Wirt Dexter Walker

Who was Wirt Dexter Walker?

Wirt Dexter Walker was a Chicago lawyer He was the son of successful Chicago attorney James M. Walker and Eliza M. Walker and was named after Wirt Dexter, the junior partner at his father's firm Walter VanArman & Dexter.

After his graduation from Yale University he inherited a large sum of money upon his father's death. He began his own practice in 1883 and was secretary of the University Club of Chicago in 1887. He had health problems and became blind, at which point he retired from office work to travel.

He married Marie Winston in 1894.