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Alexander McCormick Jr.
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Alexander Agnew McCormick Jr. (15 December 1897 - 24 September 1918) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I. Biography Alexander Agnew McCormick Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Chicago Evening Post editor and Chicago city alderman Alexander Agnew "A. A." McCormick Sr. and Maude Warner. Buried in the military cemetery at Calais, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. He received the degree of B.A., post obitum, honoris causa, from Yale University in June 1919. He had been selected for membership in Skull and Bones. His remains now lie at the Somme American Cemetery in Aisne, France. His sister Katherine "Kit" (1900-1971) was the mother of businessman Alexander McCormick Sturm (1923-1951), who co-founded the firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co in 1949. Namesake The destroyer was named for him. |
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