Background
O’Neill, John Joseph was born on June 21, 1889 in New York, New York, United States. Son of James and Catherine (Kelleher) O’N.
O’Neill, John Joseph was born on June 21, 1889 in New York, New York, United States. Son of James and Catherine (Kelleher) O’N.
Educated public schools and night school, New York, New York, and International Corresponding Schools.
Began as printer, 1903-1904. Electrician, 1905-1906. With New York (Astor) Public Library, 1906-1907.
With New York Herald library, 1907-1908.
Reporter, 1908-1915; reporter, Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, 1915-1917, feature editor, 1918-1922, radio editor, 1922-1925, automobile and aviation editor, 1925-1926, science editor, 1926-1932, supervisor construction of new building and plant, 1929-1930. Science editor New York Herald Tribune since 1933.
Organizer Suffolk County Home Defense Regiment, 1917, Newspapermen’s Officers Training Corps, 1917.
Served as private, Machine Gun Company, 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, 1917-1919. Member Arts and Science Conference, 1937. Fellow American Geography Society, Arctic Institute of North America.
Member Amateur Astronomers Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Genetic Association, American Institute City of New York (Chairman of the Board managers, 1933-1937), American Society Psychical Research (chairman research committee and trustee, 1933-1937), American Polar Society, India-American Science Association (founding.
Married Marie Bock, July 7, 1912. Children: Kenneth Horace, Peggy Theresa (Mistress Clyde T. Grayson).