Background
Sullivan, Donal Mark was born on October 25, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Donovan) Sullivan.
Sullivan, Donal Mark was born on October 25, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Donovan) Sullivan.
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Harvard College, 1933, student Law School, 1933-1935. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University Law School, 1937.
Began as newspaperman, 1929. Harvard correspondent Boston Globe, 1929-1935, editorial writer, rewrite man, reporter, 1935-1971. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1937.
President Newspaper Guild of Boston, 1937.
International vice president American Newspaper Guild (Congress Industrial Orgns.), 1938, 39, president, 1940-1941. President Greater Boston Industrial Union Council, 1939-1940.
Vice president Massachusetts State Industrial Union Council, 1940-1942, New England director, C.I.O. War Relief committee, 1942. Confidential secretary, Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health.
Served as Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, O.R.C., United States Army, 1933-1938. Second lieutenant and captain C.A.C., United States Army, 1942-1946. Permanent secretary Harvard College Class of 1933.
Club: Harvard (Boston).
Married Annette C. Bandler, March 11, 1936. Children: Gail, Marcia.