I Received My Undergraduate Degree In Engineering

Our Home Had Many Books Due Principally To The Educational Interests Of My Sister And Two Brothers, All Of Whom Where Serious Students Engaged In Professional Studies; My Sister Became A Doctor Of Medicine And My Brothers Became Lawyers.

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.

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.

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.

In 1956 We Observed The Electron Antineutrino.