Boswell, H. James.  American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and 
Hanford Co., 1922.  p. 173.

LAUBE, WILLIAM T.:  OF THE MEMBERS of the bar on whom I have commented I 
regard William T. Laube, member of the firm of Grinstead & Laube, as one of 
the best equipped lawyers in Seattle.  It was in 1880 that Mr. Laube was born 
in Wisconsin, and in 1893 that he came to the northwest to reside, settling in 
Bellingham.  From the University of Washington he graduated in 1902 with the 
degree of B. a., and two years later the degree of LL. B. from the same 
institution was conferred upon him.  Until 1915 he was associated with Peters 
& Powell in the practice of his profession in Seattle, and then became a 
member of the firm of Trefethen, Grinstead & Laube.  IN 1916 this firm was 
changed to Grinstead & Laube, as it is today, the partners being Mr. Laube and 
Loren Grinstead.  From 1905 to 1907 Mr. Laube served as assistant secretary of 
the Washington State Senate, and from 1909 to 1913 was secretary of that body.  
In 1912 he served as chairman of the executive committee of the Young Men's 
Republican Club, and became the organization's president the year following.  
Of the King County Republican Central Committee he served as chairman in 1915.  
In 1913 and 1914 Mr. Laube was secretary of the Seattle Bar Association , and 
from 1915 to 1918 served as a trustee of that organization.  Mr. Laube, in 
1907, married Miss Amy D. wheeler, and the couple have two children, Delora 
Lee Laube, age 13 years, and a boy, William T. Laube, Jr., aged 10 years.  Mr. 
Laube is a member of the Masonic bodies, the Phi Gamma Delta and the Phi Beta 
Kappa fraternities, Elks, Shriner, Arctic club, College club, Chamber of 
Commerce and the county, state and national bar associations.  William T. 
Laube is unquestionably on of the wide awake and most alert members of the 
Washington bar and represents a large and representative clientele.  A man of 
pleasing personality and a close student of human nature, he has made and 
retained friendships as few can.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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