Hanford MacNider

Hanford Jack MacNider was a United States diplomat and highly decorated United States Army General, serving in both World War I and World War II. He was a Scottish Rite Freemason. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1925 to 1928.

Hanford MacNider was born in Mason City, Iowa as the son of Charles H. MacNider, a prominent banker, and May Hanford. He attended Milton Academy and subsequently Harvard University, where he graduated in 1911 before returning to Iowa.

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