Background
Devoe, William Beck was born on September 6, 1884 in New York City. Son of Charles and Anne Elizabeth (Beck) Devoe.
Devoe, William Beck was born on September 6, 1884 in New York City. Son of Charles and Anne Elizabeth (Beck) Devoe.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1908.
1 son, Alan Taylor. Admitted to New York bar, 1908, to Supreme Court of the United States Court bar, 1924. Law clerk in office Geo. D. Beattys, 1908-1911.
Assistant to Abram I. Elkus, 1911-1913. Partner of Carl L. Schurz. 1913-1924; general counsel Hamburg-American Line, 1924-1940.
Secretary and director New Jersey Machine Corporation, 1918-1940, Oceanic Service Corporation, 1924-1940, United American Lines, 1926-1940. Counsel for Gernian shipping companies in international arbitration United States and Germany to settle war claims, 1928-1930. Retired from practice, 1940.
Author: Corporation Almanac, 1919. Where and How, a Manual of Corporate Procedure (8th edit.), 1928. Contributor articles on legal and financial topics to periodicals.
Home: 300 E. 57th St., New York City 22.
Married Edith Guy Taylor, October 6, 1908.