Ernest Graves
A:
No, no. But that was really--again, you have to think of the times--that was simply a
job, not a profession. Young women now go more for professions than jobs. But I
enjoyed it. I worked for this law firm for three years and enjoyed it very much.
Q:
Was it something at the time that you thought about continuing in? Did you have any
particular career goals at the time?
A:
No. I wanted to go live in Boston and work. I went one day and had many interviews,
and these people hired me. I fitted in very well. I liked it. I liked the firm and I liked the
people.
Q:
You liked Boston winters?
A:
Oh, I loved Boston--winters, summers; it didn't matter.
Q:
And that's where you met--when your husband was a student at MIT? He was a
captain then?
A:
He was a captain then and was working on his Ph.D. at MIT.
Q:
And when you got married, did you get married in Boston?
A:
No. My parents at that point were living in Paoli, Pennsylvania, and we were married
in Paoli. But we had both been living in Boston and returned there. He was a student,
and I was working there.
Q:
That's right. Did you know when you got married that his next assignment was in
Europe?
A:
No.
Q:
I was just curious about that because--
A:
Initially his next assignment was to be back to Sandia Base in Albuquerque. He got that
changed because he felt that he'd be going back as a very senior captain--he was
promoted to major two months later--to a less responsible job than he had held three
years before when he was part of the initial group of officers sent to Sandia by General
Groves.
He really didn't want to go back so soon. So we went to SHAPE instead.
Q:
Was your husband's father alive then?
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