Celanese Corp. His reputation in public relations led to a job offer to teach as a visiting fellow at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Just as his fellowship was ending in Louisiana, Ellis applied for the job in Nevada and was hired. What he did know was how to teach. He plunged into his work with enthusiasm that rubbed off on his students. He stressed the fundamentals, especially good writing, mixed in his homespun humor and gave students the leeway to think for themselves.
Students are very quick to see through pretense.
If you're going to presume to teach them to get into your business, you'd better know what you're talking about. An army of his former students working in the profession are a testament that Ellis knew exactly what he was talking about. The affection between student and teacher is shared. Then I was a corporate public relations guy, and I was reasonably successful in that. And for the last 18 years I've been a teacher, and I like to think I've been reasonably successful in that.