"The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received."

Stephen Cole Kleene, American Mathematician

First, Job, University

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"In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine."

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"When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that."

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"Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis."

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