Background
Plumb, Glenn Edward was born on September 30, 1866 in Clay, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward and Isabel (Mills) Plumb.
Plumb, Glenn Edward was born on September 30, 1866 in Clay, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward and Isabel (Mills) Plumb.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Oberlin College, 1891. Student Harvard Law School, 1891, 92. Bachelor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1893.
Was of counsel for city in Blair versus City of Chicago, known as the “99 year case.” Devised Plumb Plan, adopted by the organized railway employes associations in the United States, for reorganization of rys., and placing committee of 15 in control, 5 members of the committee being railway employes and a certain portion of the profits each year to be distributed among the railway employes.
Mason.
Married Grace East. Clarke, January 1, 1895 (died 1899). Married second, Marie Coyle, June 27, 1907.