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In 1993, Jay Chiat hired Michael Houston sight unseen—without benefit of a résumé or a portfolio. Instead, the decision was based on a passionate letter from the disgruntled journalism major and a 20-minute phone call.
The letter explained to Chiat why Houston thought advertising was worthwhile, despite what his University of Kansas professors were telling him. Houston was recovering from a tonsillectomy when Chiat first called his home, but when the two connected three days later, the ad legend offered him an internship in Chiat/Day’s New York office.
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