Background
Schnebly, Merrill Isaac was born on August 26, 1888 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of John Rench and Mary Ellen (Brown) Schnebly.
Schnebly, Merrill Isaac was born on August 26, 1888 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of John Rench and Mary Ellen (Brown) Schnebly.
Student, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 1907-1910; AB, University of Chicago, 1911; Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Chicago, 1913; Doctor of Juridical Science cum laude, Yale University, 1926.
Private practice, Peoria, 1913-1917; assistant professor of law, George Washington University, 1917-1920; professor of law, Indiana U., 1920-1925; teaching fellow, Yale University, 1925-1926; professor of law, University Missouri, Columbia, 1926-1928; professor of law, University of Illinois, 1928-1956; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, from 1956.
Member American, Illinois bar associations, American Association of University Professors, Order of Coif, Masons, University Club, Urbana Golf and Country Club, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Bessie Viola Anthony, November 19, 1913 (deceased 1949). Children: Merrill Anthony (deceased), Ellen Margaret Schnebly Swartz, Eudora Ann Schnebly McBride, John Rowland. Married second, Melitta A. Margaret, November 6, 1950 (deceased 1954).
Married 3d, Evangeline G. Hunter, May 4, 1956.