Bio of DONAHUE, Colonel William H., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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COLONEL WILLIAM H. DONAHUE - Vol II, pg 473-474
For two decades Colonel William H. Donahue has been identified with the
Minneapolis bar and as the years have passed experience and study have augmented
his ability, winning him place with the leading attorneys of the city. He was
born at Gold Hill, Nevada, a son of William J. and Honora (Quinn) Donahue, and
after com­pleting his public school course he became a student at the law
college of the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1902,
with the LL. B. degree, while in the following year his Alma Mater conferred
upon him the Master's degree. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and has since
engaged in the general practice of law in Minneapolis, save during the period of
his military service, conducting his legal interests independently. He has been
entrusted with important litigated interests and his clientele is an extensive
and representative one. He has great respect for the dignity of his calling and
has ever conformed his practice to the highest ethical standards of the
profession.
In matters of citizenship Colonel Donahue has ever been loyal, patriotic and
public-spirited, and he stands as a high type of American manhood and chivalry.
In 1896 he joined the National Guard as a private of Battery B and with the
exception of six years has since been in the military service of his country.
When the United States entered the World war he was sent to France as lieutenant
colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-first Artillery and participated in many
hard-fought engagements, his conduct on the field of battle being distinguished
by great bravery and gallantry. He was cited by General Pershing for
"Extraordinary Heroism at Peronne, France, March 3, 1918," and wears on his
service medal four clasps, representing the engagements at Peronne, Champagne,
the Aisne and the Marne. He was promoted to the rank of colonel on the 1st of
August, 1918, and was ordered to return to the United States, reaching this
country August 20th. He was assigned to the Thirty-eighth Field Artillery at
Camp Lewis Washington, and after the signing of the armistice applied for a
discharge, being released from the service on December 4, 1918, at Camp Jackson,
South Carolina. He then returned to Minneapolis and resumed his law practice. He
is on the board of directors of the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States,
belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and is artillery executive officer of
the Seventh Corps Area, which comprises the states of Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Iowa. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks and the Knights of Columbus and in the latter organization is Master of
the fourth degree. He is a Catholic in religious faith and his political
allegiance is given to the republican party. Merit has gained his advancement
and his professional standing is an enviable one, his fellow practitioners being
unanimous in attesting his high character and superior mind.