![]() Photos: University Libraries Archives and Special Collections Department and the Office of Alumni Relations. Neal received a bronze star for valor in Vietnam in 1969 and was a theater major at the University of Texas in Austin in the early 70s when he landed the hitchhiker role in Texas Chain Saw Massacre. This interview is available in its entirety in the Northeastern University Archives. The 28-day stint was enough to open his eyes to the extent of his problems, but not. I really think that the seeds and the germ that grows to the desire for a college education begin in the elementary and the high schools.” Pushed by his new girlfriend, Beverly, Aldrin checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center in August 1975. On the importance of education: “College educations are terrific and I think they’re good, but I think it really begins at the lower level. I think it hasn’t tried to isolate itself from the city that it’s an integral part of, and I think that’s some of the keys to its success.” On the evolution of Northeastern: “I’m impressed by the campus, and the grounds and environment. ![]() ![]() That goes with the territory of being a military officer.” Enjoy Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren, 'Rough Draft of History: A Century of US Social Movements in the News' (Princeton UP, 2022) from New Books in History on Scribd. On teaching in the military: “I think the military really is a teaching institution…I can almost say all the way through, almost 35 years in the military, at one time or another I was a teacher, a counselor, or a mentor. That intellectual curiosity was born at Northeastern.” Follow Edwin Neal edwinneal The Original Hitchhiker from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Iden Payne at the University of Texas Drama Department. Following high school, he studied with Zula Pearson at Lon Morris in Jacksonville, Texas, before moving on to acting and directing studies with B. On how his Northeastern education prepared him to teach cadets: “I had some great instructors…they lit the fire of intellectual curiosity on my part, and as a result I’ve become a student of history and I’m an avid reader. Edwin Neal was born in Houston, Texas, USA. General Neal speaking at the Veterans Memorial groundbreaking ceremony. I can remember the class I was in when we got the word that it had occurred.” On significant moments as a student and the evolution of the campus: “The defining moment during my time at Northeastern was the assassination of President Kennedy and the impact that had on the student body, on all of us individually and collectively. So I started out as a typical intern in the administrative office and then matriculated into the classroom, and basically had some pretty significant teaching experience the last couple years of my internship.” On co-op experiences: “I was assigned down to a school in the south of Boston, Silver Lake Regional High School and I stayed there for my whole four years. A lot of similar backgrounds…All of the kids that I know now as young kids, and all of the folks that I was with during my tenure, all turned out to be pretty good people.” On his fellow students: “I think there was kind of a unique blending of folks there at that particular time.
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