Denny, George Vernon, 1899-1959

Educator, radio personality, and organization executive.

From the description of George Vernon Denny papers, 1930-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980268

Denny was associated with the Town Hall Theater in New York City and was the originator of a popular weekly radio program called "America's Town Meetings of the Air," which ran from 1935 until 1956.

From the description of Correspondence from Alma Mahler, 1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863133

Biographical Note

• 1899, Aug. 29: Born, Washington, N.C.
• 1922: B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 1922 - 1924 : Company manager, Carolina Playmakers, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 1924: Married Mary Traill Yellott (divorced 1943)
• 1924 - 1926 : Instructor in dramatic productions, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 1926 - 1927 : Actor, New York, N.Y.
• 1927 - 1928 : Manager, W. B. Feakins, lecture bureau
• 1928 - 1930 : Director, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1931 - 1937 : Associate Director, League for Political Education
• 1935 - 1952 : Founder and moderator, America's Town Meeting of the Air
• 1937 - 1951 : President, Town Hall (formerly League for Political Education)
• 1944: Married Jeanne Sarasy
• 1949: Conducted Round-the-World Town Meeting
• 1954: Organized the Covered Bridge Inn and Shopping Area, West Cornwall, Conn.
• 1957 - 1958 : Vice president, People-to-People Foundation
• 1958 - 1959 : President, International Seminars and Town Meetings, New York, N.Y.
• 1958: Conducted Inter-American Seminar in South America
• 1959, Nov. 11: Died, West Cornwall, Conn.

From the guide to the George Vernon Denny Papers, 1930-1959, (bulk 1950-1959), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)