Background

Willkie, Wendell Lewis was born on February 18, 1892 in Elwood, Indiana, United States. Son of Herman Francis and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1913, Bachelor of Laws, 1916, Doctor of Laws, 1938. Doctor of Laws, Colgate University, 1939. Dartmouth College, 1941, Yale University, 1941, Bowdoin College, 1941, Rutgers University, 1941.

Union College, 1942, Boston University, 1943, Oberlin College, 1943.

Doctor of Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1941. Student Oberlin College, 1916.

Career

1 son, Philip Herman. Admitted to Indiana bar, 1916, Ohio, 1919, New York, 1930. Member of law firm Willkie & Willkie, Elwood, 1916-1919, Mather, Nesbitt & Willkie, Akron, O., 1919-1929, Weadock & Willkie, New York City, 1929-1932.

President Commonwealth & Southern Corporation, 1933-1940.

Member of law firm Willkie, Owen, Otis, Farr & Gallagher. Chairman of the Board 20th Century-Fox.

Republican nominee for President of the United States, 1940. Trustee New York Hospital, Beekman Street Hospital, Hampton Institute Enlisted as private, United States Army, April 6, 1917 (the day war was declared).

Served as First lieutenant, 325th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force.

Advanced to captain, 1918.

Achievements

• Wendell Lewis Willkie has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association of Bar City of New New New York Clubs: Century Association, Lawyers.

Connections

Married Edith Wilk, January 14, 1918.

Father:

Herman Francis Willkie

Mother:

Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie

Spouse:

Edith Wilk