The Ohio Connection
- John Jakes earned his Master’s degree in American Literature from The Ohio State University in 1954
- Jakes worked as a senior copywriter for the Dayton advertising agency Kircher Helton & Collet, Inc., from 1965 to 1968
- Next Jakes worked as copy chief, and eventually became vice president of Oppenheim, Herminghausen, Clarke, Inc., another advertising agency in Dayton; he was employed there from 1968 to 1970
Jakes also worked as creative director of Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, Inc., yet another Dayton advertising agency, from 1970 to 1971