Jack Chipman Mcdermott

Background

Mcdermott, Jack Chipman was born on January 19, 1905 in Tucson. Son of Henning and Kate (McDermott) Redford.

Education

Student Howard Payne College, 1923-1924, University Texas, 1924-1925, U. Kansas, 1925-1926. A. B., George Washington University, 1950.

Career

; children—Madelaine, Jacqueline, Marsha. Married second, Ann Day Jarvis, January 12, 1946. District traffic representative National Air Transport, Dallas, 1927-1929.

Assistant traffic manager Pan-American Airways, San Antonio, Mexico City, 1929-1931.

Manager Chamber of Commerce Lufkin, Texas, 1932-1933. Editor, public Lufkin Daily News, 1933-1943.

Associate chief International Press and Publs. division, Department State, 1946-1947, chief, since 1947. Press attachè United States Embassy, London, 1950.

Deputy director United States Information Service, HICOG, Bonn, Germany, 1954.

Chief operations advisory service, United States Information Agency Washington, 1956. Counsellor public affairs American Embassy, Mexico, 1957. Military liaison officer United States Information Agency, Washington, 1962-1964.

Public affairs officer, El Salvador, 1964.

Joined United States Medical Corps, 1943, intelligence and photographic officer Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, 1944-1945. Lieutenant colonel Reserve, inactive, since 1946.

Achievements

• Jack Chipman Mcdermott has been listed as a noteworthy journalist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Marine Corps. Reserve Officers Association (national executive council), Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Delta Chi, Pi Kappa Delta. Clubs: Rotary.

Connections

Married Evelyn Kennedy, February 15, 1930 (divorced 1946). Married second, Ann Day Jarvis, January 12, 1946. Children: Madelaine, Jacqueline, Marsha.

Father:

Henning Redford

Mother:

Kate (McDermott) Redford

Spouse:

Evelyn Kennedy

Spouse:

Ann Day Jarvis

child:

Marsha Mcdermott

child:

Madelaine Mcdermott

child:

Jacqueline Mcdermott