Future literary icon Arthur Miller outperformed him in class. Playwright/author Sinclair Lewis trashed his Hopwood entry. But when an observant professor championed Edmund Love’s tenacity and native talent, the 1936 graduate wrote his way to a thriving career.

Hopwood Awards season at U-M is an ideal time to remember the revered playwriting professor.

In December 1953 Arthur Miller, BA ’38, penned a love letter to his alma mater in Holiday magazine: “When I was in Ann Arbor, I felt I was at home.”