Background
Dunn, Ballard was born on September 16, 1877 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Amy (Talbot) Dunn.
Dunn, Ballard was born on September 16, 1877 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Amy (Talbot) Dunn.
Preparatory education high school, St. Louis, Missouri. Bachelor of Laws, St. Louis Law School (Washington University), 1898.
Began on St. Louis Chronicle, 1899. With The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1900-1901. With Chicago Inter-Ocean, Daily News, later city editor Daily Evening Journal, until 1912.
President Cook County (Illinois) Civil Service Commission, 1912. Western sales manager Thos. Cusack Company, 1913.
President Posterette Corporation, 1914-1915. In charge public relations, United Pacific Railroad, 1916-1918. Chief of Bureau for Suggestions and Complaints, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, 1918-1919.
Assistant chief Insurance Division Bureau War Risk Insurance, 1919. In charge group insurance service, Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1920-1924. Editor in chief Omaha Bee-News, 1924-1929.
Became editor public Omaha Journal, 1930. Then editor and publisher The Keynoter.
Served as private Company B. 1st Missouri Volumes, 1898.
Married Eleanor Reese, of Chicago, July 27, 1907.