On The Road:

HISTORY & EVENTS:

JIM MORRISON:

-Graduates from George Washington Sr. High, in Alexandria, VA in 1961.
-Enrolls at St. Petersburg Jr. College in Florida for the 1961-1962 academic year.
-Enrolls at FSU for the 1962-1963 year, studying sociology, history, and physics.
-Attends Werner Vaught's cinematography course, and majors in theater at FSU for the 1963-1964 year.
-Arrested on September 28th, 1963 at Doak Campbell Stadium while attending FSU.
-Photographed while performing as Gus in Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter at FSU on December 5th and 6th, 1963.
-Transfers to UCLA in early 1964.
-Remains enrolled at UCLA for the 1964-1965 year.
-Directs a short film titled A Feast Of Friends in early 1965.
-Appears on-stage with Rick & The Ravens to help with a contractual obligation, but does not perform.
-Graduates film school at UCLA in mid-1965, officially receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree on August 13th.
-Forms an early version of The Doors with Ray Manzarek in the summer of 1965.
-Rehearses early music by The Doors with Ray Manzarek in the Schoenberg Music Hall at UCLA.
-Returns to UCLA in December 1965 to perform with The Doors during a student film screening event.
-Photographed by UCLA classmate Nettie Peña with The Doors while performing at the London Fog in 1966.
-Honored at UCLA in 1971 with the establishment of the Jim Morrison Film Fund.


Jim Morrison As 'Gus' In Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter - FSU 1963

RAY MANZAREK:

-Graduates from St. Rita Sr. High in Chicago, IL in 1956.
-Attends DePaul University in Chicago from 1956-1960, studying economics and business.
-Enrolls at UCLA for the 1960-1961 academic year, aspiring to study law.
-Studies theater & film at UCLA from late 1961, graduating in 1965.
-Cast as Reverend Luke in the student play East Maudlin in March 1961.
-Directs and parttakes as an actor in four short films while attending film school.
-Performs in groups known as The UCLA Trio and Rick & The Ravens while attending UCLA.
-Receives a Theater Arts degree from UCLA in mid-1965.
-Forms an early version of The Doors with Jim Morrison in the summer of 1965.
-Rehearses early music by The Doors with Jim Morrison in the Schoenberg Music Hall at UCLA.
-Returns to UCLA in December 1965 to perform with The Doors during a student film screening event.
-Photographed by UCLA classmate Nettie Peña with The Doors while performing at the London Fog in 1966.
-Graduates with a Bachelors Degree in Economics, Masters Degree in Motion Picture, and a Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts.


Ray Manzarek Performs At DePaul University, Chicago - c. 1958-1959