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Events on Tuesday 31 December 1946 2
1943 – 1946McGill UniversityCompleted his bachelor's degree (1943) and PhD (1946) in chemistry at McGill University. His doctoral research involved the chemical behaviour of explosives during wartime.
1943 – 1946US Army Service in World War IIBecame a naturalised US citizen and served in the US Army during World War II, working in military intelligence in the European theatre.