Jack Kerouac

See also Wikipedia's article about "Jack Kerouac".

Jack Kerouac came to Columbia on a football scholarship, but went literary after a broken leg his first year [1]. He also moved from Hartley to Wallach Hall (then Livingston), which he much preferred, due to its superior view of Butler and its comparative lack of cockroaches. In his autobiography Vanity of Duluoz he expressed his satisfaction with the move from Hartley:

Template:Cquote While at Columbia, Kerouac also had a weird relationship with Allen Ginsberg.

He's now known as the Beat Generation author who wrote On the Road.