To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science.

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.

To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

I was particularly good at math and science.