Background
Wykoff, Leward Cornelius was born on June 22, 1892 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Son of William Frye and Margaret Blanche (Bright) Wykoff.
Wykoff, Leward Cornelius was born on June 22, 1892 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Son of William Frye and Margaret Blanche (Bright) Wykoff.
Student Mount Union College, 1909-1912. Bachelor of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1913. Bachelor of Laws, Cleveland Marshall Law School, 1916, Doctor of Laws, 1958.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1916, since practiced in Cleveland. Partner firm Arter, Hadden, Wykoff & Van Duzer, and predecessors, since 1928. Director Central National Bank Cleveland, Ferry Cap & Secretariat Screw Company Trustee Cleveland Crime Commission, 1935-1952.
Trustee, general counsel University Hospitals Cleveland, since 1940.
Trustee, first chairman University Circle Development Foundation, since 1957.
Served to First lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American, Ohio, Cleveland (past trustee) bar associations, American Law Institute, Legal Aid Society, Court of Nisi Prius, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Theta Phi. Clubs: Union (Cleveland).
Married Dorothy Kathryn Young, October 10, 1917. Children: Mary Louise (Mistress Robert F. Snagdahl), Nancy Ann (Mistress J. Gordon Sharp), Peter C., Thomas William.