

 "The Professors Willcox, father and son, of Cornell University, have a distinction believed to be unique in this country and possibly in the world. For since the first day of this month both have born the title of professor emeritus.
  As far as is known there is no other instance in which both a father and son, both living, have reached retirement and have been awarded the title of professor emeritus.
  The son, Bertram F. Willcox, has been professor emeritus for only a few days, but his father, Walter F. Willcox, has had that title for 32 years, and that also may be a record in American higher education. The father is in his 103rd year, while his son, sometimes referred to as the 'young Professor Willcox,' to distinguish him from his father, was 68 years old on July 11."