Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!whuxl!whuxi!ktw From: ktw@whuxi.UUCP (WOLMAN) Newsgroups: net.net-people Subject: Final Orals Mazel Tov to Matt Crawford! Message-ID: <164@whuxi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 09:51:48 EST Article-I.D.: whuxi.164 Posted: Fri Dec 7 09:51:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:15:05 EST Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, N.J. Lines: 16 [My doctorate is in English, but your pulse seems regular enough to me. . . .] Fantastic! Congratulations! I'm sure there were moments when you were ready to pack the whole thing in and get a chauffeur's license. But it's one of those things that NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE AWAY! I defended my dissertation in the English Department at the State Univ. of NY at Binghamton (WHERE?) on November 6, 1975. It was a pain in the ass, but is one of those rituals you can look back on sooner or later and recall with some fondness as a transitional moment in your intellectual and/or career life. I gather that at most defenses (at least in the in-Humanities), everyone on your committee takes a last shot at making you feel like a hack; I hope it's different in the "hard" sciences. In any case, be proud. I hope your hangover this morning is manageable!