John William Corrington
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John William Corrington (b. October 1932, d. November 1988) was an American television writer, novelist, poet, and lawyer. He received a B.A. degree from Centenary College in 1956 and his M.A. from Rice University in 1960, the year he took on his first teaching position in the English Department at LSU. While on leave from LSU, Corrington obtained his D.Phil. in 1965 from the University of Sussex, and then, in 1966, moved to Loyola University-New Orleans as Associate Professor of English, where he also served as chair of the English Department. Corrington graduated from Tulane Law School in 1975, joined a small New Orleans personal injury law firm, Plotkin & Bradley, and spend the next three years practicing law.
Corrington gave up the practice of law in 1978, and working with his wife Joyce Corrington, they became Head Writers for the daytime serial, Search For Tomorrow. From 1978 to 1988, he wrote scripts for Search For Tomorrow (1978-1980); Another World (1980); Texas (1980-1982); General Hospital (1982); Capitol (1982-1983); One Life To Live (1984); Rituals (1984, Story Consultant) and finally, Superior Court, a syndicated series (1986-89). He is credited as the writer for The Omega Man and I Am Legend.
Centenary College has an award in his name, the John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence.
