Walter Ewing Hope

Background

Hope, Walter Ewing was born on September 15, 1879 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter Ewing and Isabella Hunter (Baker) Hope.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1901. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1903.

Career

Admitted to New York bar, 1903. With Masten & Nichols since 1901, member firm since 1909 (now Milbank, Tweed, Hope, Hadley & McCloy). Director Office realty corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company President Institute for Crippled and Disabled.

Trustee Watch Hill Chapel Society, Princeton University (chairman of the executive committee), Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.

Trustee and member Executive Committee United Hospital Fund. Chairman United Hospital Fund Campaign, 1939.

Appointed by President Hoover assistant secretary United States Treasury, October 1929.

Achievements

• Walter Ewing Hope has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New York State Banking Board since 1945. Director State Organizations in charge of 48 state fuel organizations, United States Fuel Administration, 1917. Member American Bar assosiation, New York State Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, Academy Political Science, Metropolitan Museum, South.R., Saint Andrews Society, Phi Beta Kappa (ex-president Alumni in New York), Phi Delta Phi.

Clubs: University (president 1934-1939), Princeton (president 1924-1927), Century, Down Town, Piping Rock, Links (New York), Princeton of New York, Metropolitan (Washington), Nassau (Princeton).

Connections

Married Florence Hazen Talcott-Rogers, April 14, 1909. Children: Marian Talcott (Mistress Robert McNeal Smith), Helen Talcott (Mistress David East. Austen).

Father:

Peter Ewing Hope

Mother:

Isabella Hunter (Baker) Hope

Spouse:

Florence Hazen Talcott-Rogers

child:

Marian Talcott Hope (Mistress Robert McNeal Smith)

child:

Helen Talcott Hope (Mistress David East. Austen)