Background
Acheson, Marcus Wilson was born on August 27, 1873 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marcus Wilson and Sophie Duff (Reiter) Acheson.
Acheson, Marcus Wilson was born on August 27, 1873 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marcus Wilson and Sophie Duff (Reiter) Acheson.
Graduate Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, 1890. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson, 1894, Master of Arts, 1897.
Admitted to bar, December 14, 1895, since in practice at Pittsburgh. Member firm of Patterson, Sterrett and Acheson, 1901-1913, Sterrett and Acheson, 1913-1929, Sterrett, Acheson and Jones, 1929-1939, Sterrett, Acheson, Childs & Barnett since 1939. President Legal Aid Society of Pittsburgh since 1908, convening First Conference of Legal Aid Societies, Pittsburgh, November 10, 1911.
President National Alliance Legal Aid Societies, 1914-1916, National Association Legal Aid Orgns., 1931-1936, Pittsburgh Housing Association, 1928-1935, Federation of Social Agencies of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, 1930-1934.
Chairman Community Council of Pittsburgh, 1932-1934. Member bd, managers Allegheny County Work House, 1930-1938.
Member of the board of directors Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania. Member Committee on Business and Housing of President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1931.
President Allegheny Cemetery.
Chairman Pittsburgh Regional Labor Board, 1935. Trustee Washington and Jefferson College and Shady Side Academy.
Member American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa. Drafted Pittsburgh Graded Tax Law, 1913.
Married Margaret Hawkins, June 14, 1902. Children: Marcus West., Jane, William G. Hawkins, George Hawkins, David.