Timeline of Col. Robert McCormick’s Life
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1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick is born 1899 McCormick’s grandfather and owner of the Tribune, Joseph Medill, dies 1909 McCormick becomes Treasurer of the Chicago Tribune 1910 McCormick assumes control of the paper, becoming editor and publisher 1911 McCormick is elected President of the Tribune Co., which he held until his death 1912 Daily circulation of the Tribune reaches 220,500 1912 McCormick builds a paper mill in Ontario, Canada, to supply the Tribune. 1914 McCormick and his cousin Joseph Patterson become joint editors and publishers 1915 McCormick travels to Europe as a war correspondent 1918 McCormick is raised to the position of Colonel for his military achievements at Cantigny, France during World War I 1919 McCormick buys the New York Daily News 1919 Ford vs. The Chicago Tribune court case 1921 The City of Chicago vs. The Chicago Tribune court case |
1924 McCormick buys WGN (World’s Greatest Newspaper) Radio Station 1925 Tribune Tower is completed for a total cost of $8.5 million 1925 Patterson leaves the Tribune for New York Daily News. McCormick becomes the sole editor/publisher/president of the Tribune Co. 1926 McCormick revolutionizes the newspaper industry by introducing color printing 1931 Jay Near vs. The State of Minnesota court case 1935 McCormick moves to his grandfather’s estate, Red Oaks, in Wheaton, and renames it Cantigny 1948 McCormick buys WGN TV Station 1948 McCormick builds a dam at his paper mill in Canada, becoming the first newspaper publisher to use hydroelectric power to run a paper mill 1949 Daily circulation of the Tribune is almost 1,000,000 1949 McCormick buys the Washington Times-Herald 1953 A Tribune annual report estimates the Tribune’s assets at $250 million 1955 McCormick dies, and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation is established |
