Warren Beatty a Hollywood star, he decided to work as a stagehand at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. during the summer before his senior year. After graduation, he was reportedly offered ten football scholarships to college, but turned them down to study liberal arts at Northwestern University (1954–55), where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. After his first year, he left college to move to New York City, where he studied acting under Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Fearing that his acting career would be interrupted by being drafted, Beatty used a well-thought-out scheme to resolve the
David R. Beatty David R. Beatty David Ross Beatty, C.M., OBE, MA, CFA (born 1942) is a Canadian businessman and academic. He serves as a Director of FirstService, Walter Energy and Canada Steamship Lines. He is currently the Conway Director at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Over his career he has served on over 35 Boards of directors and been Chair of 8 publicly traded companies. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Trinity College (B.A. 1965) in Political Science and Economics, and Queens' College, Cambridge (M.A. 1967) in economics. Beatty