Streeter, Wallace

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Wallace Streeter, lawyer;

born in: Belvidere, Illinois on November 12, 1883;

son of: William H. Streeter and Ruth Wallace Streeter, nee: Ruth Wallace Cooper

Descendant of Joel Streeter and Ebenezer Streeter, both of whom fought in the Revolutionary War;

education: graduate of High School, 1906;

student Law Department University of Michigan, 1902-3;

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1907;

married: Anne Streeter, nee: Anne Hannon of Chicago on January 14, 1905;

daughters: Ruth Cooper Streeter, Dorothy Streeter.

Secretary to Corporation Counsel, Chicago 1905-7;

admitted to Illinois Bar, 1907, and since practiced at Chicago;

associated in practice with U.S. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, 1907-15;

member: firm Lewis, Folsom & Streeter, 1910-15;

now (1917) member of Jennings & Streeter;

Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, 1913-17.

Member Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Law Institute, Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.); vice president of Illinois League for Justice.

Democrat

Member Waubansia Lodge, A.F. & A.M.; Modern Woodmen of America.

Clubs: Iroquois Club, City Club.

Recreations: music, motoring

Office: 72 W. Adams Street.

Home: 2111 W. Greenleaf Avenue, West Ridge

Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.