Background
Maccoy, William Logan was born on March 4, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander Watt and Emma Martha (Logan) Maccoy.
Maccoy, William Logan was born on March 4, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander Watt and Emma Martha (Logan) Maccoy.
Graduate Haverford (Pennsylvania) School, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1910.
Lieutenant A.U.S. Air Corps. Killed in line of duty June 19, 1943). Teacher Haverford School, 1906-1907.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1910. Law clerk with Duane, Morris & Hecksher, Philadelphia, 1910-1911. Successively member of law firms of MacCoy, Evans & Hutchinson, MacCoy, Evans, Hutchinson & Lewis, MacCoy, Brittain, Evans & Lewis, until 1938.
President and director Provident Trust Company of Philadelphia since 1938. Director Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, Westmoreland Coal Company, Westmoreland Inc., Commonwealth Title Company, Goodall Rubber Company, Lyophile-Cryochem Company. Manager The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society.
Served in Naval Aviation during World War. Member Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American bar associations, American Institute of Banking, Reserve City Bankers Association, Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society, History Society of Pennsylvania, Franklin Institute, American Academy Fine Arts, American Academy Political and Social Science. Clubs: Zeta Psi, Cap and Gown (Princeton).
Married Marguerite Pascal Wood, October 16, 1912. Children: Janet Morris (Mistress Robert F. Edgar), Marguerite Wood (wife of Arthur M. Rogers, M.D.), William Logan, Junior.