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In Memoriam: William McWhorter Cochrane (1917-2004)

Record #:
7457
Abstract:
William McWhorter Cochrane, a native of Newton, died in Charlotte on December 28, 2004. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill he earned degrees in journalism (1939) and law (1941). During law school he worked for Albert Coates, the founder of the Institute of Government. After World War II he was a professor of law and government at the Institute until 1954, when he went to Washington, D.C., as Senator Kerr Scott's chief of staff. He remained there for over forty years, working first for Scott, then Senator B. Everette Jordan, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Library of Congress.
Source:
Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 70 Issue 2, Winter 2005, p37, por