Book Read Free

Martian's Daughter: A Memoir

Page 41

by Whitman, Marina von Neumann


  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

 

 

 


‹ Prev