Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Irish immigrants, John McShain's father founded a successful construction company which he was forced to take over at age twenty-one when his father died in 1919.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Irish immigrants, John McShain graduated from La Salle University in 1917. His father founded a successful construction company, which he was forced to take over at age twenty-one, when his father died in 1919.