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Samuel Turcotte was born and raised in Miami on January 10. He is the son of Helen Turcotte Davis and Jefferson C. Davis, M.D. After completing a Bachelor of Science in Radio-TV-Film from The University of Texas at Austin, he worked in freelance film p roduction in Miami for a time, then joined the U.S. Air Force where he worked in film and video production at The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. During this time, he was awarded the Ai r Force Meritorious Achievement Medal for his part in designing AFIT's new interactive production studio.

After serving his tour of duty in the Air Force, he worked as an independent film producer. His short film "Kata" received the Bronze Medal at the Houston International Film Festival. He then entered The Joint Masters Program in Communication and Busine ss at The University of Texas at Austin. While there, he served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Advertising and as President of the University of Texas Advertising Council. He also conceived and managed a two-year marketing campaign-along w ith producing a promotional film-for the Graduate School of Business, entitled Texas, Not Your Typical MBA, which resulted in a massive amount of positive publicity and helped to return the Texas MBA Program to Business Week's "Top 20."

He received his M.B.A. in Marketing in December 1994 and will receive his M.A. in Communication/Advertising in May 1995. In January 1995 he turned in this paper and was reportedly heading to Hollywood.



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