Michigan Man Credited With Creating Spring Break

Michiganders are counting down the days until spring break finally arrives.

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It's a chance for high school and college students to pack into a car and head somewhere warm and sunny to let loose without any adults around.

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And for the younger kids, it can mean a fun trip with the family and making memories they'll never forget.

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None of this would be possible if it wasn't for a man in Michigan.

Michigan Man Credited With Creating "Spring Break"

It sounds crazy to me but apparently spring break that we all know and love was created in a big part by a Professor at Michigan State University.

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In the 1960's Glendon Swarthout was an english professor at MSU and wrote a book called "Where The Boys Are".

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According to Good Reads the book is about a spring break trip taken in 1959.

Professor Glendon Swarthout took off with his English Honors students from Michigan State University to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to soak up some sun, sand, suds, and sex.

The book ended up doing so well that it became a movie.

I'm sure spring break would still exist, but I do wonder what it would be like if the book and movie had never been written.

So, the next time you're on spring break, having a great time with friends and family, don't forget Professor Glendon Swarthout, who helped make it all possible.