During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

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.

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

During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.

My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.