Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).

After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes.

I have always loved going to school.

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments.

Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.