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

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

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.

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

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.