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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: Anonymous on May 12, 2002, 12:05:00 AM

Title: What came first...
Post by: Anonymous on May 12, 2002, 12:05:00 AM: ...Straight or Cedu? Can anyone tell me which year Straight was begun?
Title: What came first...
Post by: kpickle39 on May 13, 2002, 08:15:00 AM: Fall 1976 I believe
Title: What came first...
Post by: romulusmagnas on June 07, 2002, 03:46:00 PM: Quote
On 2002-05-13 05:15:00, kpickle39 wrote:
Fall 1976 I believe

Yeah I went in during 77 and was one of the originals so it wasn't around very much longer than that.
Title: What came first...
Post by: Antigen on June 08, 2002, 05:39:00 PM: I just heard recently that CEDU was founded in the `60's. The Seed opened in `70. So I think CEDU is the grandaddy of all the Elan style boarding schools and The Seed/Straight has other related origins.
Title: What came first...
Post by: CEDUsister on June 08, 2002, 08:39:00 PM: Mel Wasserman started Cedu more or less straight out of the Synanon house in Santa Monica, I've read.
Title: What came first...
Post by: CEDUsister on June 08, 2002, 08:39:00 PM: Mel Wasserman started Cedu more or less straight out of the Synanon house in Santa Monica, I've read.
Title: What came first...
Post by: banana on April 23, 2003, 01:41:00 AM: Actually, CEDU started in Mel and Brigitte Wasserman's home in Palm Springs. They had participated at Synanon as "squares" (non drug users, non-residents) for a few months, but they actually started CEDU out of their home. Know it for a fact. I was there.
Title: What came first...
Post by: CEDU Groupie on February 20, 2005, 11:56:00 AM: I lived at CEDU 1971-1973 when it was located in Running Springs... any alumi from that time zone around????