Eric Hodgins
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Eric Francis Hodgins was the American author of the popular Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(1946), illustrated by William Steig
.
Hodgins graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an engineering degree, and served as editor in chief of The Youth Companion, associate editor of Redbook
, and then as associate editor of Fortune
magazine, where he wrote an expose of the European munitions makers, "Arms and the Men."
He became publisher of Fortune in 1937, and a vice president of Time Inc. in 1938. He quit Time Inc. in 1946 to write full time.
His novels also included a sequel, Blandings Way, published in 1950.
John Kenneth Galbraith
mentions that he said he had graduated from MIT with a degree conditional on a promise to never practice any form of engineering. There is no listing for an Eric Hodgins in the MIT Alumni Directory but the MIT newspaper The Tech mentions that he is class of 1922 . His most famous quote is "A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do." http://dailyquoteforyou.blogspot.com
He defined Journalism as the communication of information from one place to another in a reliable manner in order to serve the truth.http://www.muwasalat.com/2008/07/eric-francis-hodgins-fortune-time.html
He died in New York City.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (novel)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1946 comedy novel written by Eric Hodgins and illustrated by William Steig, describing the vicissitudes of buying a home in the country. It originally appeared as a short story in the April 1946 issue of Fortune magazine.It was adapted as a movie of the...
(1946), illustrated by William Steig
William Steig
William Steig was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular children's literature...
.
Hodgins graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an engineering degree, and served as editor in chief of The Youth Companion, associate editor of Redbook
Redbook
Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
, and then as associate editor of Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
magazine, where he wrote an expose of the European munitions makers, "Arms and the Men."
He became publisher of Fortune in 1937, and a vice president of Time Inc. in 1938. He quit Time Inc. in 1946 to write full time.
His novels also included a sequel, Blandings Way, published in 1950.
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith , OC was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism...
mentions that he said he had graduated from MIT with a degree conditional on a promise to never practice any form of engineering. There is no listing for an Eric Hodgins in the MIT Alumni Directory but the MIT newspaper The Tech mentions that he is class of 1922 . His most famous quote is "A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do." http://dailyquoteforyou.blogspot.com
He defined Journalism as the communication of information from one place to another in a reliable manner in order to serve the truth.http://www.muwasalat.com/2008/07/eric-francis-hodgins-fortune-time.html
He died in New York City.