Background; Lane Technical High School; Armour Institute of Technology; ROTC; Western Electric; Naval Research Laboratory; University of Chicago; W. Dewey Neff; Cats; Central Institute for Deaf; Clinton Woolsey; Electrophysiology; Electronics laboratory and computing facility; Localization; NIH; UW Neurophysiology Department; Human subjects; Research; Computers; Jerzy Rose; John Brugge; Research Animal Resource Committee; Teaching; Pair grant; Training grant; Laboratory Instrument Computer program (LINC); Mervin Muller; Preston Hammer; Discrimination; Virtual space; Program project grant; Doughnut seminars; B&B Club; Sharington Society; Molecular neuroscience; Madison Friends of International Students; Neurophysiology Department faculty; Chairmanship; Department?s reputation; Social activities; Politics and funding.