Yount, Andrew Henry

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DAR #475: "Journalist . . . Chicago, Ill. A.B. 1874. Born September 17, 1851, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. After graduation studied and practiced law in Lafayette, Ind.; 1884, became a member of the editorial staff of the Morning News, of Chicago, since merged into Chicago Record, of which he was city editor from 1891 to 1895; editor Saturday Blade, weekly, two years; on editorial staff Inter-Ocean eight years; in 1906 became secretaryt to the president of teh County Board of Cook County, Illinois, which position he still holds. Married, October 22, 1874, Miss Mary S. Williams [also class of 1874], who died April 26, 1909." Initiated January 20, 1870.

On the committee that chose the Fraternity's color of purple, reporting on November 3, 1873.
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