Martian's Daughter: A Memoir
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Princeton
early years, 15–18, 21, 23–24, 34, 36, 38–40, 44
after 12 years of age, 46, 48–63
Washington, DC, 16, 28–32
children
Laura (see Whitman, Laura)
Malcolm (see Whitman, Malcolm)
courtship, 71–73, 76–77, 82, 84–85
Debutante Assembly and New Year's Ball, 73
education
Columbia University, 95–96
Miss Fine's School for Girls, 55–57, 61, 95
Radcliffe College, 2, 64–70, 85, 109, 206
rejection by Princeton University, 88, 94–95
Shady Hill School, 34, 35
engagement, 72, 83, 85
first publication, 101
funeral of father, 277
honeymoon, 86–87
inferiority complex, 75
Jewish origins, 13–14, 15, 60, 79, 80, 82
marriage, 2, 6, 12, 130
life in Pittsburgh, 102–13
life in Princeton, 88–102, 143, 243
memories of Einstein, 18
parental advice on engagement, 80–82
parents (see Kuper, Mariette Kövesi von Neumann; von Neumann, John)
paternal approval, 76
political views, 97, 143
relations with Klari von Neumann, stepmother, 53–54
religious beliefs
Christian, 80
travel
Europe, 82–83
wedding, 85–87
Whitman, Meg, 211
Whitman, Robert
career
Camp Chewonki, 86–87
Princeton University, 2, 82
University of Pittsburgh, 102, 109, 111–12, 129–30
childhood, 65
courtship, 71–73, 76–77, 82, 84–85
education
Harvard, 85
engagement, 72, 83, 85
honeymoon, 86–87
marriage to Marina, 15, 75
life in Pittsburgh, 102–13
life in Princeton, 88–102, 143, 243
life in Washington, DC, 16
Mayflower ancestry, 15, 65
meeting Marina, 64
relationship with father-in-law, von Neumann, 76–77, 80–81
religious beliefs, 85–86
wedding, 85–87
Whitman, Walt, 75
Whitman College, 211
Wigner, Eugene, 4, 8, 57
Wilde, Oscar, 174
Willard Straight Hall, 111
Williams, Walter, 173
Wisconsin, 33, 135, 164
WJR (radio station), 236
Automotive Report, 235
Woodward, Bob, 157, 170
World Federalists, 57, 120
World Trade Organization, 165
World War I, 3, 7, 10, 20, 43
World War II, 4, 11, 14, 20, 26, 33, 64, 66, 78, 127, 278
American victory in, 32
atomic bombs, 40
Bretton Woods Agreement, 120
carnage, 36
economy, 120
fake French perfume, 74
post-, 115, 123, 186, 226
Princeton University, 88
wage-price controls, 125
women, 244
Yale University, 99, 166, 277
Silliman lectures, 91
Yaphank, Long Island, NY, 42
Yellin, Janet, 278
Zedillo, Ernesto, 196