Background
Mccormick, Robert Hall was born on July 10, 1878 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of late Robert Hall and Sarah Lord (Day) McC.
Mccormick, Robert Hall was born on July 10, 1878 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of late Robert Hall and Sarah Lord (Day) McC.
Preparatory education University School, Chicago, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, Columbia, 1903.
Henry Lewis Morris, January 22, 1903. Children—Eleanor Morris, Helen Rutherford, Robert Hall, IV. Married 3d, Virginia Stonesifer, March 8, 1952.
Admitted to New York bar, 1903, Illinois bar, 1906. Connected with law firm Morris, Sentell & Main, New York, 1905.
Private secretary to Lloyd C. Griscom, United States ambassador to Brazil, at Rio de Janeiro, 1906.
Assistant state’s attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1907-1908. Assistant United State Attorneys Eastern Division, Northern District of Illinois, 1909. Operator and manager estate of Leander J. McCormick, since 1909, chairman of the board of trustees since 1947.
Trustee and manager estate of R. Hall McCormick since 1917.
Built in Chicago, the McCormick Building, Roanoke Building, United Artists Theatre. Director Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad (Monon) since June 1916.
Member of the board of trustees Chicago Opera Company (chairman 1936-1943, Chairman of the Board Governors 1939-1940). Member of executive committee of The Chicago Society of The Archaeological Institute of America. Member Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution.
Member American, New York and Illinois State Bar Associations
Clubs: Chicago Tavern, Union League, Boswell Literary.
Married Eleanor Russell, daughter Married 3d, Virginia Stonesifer, March 8, 1952. Children: Eleanor Morris, Helen Rutherford, Robert Hall, IV.