lawyer, army officer, b. Racine. He graduated from the Univ. of Wisconsin (LL.B., 1903), and practiced law in Racine (1903-1907) and Milwaukee (1907-1948). He was chiefly noted for his long and distinguished military career. He served in the Wisconsin National Guard (1903-1916), rising to the rank of major, and from 1916 to 1919 was major and later lieutenant colonel in the U.S. army. He was a colonel in the Officers' Reserve Corps (1919-1927), brigadier general and major general in the Wisconsin National Guard (1927-1940), and major general in the U.S. army (1940-1948). Milwaukee Journal, Apr. 23, 1948; Wis. Re-ports, 256 (1950), pp. xli-xliv; Who's Who in Amer., 24 (1946).Learn More
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