Merian C. Cooper
After finishing school, Cooper was accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy, This was a great honor. He was kicked out during his final year for "hell raising and for championing air power." In 1916, Cooper worked reporting the news. He worked for the Minneapolis Daily News, where he met Delos Lovelace. Cooper also worked at the Des Moines Register-Leader and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.