

After he left the University of Michigan, Miller wrote plays for the Federal Theatre in 1939. In addition to hosting a radio program, Miller held a variety of jobs during his early career. At school, he studied journalism, became the night editor of the Michigan Daily, and began experimenting with theater. Miller worked a variety of odd jobs - including as a host of a radio program - before the University of Michigan accepted him.

He applied to Cornell University and the University of Michigan, but both schools refused him admission. Miller graduated from high school in New York in 1933. Financial hardship compelled the Miller family to move to Brooklyn in 1929. Miller's father had established a successful clothing store upon coming to America, so the family enjoyed wealth however, this prosperity ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Arthur Miller was born in Harlem on October 17, 1915, the son of Polish immigrants, Isidore and Augusta Miller.
