Robert R. McCormick

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Robert R. McCormick was a prominent American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his influential role in 20th-century journalism and conservative politics.


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instanceOf businessperson
editor
human
journalist
media proprietor
newspaper publisher
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Northwestern University School of Law NERFINISHED
Yale University
employer Chicago Tribune NERFINISHED
familyName McCormick family
surface form: "McCormick"
fieldOfWork journalism
newspaper publishing
political commentary
founded Robert R. McCormick Foundation
surface form: "Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust"
fullName Robert R. McCormick
surface form: "Robert Rutherford McCormick"
givenName Robert
ideology anti-New Deal conservatism
isolationism
influencedBy Midwestern conservatism
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy Robert R. McCormick Foundation
surface form: "McCormick Foundation"
memberOf McCormick family
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank colonel
movement American conservatism
nickname Colonel McCormick
notableFor influence on American conservative politics
leadership of the Chicago Tribune in the first half of the 20th century
opposition to U.S. interventionism before World War II
notableWork Chicago Tribune
occupation business executive
editor
journalist
newspaper publisher
owned Cantigny Park
surface form: "Cantigny estate"
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Wheaton, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune
owner of the Chicago Tribune
relative Joseph Medill
Medill McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick NERFINISHED
residence Cantigny Park
surface form: "Cantigny estate, Wheaton, Illinois, United States"

Chicago, Illinois, United States
sexOrGender male

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McCormick House formerResidenceOf Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick Foundation foundedBy Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick fullName Robert R. McCormick
this entity surface form: "Robert Rutherford McCormick"
McCormick House namedAfter Robert R. McCormick
Robert R. McCormick Foundation namedAfter Robert R. McCormick
McCormick House occupant Robert R. McCormick
Red Oaks Farm ownedBy Robert R. McCormick
Red Oaks Farm ownedBy Robert R. McCormick
this entity surface form: "Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick"
McCormick House significantPerson Robert R. McCormick
Cantigny Park wasResidenceOf Robert R. McCormick

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