Background
O'Brien, Paul Jerry was born on April 30, 1925 in Minneapolis.
newspaper publishing executive
O'Brien, Paul Jerry was born on April 30, 1925 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor, Gonzaga University, 1951.
Reporter, Spokane (Washington) Daily Chronicle, 1947-1949; night editor, Associated Press, Spokane, 1949-1951; bureau manager, Associated Press, Spokane, 1951-1960; chief of bureau, Associated Press, Salt Lake City, 1960-1963; assistant to president, Kearns-Tribune Corporation, Salt Lake City, 1963-1984; secretary, director, Kearns-Tribune Corporation, Salt Lake City, since 1969; public, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, since 1984. Secretary, director Tele-Communications, Inc., Denver, since 1970, Republic Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, since 1984.
Board regents Gonzaga University, Spokane, 1975-1984. Board directors Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, 1978-1987, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Salt Lake City, since 1982. Trustee Holy Cross Hospital Foundation, 1987.
Staff sergeant United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Son of John E. and Lauretta (Carroll) O'B. Divorced; children: John P., James G., Thomas R., Joan T.