Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- El Paso
- Educated at
- University of Southern CaliforniaColumbia UniversityUniversity of MiamiLos Angeles City CollegeFranklin High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Air Medal🏆 Distinguished Flying Cross
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Trending topics shown first"I do not belong to any church, but I do consider myself a religious man...part of the creative and intelligence behind life. Therefore, if we are part of God than our lives are not brief meaningless t…"
"I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons . . . God is, for lack of a better term, clout. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe."
"A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away."
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Timeline
1921
Born
Birth1991
Died
Death
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