Background
Sharkey, Joseph Edward was born on March 13, 1877 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Margaret (Bradley) Sharkey.
Sharkey, Joseph Edward was born on March 13, 1877 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Margaret (Bradley) Sharkey.
Educated Harvard, 1895-1899.
Reporter and editorial writer, Boston Traveler. Reporter Boston Transcript, 1895-1898. With Associated Press since 1898, reporter and editor Boston office, 1898-1907, assistant correspondent in Paris, France, 1907-1913, chief of Japanese bureau, 1913-October 1921, chief of Paris bureau, 1929-1933, Geneva bureau, 1933-1937.
Served as correspondent on missions, European and Asiatic countries.; Member City Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1899-1902, Board of Education, 1902-1905. Secretary Harvard; member executive council American Association of Tokyo, 1918-1919.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science. Vice-president International Association of Journalists accredited to the League of Nations, 1933-1934. Clubs: Harvard of Tokyo (vice president 1921-1922).
Married Beatrice Laurans, June 14, 1913.