Background
Hall, William Edwin was born on March 25, 1878 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Knox Polk (ex-congressman from Pennsylvania) and Kate M. (Hyde) H.
Hall, William Edwin was born on March 25, 1878 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Knox Polk (ex-congressman from Pennsylvania) and Kate M. (Hyde) H.
Graduate Haverford School, 1896, Lawrenceville School, 1897. Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1900, Master of Arts (honorary), 1955. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1903.
(honorary), 1936; Bachelor of Laws (honorary), Springfield College, 1955.
March 1954); children—Marguerite Brinckerhoff, Susan Archdeacon, Mistress Constance H. Gloeckner. Married second, Mary Vander Veer Roberts, August 10, 1955. Admitted to New York bar, 1904, and began practice in New York.
Member Hall, Haywood, Patterson & Taylor. President Trojan Powder Company. Chairman of the Board St. Mary’s National Bank, St. Mary’s Trust Company, Duriron Company, Speer Carbon Company.
Director General Reinsurance Corporation, North Star Reinsurance Company, Greenwich Trust Company, Surety Fire Insurance Company. Member of advisory committee Grand Central branch of Chase Manhattan Bank. Appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson national director United States Public Service Reserve, April 1917, operating during war period under Department of Labor, for recruiting labor for war plants and moving labor to essential centers.
Also national director United States Boys’ Working Reserve and acting assistant director general United States Employment Service. Secretary and member Executive Committee Common for Relief in Belgium, 1914-1915. Honorary president Boys’ Clubs American, Inc.
Vice chairman New York City Commision on Crime Prevention, 1928-1933. Vice president, trustee Children’s Aid Society New York President National Institute Social Science, 1937-1942.
Member Hall, Haywood, Patterson & Taylor. Member of advisory committee Grand Central branch of Chase Manhattan Bank. Appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson national director United States Public Service Reserve, April 1917, operating during war period under Department of Labor, for recruiting labor for war plants and moving labor to essential centers.
Member committee on welfare and housing, New York World’s Fair, 1939. Member Association Bar City New York, American Bar Association, Berzelius Society (Yale). Pilgrims United States, St. Georges Society New York.
Clubs: Downtown Association, Union, Yale, Union League, Greenwich Field, Round Hill Country, Beach.
Married Marguerite Wood, April 5, 1904 (deceased.; married second, Mary Vander Veer Roberts, August 10, 1955. Children: Marguerite Brinckerhoff, Susan Archdeacon, Mistress Constance H. Gloeckner.