Background
Mckibbin, George Baldwin was born on April 26, 1888 in Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. Son of George J. and Julia (Baldwin) Mckibbin.
Mckibbin, George Baldwin was born on April 26, 1888 in Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. Son of George J. and Julia (Baldwin) Mckibbin.
Bachelor of Arts, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1936. Student State University of Iowa Law School, 1909-1911, George Washington University Law School, 1911-1912. Juris Doctor, U. Chicago, 1913.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1913, and since practiced in Chicago. Law clerk Adams, Crews, Bobb & Wescott, 1914-1920. Member firm of Good, Childs, Bobb & Wescott, 1921-1926, Essington and McKibbin, 1926-1941, Essington, McKibbin, Beebe and Pratt since 1946.
State director finance, Illinois, 1941-1945.
Director Planning, Illinois Postwar Planning Committee, 1945. Chairman board Public Welfare Commissioners, 1945-1949.
Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1943. Government administration advisor to Military Government Germany, 1947-1948.
Manager advisory department Gas Defense Plant, conducted by Chemical Warfare Division of the United States Army, 1918.
President Civic Federation, Chicago, 1935-1936. Member board directors Cook Company School of Nursing since 1930, president 1936-1938, 51-52. President Chicago Young Men's Christian Association, 1932-1935, trustee, since 1938, president of the board of trustees, since 1958.
Trustee Young Men's Christian Association Retirement Fund, since 1935.
Trustee Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, since 1946, Chicago Urban League, since 1958. Member board of trustees Iowa Wesleyan College, since 1919, president, 1930-1936.
Member Executive Committee National Conference Christians and Jews, since 1945, vice chairman since 1950. National Brotherhood Week chairman, 1959.
Chairman of the executive committee World Brotherhood, since 1950.
Member, secretary Council on World Service and Finance Methodist Church, since 1952. Member Illinois Public Aid Commission, 1941-1945, chairman, since 1953. Member board of managers Council State Govts., 1943-1948.
Member President's Committee on Government Contracts, since 1953. Republican candidate for Congress, 2d District, Illinois, 1956. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Beta Theta Pi.
Clubs: Union League, Law, Commercial, Quadrangle.
Married Helen Sunny, November 11, 1916. Children: Judith (Kerr), Susannah (Stevens), John Baldwin, James Tytler, Mary Ellen (Kelly).