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Milton Portmann was born October 20, 1888, in Jackson, Minnesota, the second born of three sons of Dr. William C. Portmann and Emma Ball.[{{cite book |last1=Portmann |first1=Dr. William C |title=Faribault County (Minn.) -- Biography, Martin County (Minn.) -- Biography, Watonwan County (Minn.) -- Biography, Jackson County (Minn.) -- Biography |date=1895 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |pages=733 744 |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00chic/page/734/mode/2up |access-date=27 September 2023}}] His father emigrated to the United States as a 10-year-old from [[Herbetswil|Herbetswil, Switzerland]] with his parents in 1869.[{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Arthur |title=An Illustrated History of Jackson County Minnesota |date=1910 |publisher=Northern History |location=New York Public Library |pages=474}}] Dr. William Claudius Portmann was town [[Medical doctor|physician]], council member, mayor of Jackson, Minnesota, [[Jackson County, Minnesota|Jackson County]] [[coroner]], and Jackson [[Board of education|school board]] president.[{{cite web |title=Obituary notice for William C. Portmann |url=https://imgur.com/a/3Pz0wrM |website=The Lancet |access-date=24 March 2026}}] His uncle E.O. Portmann was [[William McKinley|President McKinley]]'s home physician and after the president died was the [[Ida Saxton McKinley|First Lady]]'s physician.[{{cite news |title=Mrs. McKinley Dying; End Must Come Soon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/119485476/ |access-date=12 November 2025 |volume=Page 1/9 |publisher=Wilkes-Barre Times |date=May 24, 1907}}][{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Arthur P |title=An Illustrated History of Jackson County Minnesota |date=1910 |publisher=Northern History |location=New York Public Library |page=474}}] His mother Emma Ball was the youngest daughter of American inventor[{{cite journal |last1=Ball |first1=Ephraim |title=American Machinist |journal=American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing |date=1986–1988 |volume=63 |issue=23–27 |page=8}}] and [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] [[Colonel]] of the [[162nd Ohio Infantry Regiment]], Ephraim Ball.[{{cite web |last1=Ball |first1=Ephraim |title=The Civil War Soldier Detail |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=CEAC967E-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A |website=nps.gov/civilwar |publisher=United States of America |access-date=6 September 2024}}] Portmann had two brothers, a roentgenologist Ursus[{{cite journal |last1=Portmann |first1=Dr. Ursus V. |title=Biography of Dr. Ursus V. Portmann |url=https://www.ajronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2214/ajr.97.4.1055 |journal=American Journal of Roentgenology |date=August 1966 |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=1055–1057 |doi=10.2214/ajr.97.4.1055 |pmid=5330774 |access-date=16 September 2023|url-access=subscription }}] and Arthur. Arthur was Senator [[Rob Portman]]'s grandfather making Milton his granduncle.[{{cite web |last1=Boutwell |first1=Susan J. |title=Romney Veepstakes Casts National Spotlight on Sen. Rob Portman ’78 |url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2012/08/romney-veepstakes-casts-national-spotlight-sen-rob-portman-78 |website=home.dartmouth.edu |access-date=24 November 2024]}} Portmann married Dorothy Clampitt in 1923.[{{cite web |last1=Marriage |first1=License |title=Marriage License of MCP and DBC 1923 |url=https://imgur.com/a/1dHkf0e |website=Archives of Cleveland Ohio |access-date=5 September 2024}}] They had three children together. Both sons were [[World War II]] veterans.[{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Lt(JG) Milton C. Portmann Jr. |url=https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/MILTONCPORTMANNJR/a5ea5d |website=Veterans Legacy Memorial}}][{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Richard |title=95th Bomb Group |url=https://95thbgdb.com/person/5340 |website=95th Bomb Group (H)}}] |
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Milton Portmann was born October 20, 1888, in Jackson, Minnesota, the second born of three sons of Dr. William C. Portmann and Emma Ball.[{{cite book |last1=Portmann |first1=Dr. William C |title=Faribault County (Minn.) -- Biography, Martin County (Minn.) -- Biography, Watonwan County (Minn.) -- Biography, Jackson County (Minn.) -- Biography |date=1895 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |pages=733 744 |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00chic/page/734/mode/2up |access-date=27 September 2023}}] His father emigrated to the United States as a 10-year-old from [[Herbetswil|Herbetswil, Switzerland]] with his parents in 1869.[{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Arthur |title=An Illustrated History of Jackson County Minnesota |date=1910 |publisher=Northern History |location=New York Public Library |pages=474}}] Dr. William Claudius Portmann was town [[Medical doctor|physician]], council member, mayor of Jackson, Minnesota, [[Jackson County, Minnesota|Jackson County]] [[coroner]], and Jackson [[Board of education|school board]] president.[{{cite web |title=Obituary notice for William C. Portmann |url=https://imgur.com/a/3Pz0wrM |website=The Lancet |access-date=24 March 2026}}] His uncle E.O. Portmann was [[William McKinley|President McKinley]]'s home physician and after the president died was the [[Ida Saxton McKinley|First Lady]]'s physician.