Members jfung79 Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 There's something I've noticed which may or may not be worthy of comment, but I don't think I've ever seen it remarked upon before. Several of the most notable soap writers attended Northwestern University. I'm wondering if this is coincidence, or if it is tied in with the Midwestern base of Procter&Gamble (and Irna Phillips), or a reflection of the quality of the program, or what. I'm also wondering if people ever got onto writing staffs based in part on this school tie. So far I have already noticed that Agnes Nixon, Richard and Carolyn Culliton, and Corinne Jacker attended Northwestern. I'm not sure if they all actually studied writing there though. Are there others? Is there any other one school that's associated with more soap headwriters? Is this a useless topic? By the way, I go to UC Berkeley, so this is not me talking up my school or anything, hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 I think William J. Bell attended too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 Yeah. The Bells also went to N/W I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billyjill Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 I went there! Heheh, the undergraduate writing program (not sure how many of those people went through it) takes itself pretty seriously as does the journalism school (consistently top three). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 According to Wikipedia: Agnes Nixon attended Northwestern University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Nixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 No, he attended De Paul and Michigan. Don't know what he studeied. I asked that question some time ago and no-one responded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfung79 Posted January 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 Lee Phillip Bell did attend Northwestern though, and graduated with a degeree in microbiology, according to wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfung79 Posted January 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 Great, which soap do you want to fix? Seriously, thanks for the info about the undergraduate writing program and the journalism school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GladGirl Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 Megan McTavish went there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 Well not everyone remembers what they learned in class... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted January 22, 2007 Members Share Posted January 22, 2007 LMAO!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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