Clement Quirk Lane

Background

Lane, Clement Quirk was born on July 7, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Mary (Quirk) Lane.

Education

Reporter, Daily Press, Pontiac, Michigan, 1921. Reporter Chicago Daily News, 1924-1938, began Oxie O’Rourke column, 1938, city editor, since 1942. Lecturer journalism Loyola University, since 1937.

Achievements

• Clement Quirk Lane has been listed as a noteworthy newspaperman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as corporal Corps Engineers, United States Army, 1918-1919.

Connections

Married Angela Lavery, April. Children: Rosemary, Clement Quirk (Army of the United States), John Joseph, Robert Casey, Sheila.