[{{cite news |title=Mrs. McKinley Dying; End Must Come Soon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/119485476/ |access-date=12 November 2025 |volume=Page 1/9 |publisher=Wilkes-Barre Times |date=May 24, 1907}}][{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Arthur P |title=An Illustrated History of Jackson County Minnesota |date=1910 |publisher=Northern History |location=New York Public Library |page=474}}] His mother Emma Ball was the youngest daughter of American inventor[{{cite journal |last1=Ball |first1=Ephraim |title=American Machinist |journal=American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing |date=1986–1988 |volume=63 |issue=23–27 |page=8}}] and [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] [[Colonel]] of the [[162nd Ohio Infantry Regiment]], Ephraim Ball.[{{cite web |last1=Ball |first1=Ephraim |title=The Civil War Soldier Detail |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=CEAC967E-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A |website=nps.gov/civilwar |publisher=United States of America |access-date=6 September 2024}}] Portmann had two brothers, a roentgenologist Ursus[{{cite journal |last1=Portmann |first1=Dr. Ursus V. |title=Biography of Dr. Ursus V. Portmann |url=https://www.ajronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2214/ajr.97.4.1055 |journal=American Journal of Roentgenology |date=August 1966 |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=1055–1057 |doi=10.2214/ajr.97.4.1055 |pmid=5330774 |access-date=16 September 2023|url-access=subscription }}] and Arthur. Arthur was Senator [[Rob Portman]]'s grandfather making Milton his granduncle.[{{cite web |last1=Boutwell |first1=Susan J. |title=Romney Veepstakes Casts National Spotlight on Sen. Rob Portman ’78 |url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2012/08/romney-veepstakes-casts-national-spotlight-sen-rob-portman-78 |website=home.dartmouth.edu |access-date=24 November 2024}}] |
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Portmann studied [[Case Western Reserve University School of Law|Law]] and was a member of [[Delta Tau Delta]] fraternity. He had a role in the [[1907 Western Reserve football team|1907]] and [[1908 Western Reserve football team|1908 OAC Championship title]] in football and was captain of the Western Reserve Football team in 1909/10.[{{cite news |last1=Bang |first1=Ed |title=Muff Portman Captain Doesn't Care to Play If Seaman Isn't Coaching |url=https://imgur.com/sYDxIyp |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=Sandusky Register |date=14 January 1909}}] In track, he set two school records in one day at the Big Six Meet in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Those records in the [[Hammer throw|hammer]] and [[Discus throw|discus]] throws stood unchallenged for several years.[{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Ohio St. Wins Meet: Records Are Smashed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/86419780 |access-date=1 September 2021 |issue=Sports |publisher=The Pittsburgh Post |date=29 May 1909}}] He also helped Western Reserve to a pair of victories on the ice versus CIT in 1909 and was selected to the WRU 50-Year Football All-Star Team at [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]].[{{cite news |last1=Heaton |first1=Charles |title=Reserve Honors Kelker and Ries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1059571817/?match=1&terms=Portmann%20war |access-date=12 November 2025 |volume=Page 63 |publisher=The Plain Dealer |date=December 1, 1946}}][{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Case Western Reserve Hall of Fame |url=https://casewestern.prestosports.com/sports/spartan_club/bios/portmann_milton?view=bio |website=CaseWestern.Prestosports.com |publisher=Case Western University |access-date=27 September 2023}}] He was inducted in the Case Western Reserve Hall of Fame in 1976.[{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Hall of Fame Members |url=https://casewestern.prestosports.com/sports/spartan_club/bios/portmann_milton?view=bio |access-date=16 September 2023}}] |
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Portmann studied [[Case Western Reserve University School of Law|Law]] and was a member of [[Delta Tau Delta]] fraternity. He had a role in the [[1907 Western Reserve football team|1907]] and [[1908 Western Reserve football team|1908 OAC Championship title]] in football and was captain of the Western Reserve Football team in 1909/10.[{{cite news |last1=Bang |first1=Ed |title=Muff Portman Captain Doesn't Care to Play If Seaman Isn't Coaching |url=https://imgur.com/sYDxIyp |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=Sandusky Register |date=14 January 1909}}] In track, he set two school records in one day at the Big Six Meet in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Those records in the [[Hammer throw|hammer]] and [[Discus throw|discus]] throws stood unchallenged for several years.[{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Ohio St. Wins Meet: Records Are Smashed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/86419780 |access-date=1 September 2021 |issue=Sports |publisher=The Pittsburgh Post |date=29 May 1909}}] He also helped Western Reserve to a pair of victories on the ice versus CIT in 1909 and was selected to the WRU 50-Year Football All-Star Team at [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]].