Jennings, Dean Southern, 1905-1969

Dean Jennings (1905-1969) was born in Rochester, New York, on June 30, 1905. He was the son of Reverend Webster Wardell Jennings and Mary Jennings. He attended school in Munich, Germany from 1911-1915, West High School in Rochester, New York, from 1920-1923, and Lowell High School in San Francisco from 1923-1924.

Jennings began his journalistic career as a reporter for the San Francisco Journal in 1923. He worked as a sports writer for the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Herald in 1924. In 1925 he went to France and worked as a reporter and rewriter for the Paris Herald until 1927. In 1928 Jennings returned to San Francisco and became the chief rewriter for the Call-Bulletin. He remained in this position unil 1934.

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