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William M. Blair, the Glossary

William McCormick Blair (May 2, 1884 – March 29, 1982), was an American financier.^[1]

51 relations: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Chicago Club, Chicago Tribune, Colonial Revival architecture, Committee on Public Information, David Adler (architect), Ellen Biddle Shipman, Field Museum of Natural History, George Fred Keck, Groton School, Henry Williams Blodgett, Hull House, Ivar Kreuger, John H. Bryan, Lake Bluff, Illinois, Lake Forest College, LaSalle Street, Lee, Higginson & Co., Legion of Honour, Libertyville, Illinois, Louise DeKoven Bowen, McCormick family, Midwestern United States, National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois, New York (state), Northern Trust, Northwestern University, Onwentsia Club, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Quaker Oats Company, Reaper, Robert McCormick (Virginia inventor), Ryerson (company), Scripps Research, Sheridan Road, Skull and Bones, Sweden, The New York Times, United States, United States Army, University of Chicago, War bond, Washington, D.C., William Blair & Company, William McCormick Blair Jr., William Sanderson McCormick, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, Yale University, ... Expand index (1 more) »
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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Club

The Chicago Club, founded in 1869, is a private social club located at 81 East Van Buren Street at Michigan Avenue in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Colonial Revival architecture

The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.

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Committee on Public Information

The Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.

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David Adler (architect)

David Adler (January 3, 1882 – September 27, 1949) was an American architect who largely practiced around Chicago, Illinois.

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Ellen Biddle Shipman

Ellen Biddle Shipman (November 5, 1869 – March 27, 1950) was an American landscape architect known for her formal gardens and lush planting style.

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Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.

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George Fred Keck

George Frederick Keck (1895–1980) was an American modernist architect based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Groton School

Groton School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts.

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Henry Williams Blodgett

Henry Williams Blodgett (July 21, 1821 – February 9, 1905) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Hull House

Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.

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Ivar Kreuger

Ivar Kreuger (2 March 1880 – 12 March 1932) was a Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist.

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John H. Bryan

John Henry Bryan Jr. (October 5, 1936 – October 1, 2018) was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation from 1975 until 2001.

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Lake Bluff, Illinois

Lake Bluff (formerly Rockland) is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States.

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Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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LaSalle Street

LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th century French explorer of the Illinois Country.

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Lee, Higginson & Co.

Lee, Higginson & Co. was a Boston-based investment bank established in 1848 that was the home of many members of the Boston Brahmin establishment.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Libertyville, Illinois

Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a northern suburb of Chicago.

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Louise DeKoven Bowen

Louise DeKoven Bowen (also Louise deKoven Bowen; February 26, 1859 – November 9, 1953) was an American philanthropist, civic leader, social reformer, and suffragist.

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McCormick family

The McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia is an American family of Scottish and Scotch-Irish descent that attained prominence and fortune starting with the invention of the McCormick Reaper, a machine that revolutionized agriculture and established the modern grain trade by beginning the mechanization of the harvesting of grain. William M. Blair and McCormick family are Businesspeople from Chicago.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation is an American financial services company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and ultra high net worth individuals.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois.

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Onwentsia Club

Onwentsia Club is an 18-hole golf course in the central United States, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago.

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Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and a research library for the study of military history on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.

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Quaker Oats Company

The Quaker Oats Company, known as Quaker, is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Reaper

A reaper is a farm implement or person that reaps (cuts and often also gathers) crops at harvest when they are ripe.

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Robert McCormick (Virginia inventor)

Robert Hall McCormick (June 8, 1780 – July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper which his eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented in 1834 and became the foundation of the International Harvester Company. William M. Blair and Robert McCormick (Virginia inventor) are McCormick family.

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Ryerson (company)

Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. is a services company that processes and distributes metals, with operations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and China.

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Scripps Research

Scripps Research is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences.

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Sheridan Road

Sheridan Road is a major north-south street that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine.

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Skull and Bones

Skull and Bones, also known as The Order, Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death, is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. William M. Blair and Skull and Bones are members of Skull and Bones.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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War bond

War bonds (sometimes referred to as victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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William Blair & Company

William Blair & Company ("William Blair") is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company focusing on investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management.

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William McCormick Blair Jr.

William McCormick "Bill" Blair Jr. (October 24, 1916 – August 29, 2015) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 and as United States Ambassador to the Philippines from 1964 until 1967. William M. Blair and William McCormick Blair Jr. are McCormick family.

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William Sanderson McCormick

William Sanderson McCormick (November 2, 1815 – September 27, 1865) was an American businessman who developed the company that became the major producer of agricultural equipment in the 19th century. William M. Blair and William Sanderson McCormick are Businesspeople from Chicago and McCormick family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Blair

Also known as William McC. Blair, William McCormick Blair.

, Yale University Press.

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