Background
Webb, Vanderbilt was born on April 23, 1891 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Seward and Eliza Osgood (Vanderbilt) Webb.
Webb, Vanderbilt was born on April 23, 1891 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Seward and Eliza Osgood (Vanderbilt) Webb.
Graduate Groton School, 1909. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1913. Student Balliol College, Oxford, England, 1912-1913.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1916.
Admitted to New York bar, 1916. Associate with Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland, 1916-1917, 1919-1922, Webb & Patterson and Webb, Patterson & Hadley, 1922-1929. Member Murray, Aldrich & Webb, 1929-1931, Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Webb, 1931-1938, Curtis, Belknap & Webb, 1938-1939.
Patterson, Belknap & Webb since 1947.
Director Phelps Dodge Corporation Director Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated. Trustee New York Trust Company Director, vice president Rockefeller Center, Incorporated.
Member Taconic State Park Commission, 1925-1947. Served as captain Judge Advisory Department, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Trustee Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frick Collection, 1939-1951, American University of Beirut, Groton School, Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon,Scroll an d Key (Yale).
Clubs: Century, Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Rockefeller Lunch, (Yale). Down Town.
Married Aileen Osborn, September 11, 1912. Children: Derick Vanderbilt, William Osborn, Barbara, Alexander Stewart (deceased), Richard Humphrey.