Background
Goodpasture, Wendell Williamson was born on January 17, 1899 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew Ward and Claudia Llewellen (Williamson) Goodpasture.
Goodpasture, Wendell Williamson was born on January 17, 1899 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew Ward and Claudia Llewellen (Williamson) Goodpasture.
Graduate Springfield High School.
With Johann Wolfgang Diller, bookseller, Springfield, 1915-1917, Marshall Field & Company, 1918-1919. Head fiction department A. C. McClurg & Company, retail, 1920-1923. Book buyer Brentano’s, Chicago, 1924-1933, manager, 1930-1933.
Kroch’s Bookstores, Incorporated., Chicago, acquired Brentano’s, Incorporated., 1933, vice president, general manager three controlled corporations, Kroch’s & Brentano’s, Wabash Avenue, Kroch’s & Brentano’s, Randolph Saint and Booksellers Catalog Service (Chicago), 1933-1969, Kroch’s & Brentano’s, Old Orchard and Skokie.
Mason.; Club: Union League (Chicago.
Married Lois Adele Powers, December 9, 1920.