Wallace Leroy DeWolf

Wallace Leroy DeWolf (February 24, 1854 – December 25, 1930), sometimes also written as De Wolf, was an American lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and artist.

His seven-year tenure featured a stock controversy that reached the Illinois Supreme Court and resulted in a large strike.

He was the son of Calvin DeWolf, a prominent lawyer and secretary of the Illinois chapter of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Milo Kellogg, who had left the company due to his failing health, sued to stop the sale of his stock.

The Supreme Court of Illinois sided with Kellogg in Brown v. Cragg and Dunbar v. American Telephone and Telegraph.

In 1903, the company became embroiled in a labor dispute, leading to a strike by the Brass Molder's Union Local 83 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Howard Van Doren Shaw designed a house for DeWolf in Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1904, completed a year later.

Chicago mayor Carter Harrison IV named DeWolf to the Commission for Encouragement of Local Art.