McCormick's mother, Katherine Medill McCormick, was the daughter of "Tribune" owner Joseph Medill and hoped that leadership of the paper would pass from her brother-in-law, Robert Wilson Patterson, to her son.
McCormick's mother was the daughter of "Tribune" owner Joseph Medill and hoped that leadership of the paper would pass from her brother-in-law. This was to her son. Robert Wilson Patterson was law. McCormick's mother was Katherine Medill McCormick.