Willilam Mitchell also refers to the law school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, named after the Minnesota Supreme Court Justice. See William Mitchell College of Law.
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Convinced of the emerging role of aircraft in strategic bombing Mitchell was however frustrated in demonstrating his ideas by the untimely (for him) end of the war in November 1918.
Nevertheless Mitchell's ongoing feuds with senior military personnel ultimately led to his demotion to his former permanent rank of Colonel in April 1925; while not unprecedented the move was widely viewed as a punishment.
Vindicated after his death Mitchell was posthumously promoted and awarded a special medal in his honour by Congress; the latter was presented by the Chief of Staff of the newly established U.S. Air Force to Mitchell's son in 1948.
Mitchell, William Ormond, novelist, dramatist (b at Weyburn, Sask 13 Mar 1914; d at Calgary 25 Feb 1998).
Known and beloved across the country as both a writer and larger-than-life prairie icon, Mitchell was described in a eulogy by broadcaster Rex Murphy as a "lecturer, performer, stage raconteur, friend of a legion of fledgling writers,...
Mitchell spent his childhood in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, but had to move to Florida when he was 12 to aid his recovery from tuberculosis.
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