My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
– Kenneth G. Wilson
My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology.
– Kenneth G. Wilson
My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.
– Kenneth G. Wilson
In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.