Dennis, Lawrence, 1893-1977

American journalist; editor, Weekly Foreign Letter, 1938-1942, and Appeal to Reason, 1946-1972.

From the description of Lawrence Dennis papers, 1921-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872109

Writer, banker.

From the description of Oral history interview with Lawrence Dennis, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737184

Dennis (Harvard College Class of 1919) earned his Harvard AB in 1920.

From the description of The Appam case : library report in Government 14, 1919-1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075401

Biographical Note

• 1893, Dec. 25: Born, Atlanta, Georgia
• 1915 - 1917 : Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, Aug. 1917
• 1918 - 1919 : Served with American Expeditionary Force
• 1921 - 1927 : U.S. Department of State. Posts in Haiti, Romania, Honduras (1925) and Nicaragua (1926-1927)
• 1927 - 1930 : Employed by J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers, New York City
• 1932: Author, Is Capitalism Doomed?
• 1936: Author, The Coming American Fascism
• 1936 - 1939 : Employed by E.A. Pierce & Co., brokers, New York City
• 1939 - 1942 : Editor and publisher of The Weekly Foreign Letter
• 1940: Author, The Dynamics of War and Revolution
• 1944 - 1947 : Tried for sedition, 1944; case dismissed, 1947
• 1946: Author (with Maximilian J. St. George), A Trial on Trial
• 1946 - 1972 : Editor and publisher of The Appeal to Reason
• 1969: Author, Operational Thinking for Survival
• 1977, Aug. 20: Died, Spring Valley, New York

From the guide to the Lawrence Dennis Papers, 1921-1975, (Hoover Institution Archives)