Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1910 — FORMER CITIZEN HEADS CHICAGO MARQUETTE CLUB. [ARTICLE]

FORMER CITIZEN HEADS CHICAGO MARQUETTE CLUB.

William BTAustin Chosen to Position of Distinction in One of City’s Leading Clubs. William B. Austin, for many years a resident of Rensselaer, and now engaged in business in Chicago, has been distinguished by election to the presidency of the Marquette Club, of which he has been a member for the past ten years. Mr. Austin is a self-made man, having engaged in the practice of law and the money lending business here

when quite a young man and having grown to prominence through his energetic determination to succeed. He is the secretary and treasurer of the John T. Shayne company, of Chicago, and one of the chief owners also, and he is; now engaged in the brokerage business successfully. He is one of the Vice-presidents of the Indiana Society of Chicago, and one of the directors in the Hamilton Club, and a member of the University and Union League clubs. The Chicago Tribune of Monday published 'a good picture of Mr. Austin, which B. F. Fendig, an old friend, has cut out and hung in his window, another proof of the recognition that is given to Rensselaer energy and brains in other places. We recall when a boy, of hearing Will Austin say one day while riding to the station in the bus that three things were essential to success in this country. The first was a fair amount of native ability, the second a fair education and the third a lot of nerve. “Get these three combined in an American citizen,” said Mr. Austin, “and you can’t hold him down.” Mr, Austin’s many Rensselaer friends are pleased at his recognition and feel that the Marquette Club has honored itself in naming him as its president.