Cecelia Byrne-Dempsey

Background

Byrne-Dempsey, Cecelia was born on August 7, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of John Joseph and Margaret Agnes (Frakell) Byrne-Dempsey.

Education

Student, Immaculate Heart College, 1944. Bachelor in Psychology, California State University, Northridge, 1975. Bachelor in Journalism, California State University, Northridge, 1978.

Master of Arts in Mass Communications, California State University, Northridge, 1992.

Career

Staff, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, since 1943; staff, Office Naval Research, San Francisco, since 1947; with, Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame, California, since 1945; with, Sisters of Presentation, San Francisco, since 1949; member of staff, California State University, California, since 1976. Researcher, journalism historian early American newspapers, since 1978.

Achievements

• Cecelia Byrne-Dempsey has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mentor 4-H Club; past member Urban Corporation, Los Angeles. Member Mensa, Kappa Gamma Delta.

Interests

• Poetry, gardening, philosophical meditation.

Connections

Married John Dempsey, March 25, 1951 (deceased June 1981). Children: Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Cecelia, Cathrine, Patricia, Bridget, Charles, Mary Teresa.

Father:

John Joseph Byrne-Dempsey

Mother:

Margaret Agnes (Frakell) Byrne-Dempsey

Spouse:

John Dempsey

child:

Margaret Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Elizabeth Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Patricia Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Cecelia Byrne-Dempsey

child:

John Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Mary Teresa Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Charles Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Bridget Byrne-Dempsey

child:

Cathrine Byrne-Dempsey