“[Paul Olum] was president of the University of Oregon when he heard of [Richard] Feynman’s death. He realized that the young genius… — Jame Gleick quoting Paul Olum Graduate student Copy Share Image
![“[Paul Olum] was president of the University of Oregon when he heard of [Richard] Feynman’s death. He realized that the young genius he had met at Princeton had become a part of him, impossible to extricate. “My wife died three years ago, also of cancer,” he said. ... I think about her a lot. I…” quote by Jame Gleick quoting Paul Olum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/807/jame-gleick-quoting-paul-olum_graduate-student_paul-olum-was-president-of-the-universit_898657.jpg)