In any event, his hard work paid off. He earned a master's degree from the University of Louisville in a single year and then a second master's degree and a doctorate at Princeton University in a record speed of 20 months.
努力有了結果，他一年就拿到路易士維爾大學碩士學位，之後更以廿個月的破紀錄速度，在普林斯頓大學攻下第二個碩士及博士學位。