Background
Drury, John was born on August 9, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Michael and Mary (Sullivan) Drury.
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John Drury
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Educated Saint Andrew’s Parochial School, Senn High School, and Lane Technology High School, Chicago.
Career
Newspaper reporter Los Angeles (California) Record, 1920-1921. Reporter City News Bureau, Chicago, 1924. Feature writer and columnist The Chicago Daily News, 1926-1944.
Made voyage to South America in American Merchant Marine.
1923, to London, 1925. Covered Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934.
Traveled in Canada, 1930, Bermuda, British West Indies and British Guiana, 1934.
Achievements
Membership
Served with 11th Regiment, Illinois Reserve Militia, 1918-1920. Member Illinois State, Indiana history societies, American Association for State and Local History. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Society Architectural Historians, Chicago Press Veterans Association, American Newspaper Guild (Chicago local), Society Midland.
Club: The Cliff Dwellers (Chicago).
Connections
Married Marion Neville, 1929.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient University of Minnesota Regional Writing Fellowship (for preparation of book on famous old Midwest houses), 1944. Awarded Distinguished Services to Literature Scroll, Friends of Literature, Chicago, 1946.Recipient University of Minnesota Regional Writing Fellowship (for preparation of book on famous old Midwest houses), 1944. Awarded Distinguished Services to Literature Scroll, Friends of Literature, Chicago, 1946.