Background
Weaver, John Van Alstyn was born on July 17, 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Van Alstyn and Anne Randolph (Tate) Weaver.
Weaver, John Van Alstyn was born on July 17, 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Van Alstyn and Anne Randolph (Tate) Weaver.
Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1914. Student Harvard, 1915.
Assistant to book editor Chicago Daily News, 1916-1917, 1919-1920. Literature editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1920-1924. Writer for Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corporation, 1928-1931.
Served in the United States Army, May 1917-January 1919.
Married Peggy Wood, February 14, 1924.