Background
Machen, Arthur Webster was born on March 18, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of Arthur Webster and Mary Minnie (Gresham) Machen.
Machen, Arthur Webster was born on March 18, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of Arthur Webster and Mary Minnie (Gresham) Machen.
Student of University School for Boys, Baltimore, 1888-1893. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1896. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1899.
Admitted to Maryland bar, 1899, and since practiced in Baltimore (with father to 1915). Member Armstrong, Machen & Allen, later Armstrong, Machen, Allen & Eney, now Armstrong, Machen & Eney since 1925. Special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1914, 15.
Chairman Tax Revision communications Maryland, 1929.
Member American and Baltimore bar associations, Maryland. Bar Association (president 1939-1940), Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Maryland, Merchants (Baltimore).
Married Helen Chase Woods, December, 1917. Children: Mary Gresham, Arthur Webster, Elizabeth Hall (Mistress C. Harvey Palmer, Junior.