John Steinbeck home in California to attend any performance of the play during its New York run, telling director George S. Kaufman that the play as it existed in his own mind was "perfect" and that anything presented on stage would only be a disappointment. Steinbeck wrote two more stage plays ("The Moon Is Down" and "Burning Bright"). "Of Mice and Men" was also adapted as a 1939 Hollywood film, with Lon Chaney, Jr. as Lennie (he had filled the role in the Los Angeles stage production) and Burgess Meredith as George. Meredith and Steinbeck became close friends for the next two
John Milton Gregory science degree program in higher education. In 1886 Gregory authored his most well-known work "The Seven Laws of Teaching," which asserted that a teacher should: Gregory is buried just to the south of Altgeld Hall near the Main Quadrangle on the UIUC campus. John Milton Gregory Math and Science Academy of the Chicago Public Schools was originally established in 1923 as John Milton Gregory Elementary School and is located in the historic North Lawndale, Chicago community. John Milton Gregory John Milton Gregory (July 6, 1822 – October 19, 1898) was an American educator and the first president (regent was his