Background
WICKERSHAM, George Woodward was born on September 19, 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Morris and Elizabeth Cox (Woodward) Wickersham.
WICKERSHAM, George Woodward was born on September 19, 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Morris and Elizabeth Cox (Woodward) Wickersham.
Western University of Pennsylvania Preparatory Department. Nazareth Hall, Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Lehigh University; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1880, Master of Arts, 1921.
Lehigh University, Doctor of Laws, 1909, Harvard University, 1921. Hobart, 1922; University of Michigan, 1927.
C. United States Attorney General, 1909-1913. Member, District Board, New York City, 1917-1918. Special Commnr, War Trade Board on mission to Cuba, 1918.
Del.-at-large, New York State Constl. Convention (chmn. Judiciary Committee), 1915. Member, President Wilson’s Second Indust.
Committee, 1919; member, New York Committee on Re-organization of New York State Government, 1925-1926. Appointed member, Committee on Progressive Codification lnt. Law, by League of Nations, 1924-1930.
Member, chmn., National. Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, appointed by President Hoover, since 1929. Trustee, Carnegie Institute, of Washington, Barnard College Officier de la Legion d’Honneur, France, 1921.
Commandeur, same, 1928.
Member: American Law Institute, (president). American Society French Legion of Honor (president).
Spouse Mildred Wendell, September 19, 1883, Washington, D.