Please answer the following question: Facts: - architecture: colonial revival - added: january 31 , 2008 - area: 9 acre - locmapin: illinois - location: 982 sheridan road , lake bluff , illinois - refnum: 07001476 - architect: david adler - name: william mccormick blair estate - governing body: private Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william m. blair .
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william mccormick blair -lrb- may 2 , 1884 -- march 29 , 1982 -rrb- , was an american financier .