 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 ofCyrus McCormick)
Mother: Katherine Medill (daughter ofChicago 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 ofTribune Co. (1910-55)
America First Committee
McCormick Family
Coolest Headshots
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 9-Jun-1947, : 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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