Background
Maccracken, William Patterson was born on September 17, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William P. and Mary Elizabeth (Avery) MacC.
Maccracken, William Patterson was born on September 17, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William P. and Mary Elizabeth (Avery) MacC.
Preparatory education, Montclair (New Jersey) High School, South Side Academy and University High School, Chicago. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1909, Juris Doctor, 1911. Doctor of Laws, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 1936.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1911, and began practice in Chicago. Assistant attorney general of Illinois, 1923. Assistant state’s attorney Cook County, 1924.
Assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, United States, August 11, 1926-October 1, 1929.
Resigned to enter private practice. Now member firm MacCracken, Collins & Hawes.
Secretary American Bar Association, 1925-1936, life member house delegates. Vice president, director National Aviation Center, Incorporated.
Chairman of Pan-American Commercial Aviation Conference, Washington, 1927.
V. chairman International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, 1928. Head United States delegation to International Convention for Air Navigation, Paris, 1929.
Served in Air Service, United States, 1917-1918. Member National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1929-1938. Fellow of American Bar Foundation.
Member American, Illinois, Federal, Chicago, District of Columbia, Canada (honorary) bar associations, American Optometric Foundation (life), American Law Institute, American Patent Law Association, National Aeronautic Association (general gounsel), Institute Aeronautical Sciences, American Legion, Psi Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Legal.
Clubs: National Press, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase Capitol Hill (Washington).
Married Sally Lucile Lewis, September 14, 1918. Children: William