Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. He was the second son of John and Nelle Reagan. The family eventually moved to nearby Dixon where Reagan attended Northside High School. After graduation, he worked his way through Eureka College, majoring in economics and sociology, and still found time to play on the football team and act in school plays. While in college, Reagan joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, an experience he would fondly recall in many later interviews.