Calvin Trillin
Overview
United States
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journalist
Journalist
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, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist.
Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, where he served as chairman of the Yale Daily News
Yale Daily News
The Yale Daily News is an independent student newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven, Connecticut since January 28, 1878...
and was a member of Scroll and Key
Scroll and Key
The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the wealthiest and second oldest Yale secret society...
before graduating in 1957; he later served as a Fellow
Trustee
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of the University
Yale Corporation
The Yale Corporation, sometimes, and more formally, known as The President and Fellows of Yale College, is the governing body of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.The Corporation comprises 19 members:...
. After a stint in the U.S. Army
United States Army
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, he worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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in 1963.
Quotations
Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.
"Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow"in Alice, Let's Eat (1978)
Health food makes me sick.
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