[T1S1] year of birth, 1901; immigration to United States from Lithuania; recollections of early life in Russia; move to Pittsburgh; father's fruit store at 16th and Penn; early memories of Pittsburgh; various residences; education, Miller School, Peabody High School; opinions about his education; graduate, Carnegie Technical University; scholarship to Harvard Graduate School; teaching position at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; discrimination against Jews in job market; employment at Westinghouse in radio department; later, mechanical engineer in talking movie department.