By 1949, IFT had 3,000 members. Proctor was one of the charter members of IFT, serving as president in 1952-3. He would also win the Nicholas Appert Award in 1956 and would play a major role in the IFT Committee on Education's 1958 Allerton House conference in Monticello, Illinois that would lead to the first IFT undergraduate education standards in 1966.
By 1949, IFT had 3,000 members. Proctor was one of the charter members and served as president from 1952 to 1953. He won the Nicholas Appert Award in 1956 and contributed significantly to the IFT Committee on Education's 1958 Allerton House conference in Monticello, Illinois, which resulted in the first IFT undergraduate education standards in 1966.