Dean Southern Jennings

Background

Jennings, Dean Southern was born on June 30, 1905 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Review Webster Wardell and Mary (Southern) Jennings.

Education

Educated schools of Munich, Germany, 1911-1915, West High School, Rochester, New York, 1920-1923, Lowell High School, San Francisco, 1923-1924.

Career

Reporter San Francisco Journal, 1923. Sports writer San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Herald, 1924. Reporter and rewrite man Paris (France) Herald, 1925-1927.

Chief rewrite man San Francisco Call-Bulletin, 1928-1934.

Regional information director United States Resettlement Administration, Denver, Indianapolis, 1935-1936. Regional director distributor promotion, United States Government films, Chicago, Hollywood, 1936-1937.

Motion picture consultant United States Farm Security Administration, New York City, 1937-1938. Regional information representative United States Social Security Road, San Francisco, 1937.

Director press Golden Gate International Exposition, 1937.

Pacific Coast representative United States Film Service, 1939. Regional information director United States Office for Emergency Management, San Francisco, 1941. Regional director United States Office of War Information, San Francisco, 1942-1943.

Executive secretary Northern California Newspaper Guild, 1934-1935.

Achievements

• Dean Southern Jennings has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member California State Recreation Commission, 1966-1967. Member Sigma Delta Chirurgical Clubs: San Francisco Yacht (Belvedere, California).

Connections

Married to Mary Elizabeth Foster, April 28, 1953. Children by previous marriage-: Dorn Webster, David Duffy, Dean Southern, Breslau, Doctorate. Melvin and Suzette.

Father:

Review Webster Wardell Jennings

Mother:

Mary (Southern) Jennings

Spouse:

to Mary Elizabeth Foster