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Robert Rutherford " Colonel " McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American lawyer, businessman and anti-war activist. A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Robert R. McCormick. Condolence letters to Maryland H. McCormick. Col. Robert R. McCormick (1880-1955), editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, died on April 1, 1955 in Wheaton, Illinois, where his estate, Cantigny, was located. His wife Maryland Mathison Hooper McCormick received many letters and telegrams of condolence after his death.
Chicago Tribune1914–1955. When McCormick inherited The Chicago Tribune from his uncle, it had less than 200,000 subscribers, was the third largest newspaper in Chicago, and was barely surviving. McCormick helped place the paper on solid financial ground even acquiring timber land in Canada to supply the firm with a cost effective source of ...
Colonel Robert R. McCormick was born on July 30, 1880, in Chicago, Illinois, to Robert Sanderson McCormick and Katherine Medill McCormick. His father had been US ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Russia and France. His mother was the daughter of Joseph Medill, the driving force behind the Chicago Tribune newspaper in the second half of the ...
Many of her paintings are on exhibit throughout the Robert R. McCormick Museum. Amy died at Cantigny and is buried with Robert on the grounds. Maryland Mathison Hooper McCormick (1897-1985) Maryland and Robert were married December 21, 1944, 5 years after Amy’s death. She moved into Cantigny with her daughters, Ann and Alice.
In 1909, two attorneys, Stuart G. Shepard and Robert R. McCormick, formed the Chicago-based partnership that would eventually become Kirkland & Ellis. McCormick was the grandson of Joseph Medill, who had founded the Chicago Tribune. McCormick became president of the Tribune Company in 1914 and, in 1925, sole publisher of the Tribune. [10]
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Jun 27, 1997 · The Robert R. McCormick Museum is at Cantigny Park, 1 S 151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last tours begin at 4:15 p.m.) Tuesday through Sunday through summer. Admission is ...
