[Tex/LaTex] Essay Formatting

formatting

I have an essay I need to write and I would like to use MacTeX, however it has been very challenging to get it formatted to all of my prof.'s requirements.
If someone could help that would be SO helpful as I am still fairly new to LaTeX, but I would like to get better. The formatting needed is below.

Formatting guidelines:
Times

12-point font

Double-spaced

Put name and date in single space at top of page

Put last name and page # in header section of following pages

Best Answer

I think this does what you require.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}     % Enhanced control over headers and footers 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  % Font encoding
\usepackage{mathptmx}     % Choose Times font 
\usepackage{microtype}    % Improves line breaks      
\usepackage{setspace}     % Makes the document look like horse manure 
\usepackage{lipsum}       % For dummy text

\pagestyle{fancy} % Default page style 
\lhead{My name}
\chead{}
\rhead{\thepage}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{1pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{1pt}

\thispagestyle{empty} %First page style 

\setlength\headheight{15pt} %Slight increase to header size

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c}
\textbf{My Name} \\
\textbf{\today}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\doublespacing

\lipsum[1-10]

\end{document}

Result:

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