Excerpt from History of Chicago, Illinois, Vol. 2 Robert W. Patterson, J r., present secretary and treasurer of the Tribune Company, is a robertw. Native of the city of Chicago, pattersodv-tf born Nov. 30, 1850. He is the son of Rev. R. W. Patterson, D. D., for so many years pastor of the Second Presby terian church, and one of the best known of the early Chicago ministers - now of Evans ton. Mr. Patterson was educated at Wil liams College, Mass, graduating in the class of 1871; spent some time in the study of law, and between March, 1872, and September, 1873, was connected with'the Interior, the organ of the Presbyterian church. Retiring from the Interior, he accepted a position upon the Tribune, first as telegraph editor, but has filled successively those of night editor, news editor, literary editor, dramatic critic, general editorial writer, Washington correspondent, and managing editor, until now, as secretary and treasurer of the Trib une Company, he fills the post of business manager, with general supervision of the paper and its business affairs. Mr. Patterson is son-in-law of Mr. Medill, from whose shoulders he is gradually receiving the ih creasing burden of responsibility in the management of a great newspaper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.