Background
WILBUR, William Hale was born on September 24, 1888 in Palmer, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor John and Edith B. (Smart) Wilbur.
WILBUR, William Hale was born on September 24, 1888 in Palmer, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor John and Edith B. (Smart) Wilbur.
Student Haverford College, 1907-1908. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1912. Graduated from Command and General staff schedul, 1932, Army War College, 1935.
Graduate Ecole Special Militaire, St. Cyr, France, 1919-1920, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, Paris, 1922-1924.
Commissioned Second lieutenant infantry United States Army, 1912, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1942. Assistant chief of staff, G-1, personnel officer, Chicago, 1938-1940. Chief of staff 6th Corps Area, 1940-1941.
Commanding officer 60th Infantry, Fort Bragg, 1941-1942. Overseas duty with Allied Landing in N. Africa, 1942. Deputy commander 36th division, participating in Salerno landing 1944.
Appointed warden Cook County Jail, Chicago, 1950.
Author: Koehler Method of Physical Drill, 1918. Guideposts to the Future, 1954. Russian Communism, A Challenge and a Fraud, 1964. Freedom Must Not Perish, 1964. The Making of George Washington, review edit., 1973. Many articles for professional journals Speaker on international, military and educational subjects.
Member of Lake County Crime Commission, 1960-1979. Member radio panel, What’s Best for America, from 1952. Member Chicago Crime Commission, from 1954.
Trustee Patriotic Education, Inc., 1965-1979. Member American Legion, West Point Society Chicago (president), Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Military Institute, Lafayette Society (director), Defenders American Liberties (doctor). Kiwanian, (honorary).
Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Laura Girard Schieffelin, September 8, 1923. Children: Mary S. (Mistress L. H. Cummings), William H. (deceased 1950).