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Robert R. McCormick

Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American lawyer, businessman and anti-war activist.

Robert R. McCormick

Robert Rutherford McCormick

(1880-07-30)July 30, 1880
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

April 1, 1955(1955-04-01) (aged 74)

Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.

Yale University (BA)
Northwestern University (LLB)

Chicago Tribune

Republican

Non-interventionism

Amie Irwin Adams
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(m. 1915; died 1939)​
Maryland Mathison Hooper
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(m. 1944)​

Robert Sanderson McCormick
Kate Medill

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A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. A leading Republican and isolationist; McCormick opposed the increase in federal power brought about by the New Deal and later opposed American entry into World War II. His legacy includes what is now the McCormick Foundation philanthropic organization.

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Conservatism portal

Gies, Joseph (September 1979). The Colonel of Chicago: A Biography of the Chicago Tribune's Legendary Publisher, Colonel Robert McCormick. Dutton Adult.  978-0525082675.

ISBN

(January 2005). Robert R. McCormick: A Celebration of His Life and Legacy. McCormick Tribune Foundation. ISBN 978-1-890093-19-8.

Madigan, Charles

Morgan. Gwen; Arthur Veysey (February 1985). . Crossroad Communications. ISBN 978-0-916445-10-2.

Poor little rich boy (and how he made good)

Olmsted, Kathryn S. The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler (Yale UP, 2022) also online review

online

Tebbel, John William (1947). . Doubleday & Company.

An American dynasty

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Robert R. McCormick

C-SPAN

Presentation by Richard Norton Smith on The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, June 16, 1997

C-SPAN

Presentation by Smith on The Colonel, December 2, 1997

American National Business Hall of Fame

Illinois Business Hall of Fame