Background
Root, Elihu was born on May 7, 1881 in New York City. Son of Elihu and Clara (Wales) Root.
Root, Elihu was born on May 7, 1881 in New York City. Son of Elihu and Clara (Wales) Root.
Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, New York, 1903, Master of Arts, 1905, Doctor of Laws, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1906.
Admitted to New York bar, 1906. Member Root, Clark & Bird, 1909-1953. Now counsel to Cleary, Gottlieb & Steen.
Director Mutual Life Insurance County, New York, Fiduciary Trust County, New York Major 304th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919.
Member Root, Clark & Bird, 1909-1953. Member of the United States Army Air Corps strategic target board 1943-1944. Medal for Merit.; Member of the United States Panama General Claims Commission, 1932-1933.
Member board overseers, Harvard, 1930-1936.
Trustee Hamilton College (emeritus), Carnegie Institute Washington, New York Public Library (honorary), Metropolitan Museum Artist Member American, New York State bar associations, Bar Association New York City, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Phi.
Clubs: Century, Knickerbocker, Seawanhaka-Corinthian, Down Town, Crusing.
Married Alida Stryker, December 7, 1907 (deceased). Married second, Nancy Root, October 13, 1953. Children: Elizabeth (deceased), Elihu Root III, Woolsey Stryker (deceased).