hugh hefner

Hugh Marston Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, the oldest son of Glenn and Grace Hefner, and a direct descendent of distinguished Massachusetts Puritan patriarchs William Bradford and John Winthrop. He attended Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High on the West Side of Chicago, where he was no more than an average student, despite his genius IQ (152)(www.playboy.com), he distinguished himself instead with his extracurricular activities like: founding a school paper, writing, cartooning. He also served as president of the student council, where he championed student causes.
After he graduated from high school in 1944, he enlisted into the United States army, as an infantry clerk. During his time in the army he began to draw cartoons for a number of the army news papers that they had. After being discharged from the army, Hugh enrolled in the Chicago Art institute and took anatomy art classes (www.askmen.com/hugh). While attending college he drew cartoons for the â...