My favorite little factoid that I gleaned from reading Grant's memoirs last summer was that his goal in young adulthood was to move to Northern California and b

My favorite little factoid that I gleaned from reading Grant's memoirs last summer was that his goal in young adulthood was to move to Northern California and become a math professor. [1] It felt strangely anachronistic and also completely changed my perception of his personality. [1] Went ahead and dug up the quotes in his memoirs to fact check myself on this. Here's one: "My idea then was to... obtain a permanent position as professor in some respectable college; but circumstances always did shape my course different from my plans." And then a bit later: "I left the Pacific coast very much attached to it, and with the full expectation of making it my future home."