George Brinton Mcclellan, German publicist. awarded medal of Beaux Arts Society. member 54th to 58th Congresses (1895-1903); member Committee on Ways and Means; member American Institute of Architects.
Background
MCCLELLAN, George B. was born on November 23, 1865. Son of late Major- General Geo. B. M'Clellan, late General Commandingin-Chief United States Army, and Ellen M. Marcy, daughter of late Major-General R. B. Marcy, late Inspector-General U. S. Army.
Education
Studied at St John’s School, SingSing, New York. Princeton University Bachelor of Arts 1886. Master of Arts 1889; Doctor of Laws 1905.
Doctor of Laws Fordham University, 1905. Union University, 1906. Honourable Chancellor Union University, 1906.
Career
Was reporter and on staffs of New York dailies. Treasurer New York & Brooklyn Bridge, 1889-1892. Admitted to bar, 1892.
President of the board of aldermen, New York, 1893-1894. Member 54th to 58th Congresses (1895-1903). Member Committee on Ways and Means.
Mayor New York, 1903-1909. Honorary chancellor, Union U., 1906. Stafford Little lecturer on public affairs, Princeton University, 1908-1910, university lecturer public affairs, 1911-1912, professor economics history, 1912-1931, professor emeritus, since 1931.
Also lecturer at Cornell, Rutgers, Washington and Jefferson, Washington and Lee, University of North Carolina, etc. An incorporator, trustee and vice-president American Academy in Rome. Chairman of the executive committee Smithsonian Gallery of Art Commission Major, Ordnance Department, United States.R., April 16, 1917.
Lieutenant colonel, United States of America, January 13, 1918. Served in the United States and overseas, Meuse-Argonne Battle Clasp. Honorary discharge, April 18, 1919.
Now colonel inactive, United States Army. Honorary member American Institute of Architects. Awarded medal of Beaux Arts Society of Architects, 1909.
Patron American Museum of Natural History. Fellow in perpetuity Metropolitan Museum of Art. Grand officer Order Crown of Italy.