Background
Best, William Hall was born on July 26, 1877 in Minneapolis. Son of William Henry and Abbie White (Hall) Best.
Best, William Hall was born on July 26, 1877 in Minneapolis. Son of William Henry and Abbie White (Hall) Best.
Bachelor of Science, Fargo College, 1902. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard 1906.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1906, since practiced in Boston. Partner Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg and predecessor firms, since 1911. Director Fiduciary Trust Company, Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, The William Carter Company.
Trustee West Newton Savings Bank.
Director Hale House Association. Trustee Newton Young Men's Christian Association.
Overseer Harvard Law Review Association.
Member American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, American, Massachusetts, Boston, Middlesex, New York City bar associations. Clubs: Union, Somerset, Saint Botolph, City.
Married Mabelle Louise Boyer, March 8, 1913. Children: Dorothy (Mistress Waldron Shapleigh Macdonald), Elizabeth (Mistress William Meyer Milton).