Coen brothers we see things." Joel and Ethan graduated from St. Louis Park High School in 1973 and 1976, respectively, and from Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Joel then spent four years in the undergraduate film program at New York University, where he made a 30-minute thesis film called "Soundings". Ethan went on to Princeton University and earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy in 1979. His senior thesis was a 41-page essay, "Two Views of Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy". Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984. They adopted a son from Paraguay named Pedro McDormand Coen.
Joel Gougeon Joel Gougeon Joel Gougeon (born January 13, 1943) was a Republican member of the Michigan Senate from 1993-2002 representing Ogemaw, Arenac, Bay, Tuscola, and Huron counties. He previously served as a member of the Bay County Board of Commissioners. Gougeon received a mechanical engineering degree in 1966 from what was then the General Motors Institute by co-oping at the Saginaw Malleable Iron Foundry. After five years in the Air Force, Gougeon and his brothers formed Gougeon Brothers, Inc., which manufactured sailboats, epoxy adhesives, and wind energy blades.The methods first developed by the Gougeon brothers using WEST SYSTEM® epoxy have become