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From: vijay@redbrick.com (Vijay Raghavan)
Subject: Importance of Degrees Was: (Edward Reingold v. Robert E. Tarjan)
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In article <47ojk4$qcb@larry.rice.edu> vivek@medea.cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai) writes:

   If anyone believes that the degree institution or the presence of
   advanced degrees says everything about the individual, it might be
   a good idea to find out who I'm talking about. The answer is pretty
   surprising.

   -Vivek

Totally agree:

Anyone who wants to take a guess who this is:

a) Born in Kumbakonam, India (My home town).
b) Failed out of school
c) Failed in college (I think).
d) Universally accepted as the greatest mathematician since Euler and
   Jacobi.

Vijay
