John Cornelius O’Brien

Background

O’Brien, John Cornelius was born on August 5, 1894 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Dennis and Margaret (Flaherty) O’B.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Clark University, 1914, Master of Arts, 1915. Student School Fine Arts, Yale, 1917.

Career

Reporter, New York World, 1928-1929. Legislative correspondent New York Herald-Tribune, 1929-1934, member Washington bureau, 1935-1939. Washington correspondent Philadelphia Inquirer, since 1939, editor daily column Washington Background, since 1941, covered all political conversations, since 1932.

Achievements

• John Cornelius O’Brien has been listed as a noteworthy newspaperman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as hospital apprentice United States Navy, World War I. Member Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Delta Chirurgical Commander Order Southern Cross (Brazil).

Clubs: National Press (president 1949).

Connections

Married Carmella Penque, September 10, 1920 (died 1921). Married second, Eveline Rydell, July 3, 1928. Children: John Dennis Rydell, Judith Rydell, Hugh Rydell.

Father:

Dennis O’B.

Mother:

Margaret (Flaherty) O’B.

Spouse:

Carmella Penque

Spouse:

Eveline Rydell

child:

John Dennis Rydell O’Brien

child:

Hugh Rydell O’Brien

child:

Judith Rydell O’Brien