Background
Born on an Indian reservation near Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dawkins grew up in New York City, where he studied art with plans to become a portrait painter.
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Colin Dawkins
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He met John Severin when both attended the High School of Music & Art and their close friendship continued throughout their lives. Joining the Air Corps that year, he graduated from private to corporal while working in public relations and on corps newspapers.
Career
He was a vice-president of the J. Walter Thompson ad agency. In 1943, he worked with WABC radio"s wartime all-night record operation. Returning to New York after the end of World World War II, he began his 34-year career at J. Walter Thompson Company as a mailroom messenger, advancing to market research clerk and copywriter.
After a period in Montreal, he rejoined the New York office, where he became the Vice President in 1965.
In 1972, he was Creative Director in J. Walter Thompson"s Paris office.
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He was a good writer
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United States