According to my college's post on Facebook this morning George R. R. Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones series was a professor there in the 70's! So I did a bit of digging and confirmed it. This is from his own website:
"Fortunately, I had a master’s degree from the best journalism school in the country, and after sending out several hundred queries, I was hired as a journalism instructor by Clarke College, a small Catholic women’s college in Dubuque, Iowa. It was a two-man department. My friend Charlie Ellis taught television and film, and I taught the print journalism courses. I was also the faculty advisor to the student newspaper, The Courier, which was great fun and got me in trouble constantly."
Pretty interesting, at least to me. I guess they should invite him back to speak, right? Or at least give alumni advanced copies of his next book.
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His masters and bachelor degrees are both from Northwestern University. Just wondered what the best journalism school is. Now I know.
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june 20 dear? come give us some new content.
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