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==Personal Life==
Born in New York City, Willauer grew up in a well-connected family. He graduated from Princeton University in 1928, where he was acting captain of the football team, and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School. From 1931 to 1939, he practiced admiralty law at the Boston firm Bingham, Dana & Gould. In 1939, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division as a special attorney, investigating judicial corruption and conducting the first grand jury investigation into Nazi propaganda. He also served as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General. In 1941, he became special counsel for the Federal Power Commission, working on the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway legislation.

Willauer married Louise Russell in 1930, and they had three children: Sally, Whiting Jr., and Thomas. An avid skin diver, he gained recognition in Honduras for recovering two drowned swimmers from the Rio Quaccerique. After retiring in 1961, Willauer died of a heart attack on August 6, 1962, at his summer home in Nantucket, Massachusetts, at age 55.