Martian's Daughter: A Memoir (51 page)

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