William Laney; Jesuit Priest, Sophia University Dean in Tokyo

William Laney, 71, an American Jesuit priest who became dean of Sophia University’s international division in Tokyo. Laney went to Japan in 1953 from Tacoma, Wash., after teaching history at Gonzaga University. From 1959 to 1965, he was dean of the international division at Sophia. More than 2,000 U.S. military personnel studied under a Veterans Administration program in the international division. On May 13 in Tokyo of pneumonia.