In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together.

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.

The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community.