Background
Cott, Waldemar Quayle Van was born on April 11, 1889 in Salt Lake City. Son of Waldemar and Ella (Quayle) Van Cott.
Cott, Waldemar Quayle Van was born on April 11, 1889 in Salt Lake City. Son of Waldemar and Ella (Quayle) Van Cott.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1911. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1914.
Admitted to Utah bar, 1914, since practiced in Salt Lake City.
Served as captain, infantry United States Army, World War I. Member Supreme Court United States, Supreme Court Utah, United States Circuit Court Justices Appeals 8th, 9th, 10th circuits, United States District Court Justices Utah, Nevada, California, Montana, Interstate Commerce Com-mn., United States Treasury Department bars, American Law Institute, American, Utah (president 1938) bar associations, Chi Psi.
Married Beth Baldwin, January 17, 1920. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Thomas Sothern Shreve), Barbara (Mistress William Dean Agnew, Junior.