Background
Leary, John Joseph was born on February 2, 1874 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Jay and Mary (Cronin) Leary.
Leary, John Joseph was born on February 2, 1874 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Jay and Mary (Cronin) Leary.
Education public and high schools, and under private tutors. Prepared for bar but never practiced.
Has been self-supporting since 11 years of age. Began career in newspaper work with Lynn Press, 1893. Night editor of the Boston Post, 1895-1903, of the Boston Journal, 1904.
Special writer and city editor, Boston Herald, 1905-1907.
Financial editor and associate editor, New York Herald, 1907-1912. Special European correspondent and editorial adviser to James Gordon Bennett, Paris and London, 1912.
Staff correspondent New York Tribune, 1913-1918. Specialist in labor and economics, New York World, 1919-1931.
Designated by President to make special survey employment exchange systems of Europe, 1931.
Member.; Mason.; Clubs: National Press (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Alice Ruth Dwyer, October 6, 1896 (died October 24, 1942).