I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.
From William Standish Knowles
My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.
I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science.
My family gave me the best in education.
To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.
I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.
In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.
I was particularly good at math and science.
At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school.
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
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