Background
Dennis, Lawrence was born on December 25, 1893 in Atlanta. Son of George and Mary (Smith) Dennis.
Dennis, Lawrence was born on December 25, 1893 in Atlanta. Son of George and Mary (Smith) Dennis.
Student Phillips Exeter Academy, 1913-1915. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1920.
In United States diplomatic service 1920-1927, serving in Portuguese au Prince (Haiti), Bucharest (Rumania), Managua (Nicaragua), Tegucigalpa (Honduras). Was charge d’affaires for periods in Rumania, Honduras, Nicaragua. Conductor peace conference and first phase American Intervention in Nicaragua, 1926, during revolution.
Assigned to American embassy, Paris, June 1927, when resigned to enter banking.
With J. & West. Seligman & Company, bankers, New York City, 1927-1930. Brokerage business Electronic Arts Pierce & Company.
New York City, 1936-1939. Writer from 1930; proprietor, editor public The Weekly Foreign Letter, New York City, 1939-1943, Appeal to Reason (weekly news analysis), from 1946.
Served at Plattsburg, 1915-1917, second in command Lieutenant United States Army, August 1917. Club: Harvard (New York City).
Married Eleanor Simson, 1933 (divorced). Married second, Mistress. Children: Emily (Mistress Dermot Harvey), Laura (Mistress Mark Dollard).