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- Chicago Sun-Times
February 10, 1992
William Holabird, a retired partner in the 112-year-old architectural firm of Holabird and Root, died Friday at his Chicago home after a long illness. He was 87.
Mr. Holabird, grandson of the firm's founder, William, was born in Evanston in 1904 and graduated from Yale University in 1927, where he was a varsity football halfback. He was a fastball pitcher for Yale, playing alongside catcher George Herbert Walker, President Bush's uncle. Mr. Holabird began as a field superintendent at the firm in 1927 and became a partner in 1948, a position he held for 30 years. During his time there, the firm designed hundreds of buildings, laboratories and additions for clients such as Illinois Bell, Northwestern University, McCormick Seminary, University of Notre Dame, Standard Oil and Intercontinental Hotels in Venezuela, Colombia and Austria. His firm designed union headquarters for the Teamsters, carpenters, operating engineers and bakers, as well as medical facilities for at least five major hospitals.
He was a member of the Chicago, University, Glen View, Tavern and Coleman Lake clubs. A lifelong athlete, he pitched on weekends for 10 years for Chicago semiprofessional teams such as the Logan Squares and the Mills. When an automobile accident injured his arm, he turned to golf.
His wife, Olivia Holabird, died 11 years ago.
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1904 - 1992 (87 years)
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