In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.
I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.
I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain.
Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.