Background
Mccabe, James Harvey was born on August 16, 1888 in Baltimore. Son of Lawrence B. and Mary Ellen (Keaveny) Mccabe.
Mccabe, James Harvey was born on August 16, 1888 in Baltimore. Son of Lawrence B. and Mary Ellen (Keaveny) Mccabe.
Graduate Calvert Hall College, Baltimore. Student De La Salle Institute, New York City, Old Point Comfort College, Phoebus, Virginia.
Cashier, room clerk Hotel Belvedere, Baltimore, 1908-1912. Assistant manager Hotel Statler, Cleveland, 1912-1915, St. Louis, 1917-1919, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, 1919-1921, Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, 1921-1922, Providence (Rhode Island) Biltmore, 1922-1923, Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1923-1925. General manager Hotel Columbus, Miami, Florida, 1925-1926, Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, 1926-1936, Hotel Statler, New York City, from 1937.
Vice president, assistant to president Hilton Hotels Corporation, Chicago.
Member American New York, California, Northern California (president) hotel associations, Hotel Greeters of America.
Married Eleanor Cather, July 1, 1923.