Born in Elgin, Illinois on September 11, 1902, Kenneth George Shopen was the son of a watchmaker. He began as a staff writer for the Elgin Daily News in 1920 but a year later he enrolled at the University of Illinois as an English major. He graduated in 1925 and then entered the School of the University of Illinois on a full-time scholarship. After graduation Shopen was hired as a part-time art teacher at Chicago’s Latin School for Boys. This led to another posi (showing 500 of 2066 characters). |
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