Background
Dunn, Samuel O. was born on March 8, 1877 in Bloomfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel W. and Sarah J. (Hedrick) Dunn.
Dunn, Samuel O. was born on March 8, 1877 in Bloomfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel W. and Sarah J. (Hedrick) Dunn.
Pratt (Kansas) High School, 1894. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1911 (honorary Master of Arts, Tufts College, Massachusetts, 1921).
Editor, Quitman (Missouri) Record, 1895-1896. Associate editor, Maryville (Missouri) Tribune, 1896-1900. Reporter Kansas City Journal, 1900-1902.
Editorial writer, Kansas City Journal, 1902-1904. Railroad editor and editorial writer, Chicago Tribune, 1904-1907. Associate editor, and managing editor, Railway Age, 1907-1908.
Western editor and editor, Railway Age Gazette, and its successor, Railway Age, 1911-1948. Chairman of the Board Simmons-Boardman Public Corporation, 1931-1950, chairman emeritus, since 1950.
Member American Economics Association, Western Railway. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Traffic.
Married Carrie E. Smith, March 29, 1899. Children: Fayette Smith, Elizabeth, Samuel O. Learned printer’s trade, 1890-1895.