When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war.

I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.

When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career.