I Was Strongly Encouraged By A Science

Among My Activities Was Membership In The Boy Scouts; I Rose Each Year Through The Ranks, Eventually Achieving The Rank Of Eagle Scout And Undertaking Leadership Roles In The Organization.

During My Participation In The Manhattan Project And Subsequent Research At Los Alamos, Encompassing A Period Of Fifteen Years, I Worked In The Company Of Perhaps The Greatest Collection Of Scientific Talent The World Has Ever Known.

In 1956 We Observed The Electron Antineutrino.

My Early Childhood Memories Center Around This Typical American Country Store And Life In A Small American Town, Including 4th Of July Celebrations Marked By Fireworks And Patriotic Music Played From A Pavilion Bandstand.

However, I Had A Chance Encounter With An Admissions Officer Of Stevens Institute Of Technology, Who So Impressed Me By His Erudition And Enthusiasm For The School That I Changed Course And Entered Stevens Institute.