Born in [[San Fransisco]], he studied engineering at the University of California at Berkley, eventually receiving a degree and going to work for San Fransisco's Water and Sewers Department. A sideline was his hobby of cartooning, and he would gain a job at a newspaper in the city; he would find almost immediate success, resulting in a job for New York City's ''Evening Mail'' newspaper, where he drew and submitted his cartoons for daily publication. Rube drew a cartoon of the world on the brink of nuclear destruction for the New York ''Sun'' on June 22, 1947; he would be awarded the Pulitzer for it in 1948. | Born in [[San Fransisco]], he studied engineering at the University of California at Berkley, eventually receiving a degree and going to work for San Fransisco's Water and Sewers Department. A sideline was his hobby of cartooning, and he would gain a job at a newspaper in the city; he would find almost immediate success, resulting in a job for New York City's ''Evening Mail'' newspaper, where he drew and submitted his cartoons for daily publication. Rube drew a cartoon of the world on the brink of nuclear destruction for the New York ''Sun'' on June 22, 1947; he would be awarded the Pulitzer for it in 1948. |