Samuel McRoberts

Major General Samuel McRoberts (December 20, 1868 – September 8, 1947) His grandparents were Alexander and Nancy ( Donnell) McRoberts, and his great-grandfather was Samuel McRoberts, who came to Virginia from Scotland during the American Revolutionary War. He attended Baker University, where he received an A.B. degree in 1891 and an M.A. in 1894. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1893 with a bachelor of laws and was admitted to the bar.

Career McRoberts practiced law in Chicago, Illinois. and was vice president of the National City Bank in New York until his resignation in 1917.

Military career In 1917, McRoberts was one of several prominent businessmen and corporate executives whose services were requested by the government because of their expertise in manufacturing, as well as other materiel production and management skills. McRoberts was initially commissioned as a major for service in the Ordnance Department in Washington, D.C. He published two books, 'The Extension of American Banking in Foreign Countries' in 1910 and 'Russia's Future Needs for Capital' in 1916.