Background
Embree, William Dean was born in 1880 in Humboldt, Kansas, United States. Son of William N. and Laura (Fee) Embree.
Embree, William Dean was born in 1880 in Humboldt, Kansas, United States. Son of William N. and Laura (Fee) Embree.
B.L., Berea (Kentucky) College, 1899; Doctor of Laws, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1933; Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1902; Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1905; A.M. in Italian language and literature, Yale, 1910.
Assistant district attorney, New York County, 1906-1917;
an organizer, chief counsel, Voluntary DEfenders Committee for Criminal Court Justices, 1917-1920;
then member firm, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
owner, operator cattle ranch, near Laramie, Wyoming. Director Legal Aid Society of New York. In charge state-wide graft investigation, 1914.
Conductor prosecution of criminal charges involving charity organizations of New York City, 1916. Appointed board of managers New York State Reformatory for Women, 1920. Appointed special deputy attorney general to prosecute election frauds, 1922.
Member Citizens Committee on the Court Justices Inc., Commision on Inter-group Relations, New York City, board directors, member subcommittee on removal of judges. Trustee Berea College, Yale-in-China. Board directors Katy Ferguson Home for Colored Girls, Society for Italian Immigrants.
Chairman of the board of trustees Tenafly (New Jersey) Free Public Library., William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Lieutenant colonel remount division, O.R.C., United States Army. Member American and New York State bar associations, Association Bar City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association (president and director), Yale Law School Association (president), American Pioneer Trails Association (chairman of the executive committee), Timothy Dwight College Yale University (associate fellow), Civil Service Reform Association of New York (president), American Law Institute (member Council, Executive Committee, treasurer), Century Association, Explorers Club, Yale Club, Bankers Club, Broad St. Club, Downtown Athletic Club, Oraworth Polo Club, Knickerbocker Country Club, Graduate Club (New Haven, Connecticut).
Married Etta Parsons, March 9, 1912. Children: Catherine, William Dean.