[{{cite news |last1=Heaton |first1=Charles |title=Reserve Honors Kelker and Ries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1059571817/?match=1&terms=Portmann%20war |access-date=12 November 2025 |volume=Page 63 |publisher=The Plain Dealer |date=December 1, 1946}}][{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Case Western Reserve Hall of Fame |url=https://casewestern.prestosports.com/sports/spartan_club/bios/portmann_milton?view=bio |website=CaseWestern.Prestosports.com |publisher=Case Western University |access-date=27 September 2023}}] Portmann passed the [[Bar examination in the United States|bar exam]] in 1911.[{{cite news |title=Ohio Athletes To Take Bar Examinations |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/canton-news-democrat-jun-06-1911-p-7/ |access-date=1 September 2021 |issue=Page 7 |publisher=Canton News Democrat |date=6 June 1911}}] He was inducted into the Case Western Reserve Hall of Fame in 1976.[{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Hall of Fame Members |url=https://casewestern.prestosports.com/sports/spartan_club/bios/portmann_milton?view=bio |access-date=16 September 2023}}] |
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Portmann took the [[Bar examination in the United States|bar exam]] in 1911.[{{cite news |title=]Ohio Athletes To Take Bar Examinations |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/canton-news-democrat-jun-06-1911-p-7/ |access-date=1 September 2021 |issue=Page 7 |publisher=Canton News Democrat |date=6 June 1911}} He and Clayton C. Townes then opened law offices of Townes & Portmann. grew to Townes, Krueger, Portmann, and Belton in 1921.[{{cite news |title=Football As Leading Sport and High Eleven as Exponent Lauded |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/townes-portman/?pci=7&ndt=bd&pd=1&pm=1&py=1888&pe=31&pem=12&pey=1967/ |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=Sandusky Star Journal |date=30 November 1921}}] In August 1919 Portmann and five other veterans founded the Army-Navy American Legion Post 54 in Cleveland.[{{cite journal |last1=American Legion |first1=Post 54 |title=Roster and History American Legion Army and Navy Post 54 |journal=The Bugle |date=September 1940 |volume=26 |issue=16 |page=1 |url=https://imgur.com/a/W2qJmQH |access-date=25 September 2023}}] He continued litigation and ran his law firm with his son Richard that was Portmann & Portmann until his death from leukemia on August 14, 1967, at the [[Cleveland Clinic]] in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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After his return from World War I, Portmann resumed his legal career in Cleveland, where he was a partner in the firm of Townes & Portmann.[{{cite news |title=Portmann Boom For Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1164961771/ |access-date=27 April 2026 |work=The Cleveland Press |date=May 12 1919 |ref=Page 2}}] The law firm of Townes & Portmann grew to Townes, Krueger, Portmann, and Belton in 1921.[{{cite news |title=Football As Leading Sport and High Eleven as Exponent Lauded |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/townes-portman/?pci=7&ndt=bd&pd=1&pm=1&py=1888&pe=31&pem=12&pey=1967/ |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=Sandusky Star Journal |date=30 November 1921}}] In August 1919, Portmann was among the founders of Cleveland’s Army and Navy American Legion Post 54, reflecting his involvement in veterans' affairs.[{{cite journal |last1=American Legion |first1=Post 54 |title=Roster and History American Legion Army and Navy Post 54 |journal=The Bugle |date=September 1940 |volume=26 |issue=16 |page=1 |url=https://imgur.com/a/W2qJmQH |access-date=25 September 2023}}] He married Dorothy Clampitt in 1923.[{{cite web |last1=Marriage |first1=License |title=Marriage License of MCP] and DBC 1923 |url=https://imgur.com/a/1dHkf0e |website=Archives of Cleveland Ohio |access-date=5 September 2024}} They had three children together, and both sons were [[World War II]] veterans.[{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Milton |title=Lt(JG) Milton C. Portmann Jr. |url=https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/MILTONCPORTMANNJR/a5ea5d |website=Veterans Legacy Memorial}}][{{cite web |last1=Portmann |first1=Richard |title=95th Bomb Group |url=https://95thbgdb.com/person/5340 |website=95th Bomb Group (H)}}] He practiced law with his son Richard in the firm Portmann & Portmann until his death from leukemia on August 14, 1967, at the [[Cleveland Clinic]] in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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A [[cenotaph]] honoring his military service is located at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].[{{cite web|url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CghQb3J0bWFubhIGTWlsdG9u/|accessdate=May 31, 2025|title=Burial detail: Portmann, Milton C|website=ANC Explorer}}] |
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A [[cenotaph]] honoring his military service is located at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].[{{cite web|url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CghQb3J0bWFubhIGTWlsdG9u/|accessdate=May 31, 2025|title=Burial detail: Portmann, Milton C|website=ANC Explorer}}] |
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