Morley F. Cassidy was born on 23 October, 1900 at Shelby, Iowa, the
younger of two sons born to George and Amelia Cassidy. Both his parents
came from English Canada, though not at the same time. His father, who
was the son of Irish immigrants, came to the U.S. in 1889, while his
mother arrived some four years later. His older brother, Waldron Alvin
Cassidy (1895-1974), followed in his father's footsteps and became a
doctor. Some years later he would help found the Omaha Hearing School
for Children in Nebraska. Morley instead chose the path to journalism
and attended the universities of New Mexico and Denver, graduating from
latter in 1921
Morley worked on a number of American newspapers before accepting the
position of editor of the Associated Press Special Service in 1930.
Later he would work as a publicity agent for
Huey Long in both Baton Rouge and
Washington D.C. In 1939 he began working for The Sunday Evening
Bulletin in Philadelphia and eventually became head of their editorial
staff in 1960. Cassidy retired in 1965. During World War Two he served
as a war correspondent for the Bulletin and was with American troops
during the Battle of the Bulge and their subsequent drive into the
German Rhineland. He was later honored with the US Freedom Award and
the French Liberation Award.
Morley F. Cassidy died on 16 September, 1968 at Pennsylvania Hospital
in Philadelphia. He was survived by his wife, the former Phyllis
Hunter.
