Background
O’Donnell, John Parsons was born on July 23, 1896 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Patrick and Mary (Parsons) O’D.
O’Donnell, John Parsons was born on July 23, 1896 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Patrick and Mary (Parsons) O’D.
Bachelor of Arts, Tufts College, 1920. Graduate student Harvard, 1920-1921.
Reporter Boston Evening Record, 1913. Reporter and sports writer Boston Record and Boston Advertiser, 1913-1917. Publicity department, McCall’s Magazine, 1921.
Fiction editor, feature writer and dramatic reviewer Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1921-1923.
Reporter and assistant city editor New York American, 1923-1927. Reporter New York Daily News, 1927-1933, Washington correspondent since 1933, war correspondent, Germany, France, England, Belgium, Holland and Italy, 1939-1940.
With British Expeditionary force in France, 1939-1940. Pacific Theatre, 1942, 45.
Served as lieutenant, United States Infantry, World War. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Psi. Clubs: National Press.
Army and Navy.
Washington Golf and Country, Tufts (Washington).
Married Doris Fleeson, September 28, 1930 (divorced).