Background
Dempsey, John Bourne was born on September 26, 1888 in Cleveland. Son of James H. and Emma N. (Bourne) Dempsey.
Dempsey, John Bourne was born on September 26, 1888 in Cleveland. Son of James H. and Emma N. (Bourne) Dempsey.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911, Master of Arts, 1915. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1915.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1916, since practiced in Cleveland. Partner Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, since 1935. President of the Bear Mountain Coal Company.
Director West. South. Tyler Company, Mohican Estates Realty Company, The Maynard H. Murch Company, Cleveland Reserve Company.
Member house of representatives Ohio General Assembly, 1923-1927. President University School, 1937-1952, now trustee. Served in cavalry, Mexican Border Service, 1916-1917.
Member Alumni Board Yale University (chairman 1940-1943), American, Ohio, Cleveland Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Skull and Bones.
Married Jeannette Johnson, July 5, 1928. Children: Bourne Pope, Alfred Johnson, Andrew Squire.
