Background

Brady, William Webb was born on November 9, 1914 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of William H. and Helen (Webb) Brady.

Education

BCom, Northwestern University, 1936. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Judson College, 1979.

Career

Accountant Arthur Andersen & Company, Chicago, 1936-1937. Associate Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, 1940-1941. Attorney Office Price Administration, 1941-1943.

Partner Gromer & Brady, Elgin, Illinois, 1946-1950, Brady, McQueen, Martin, Collins & Jensen, predecessors, Elgin, from 1952. Private practice, 1950-1951. Member faculty School Law Northwestern University, Chicago, 1939-1979.

Special assistant attorney general State of Illinois, 1969-1976. Lecturer on taxes throughout United States and Canada.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1940, United States Tax Court 1940. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois.

Works

• Other Work

  • Board editors Illinois Law Review, 1939-1940. Contributor articles to legal journals, chapters to books.

Membership

A founder, past president Elgin Council of Churches. President Elgin United Community Fund, 1963-1965. Chairman board trustees Judson College, 1962-1967.

Trustee Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Oak Brook, Illinois, since 1962, Baptist Theological Union, 1975-1985. Former trustee, deacon, moderator lst Baptist Church, Elgin. Member advisory board St. Joseph Hospital, since 1971.

President, 1972-1982, also co-chairman fund-raising campaign. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Probate Counsel, Illinois Bar Association Fellows. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Kane County Bar Association (Community Service award 1987), Elgin Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Elgin Country Club, Union League Chicago, Masons, Elks, Rotary (president Elgin 1954-1955).

Interests

• Other Interests

  Reading, boating.

Connections

Married Barbara Frances Rosewater, September 28, 1940. Children: Barbara Brady Bostwick, Nancy Brady Shafer, Katherine A., Margaret Brady Safford.

father:

William H. Brady

mother:

Helen (Webb) Brady

spouse:

Barbara Frances Rosewater

child:

Barbara Brady Bostwick Brady

child:

Nancy Brady Shafer Brady

child:

Katherine A. Brady

child:

Margaret Brady Safford Brady