Early Life (1921–1940)
Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921, in El Paso, Texas, His parents were police officer Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline "Glen" (née Golemon) Roddenberry. He grew up in Los Angeles and attended Berendo Junior High School (now Berendo Middle School) before graduating from Franklin High School.
After graduation, Roddenberry took classes in Police Studies at Los Angeles City College and became head of the Police Club, liaising with the FBI. He went on to study at Columbia University, the University of Miami, and the University of Southern California but did not graduate.
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