Background
O'Connell, Robert Brendan was born on November 30, 1920 in New York City. Son of Arthur Joseph and Isabel Beatrice (McVeigh) O'C.
Public relations and editorial consultant
O'Connell, Robert Brendan was born on November 30, 1920 in New York City. Son of Arthur Joseph and Isabel Beatrice (McVeigh) O'C.
AB, Cornell Univercity, 1949; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1953-1954; postgraduate, New York University, 1962-1963.
Promotion events assistant New York Daily News, New York City, 1949-1953. Manager corporation news service Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, 1954-1965. Manager corporation public relations Canadry Corporation, New York City, 1965-1967.
Assistant regional director for public affairs. Department of Health, 1967-1981. Special assistant to assistant-secretary public affairs Department of Health and Human Services, 1981-1983.
Special assistant to administrator Healthcare Financing Administration, Washington, 1992-1993. Public relations consultant, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1983-1992, 93—. Visiting lecturer City University of New York, 1978.
Member Family Council, Lyons, New Jersey, 2003-2004, president. President Virginia Nursing Home Care Unit, 1999-2001. 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1950-1952, Korea.
Member 8th Air Force Association, Air Force Association 486th Bomb Group Association (founder, officer, squadron representative 1981-1986, committee chairman, service award 1990), Cornell Alumni University (charter board member 1968), American Directors Institute (charter board member 1983-1984), Retired Officers Association.
Married Frances Harriet Wexler, May 27, 1961. 1 child, Alison Jane O'Connell Neumann.