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...three members of the class--Philip W. Anderson '44-'43, Merton H. Miller '44-'43 and Robert M. Solow '44-'47--experienced another kind of victory years later: they each went on to win a Nobel prize...
...College experience of a Nobel prize-winner--at least of these three winners--had its trade-offs. Solow, who was honored with the economics prize in 1987 for creating a "simplified representation of how an economy works," recalls that he was a bit of a loner in his Harvard days...
...very independent soul," Solow says. "The thing I liked best about Harvard College in those days was that nobody bothered...
While some current students complain about the lack of attention they receive in Harvard's advising system, Solow says that was exactly what he liked about...
...never went to see my advisor," Solow adds. "For me, the inattention that Harvard paid to its undergraduates was welcome...