![]() RH: I was one of those Americans who was in Paris a great deal during the '20's. degree.įS But then this was punctuated by travels through Europe and living in Europe? I left Columbia in about 1931, as I remember. But I suppose I started at Columbia in about 1916. She'd say, "What are you doing now?" I'd say, "I'm going to the university," and she'd say,"What university?" And I'd say, "Well, Columbia." And then she'd say, "Well, why don't you give it all up and come over to Europe with me?" And sometimes I would. There were so many children that my mother really didn't know what was happening. ![]() I'm rather glad he did because it's made me feel rather at home in the twentieth century.įS And so you went on to study science simply to broaden your understanding of this field? He advised me to study as much science as I could because he said possibly later on you'll never get into a laboratory again. He said that this is the twentieth century, and the twentieth century would be, he thought, the age of science. And he had a great deal to do with what you might call my intellectual life. It seemed to me he had great courage because he married my mother who had six children at the time. He was a very intelligent, very sensitive man, actually. And my mother married again, a man named John Luckman who was an architect. My idea was to try to fill the gaps in my knowledge.įS Well, would you call that curious, Mr. Well, that's an exaggeration, but I took a great many.įS I see. I took about every scientific course Columbia had to offer before I went into architecture. I went to Columbia Architecture School for about the equivalent of three years.įS Your first interest apparently, at least in those days, was architecture? But he died in 1908.įS And you, as I recall, went on to get a degree in architecture? His name was Edward Hale, Edward Dudley Hale. RH: Edward Everett Hale was my grandfather.įS Was your father by any chance a Unitarian minister? And you told me earlier that you were descended from Edward Everett Hale. RH: No, I was born in Boston but was brought down to New York when I was about a year old and have lived here ever since pretty much.įS I see. Hale, to start out, could we talk a bit about, oh, your life, your background, sort of the autobiographical details of your life? You were born here in New York? ![]() Robert Beverly Hale in his apartment in New York City. ![]()
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