Robert McCormick AKA Col. Robert Rutherford McCormick Born: 30-Jul-1880 Birthplace: Chicago, IL Died: 1-Apr-1955 Location of death: Wheaton, IL Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Cantigny Estate, Wheaton, IL
Gender: Male Religion: Presbyterian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business, Attorney Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower Military service: Illinois National Guard (1916-18) Father: Robert Sanderson McCormick (nephew of Cyrus McCormick) Mother: Katherine Medill (daughter of Chicago Tribune founder Joseph Medill) Brother: Joseph Medill McCormick (Illinois Senator) Sister: Katrina McCormick Wife: Amie Irwin Adams (m. 1915, d. 1939) Wife: Maryland Mathison Hooper (m. 1944)
High School: Groton School, Groton, MA (1898) University: Yale University (1903) University: Law, Northwestern University (1906)
Chicago Tribune Editor, Proprietor (1910-55) Tribune Co. President (1910-55)
The New York Daily News Founder, Owner Illinois State Official President, Chicago Sanitary District (1906-10) Illinois State Official Chicago Alderman, 21st Ward (1904-06) Member of the Board of Tribune Co. (1910-55)
America First Committee McCormick Family Coolest Headshots
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 9-Jun-1947, DETAILS: The Colonel's Century
Author of books:
The American Revolution and Its Influence on World Civilization (1945) The War without Grant (1950)
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