![]() ![]() ![]() Considering World War II, Vonnegut assumed he would be drafted, so he proactively joined the United States Army. Vonnegut’s grades eventually landed him on academic probation, and in 1943, he dropped out of Cornell without earning his degree. Vonnegut had little interest in biochemistry, and his grades were poor, but he did work as a writer and editor for the university’s newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut attended public high school in Indianapolis, and in 1940, began studying biochemistry at Cornell University. Vonnegut’s family was hit hard during the Great Depression, and after Prohibition effectively shutdown Lieber’s family brewery, they were all but destitute. ![]() was the youngest of three children born to Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., an architect, and Edith Lieber, a socialite whose wealthy family owned a successful brewing company. ![]()
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