41. Ibid., 3.18.96.
42. Ibid.
43. J. D. Stier, interview, 9.20.97.
44. Ibid.
24: Jack
1. Donald J. Newman, interview, 3.12.96.
2. Arthur Mattuck, interview, 5.21.97.
3. The portrait of Bricker is based on interviews with Mattuck; Newman; Herb Kamowitz; Jerome Neuwirth, 5.23.97 and 6.5.97; Leopold Flatto, 4.25.96; Lawrence Wallen, 5.20.97.
4. Jacob Bricker, interview, 5.22.97.
5. Jack Kotick, interview, 1.21.98.
6. D. Newman, interview, 3.12.96.
7. Ibid., 1.25.98.
8. Eleanor Stier, interview.
9. Letter from John Nash to Martha Nash Legg, 11.4.65.
10. Herta Newman, interview, 3.2.96.
11. Sheldon M. Novick, Henry James: The Young Master Henry James: The Young Master (New York: Random House, 1996). (New York: Random House, 1996).
12. Letter from J. Nash to M. Legg.
13. Alfred C. Kinsey et al., s.e.xual Behavior of the Human Male s.e.xual Behavior of the Human Male (Philadelphia: Saunders, 1948). (Philadelphia: Saunders, 1948).
14. Letter from J. Nash to M. Legg.
15. Bricker, interview, 5.22.97.
16. Neuwirth, interviews.
17. Mattuck, interviews, 5.20.97 and 5.28.97.
18. Bricker, interview, 5.22.97.
19. Postcard from John Nash to Jacob Bricker, 8.3.67.
20. Letter from John Nash to Arthur Mattuck, 7.10.68. "Mattuckine" seems to be a reference to the Mattachine Society, the first American advocacy group for h.o.m.os.e.xuals, founded in 1951 (source: Neil Miller, Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present [New York: Vintage Books, 1995], pp. 33438). [New York: Vintage Books, 1995], pp. 33438).
21. Bricker, interview.
22. Bricker, interview, 1.26.98.
25: The Arrest
1. Nash mostly pursued his growing interest in computers and wrote a paper in which he proposed the idea of parallel control. "Higher Dimensional Core Arrays for Machine Memories," RAND Memorandum, D-2495, 7.22.54; "Parallel Control," RAND Memorandum, RM-1361, 8.27.54. He wrote two other papers as well, including "Continuous Iteration Method for Solution of Differential Games," RAND Memorandum, RM-1326, 8.18.54.
2. The Evening Outlook The Evening Outlook (Santa Monica, California), summer 1954, various dates. (Santa Monica, California), summer 1954, various dates.
3. Ibid.
4. Melvin P. Peisakoff, interview, 6.3.97.
5. Richard Best, interview, 5.22.96. All direct quotations attributed to Best throughout chapter 25 chapter 25 come from the 5.22.96 interview. come from the 5.22.96 interview.
6. Letter from John Nash to Arthur Mattuck, 1.15.73. In a reference to his 1954 arrest, Nash named the arresting officer.
7. Best, interview.
8. Ibid.
9. DOD Directive 52206, 1953; Executive Order 10450, 1953; Greene v. McElroy, Greene v. McElroy, 360 US 474, 1959. 360 US 474, 1959.
10. Best, interview.
11. "The Consenting Adult h.o.m.os.e.xual and the Law: An Empirical Study of Enforcement and Administration in Los Angeles County," UCLA Law Review, UCLA Law Review, vol. 13 (1966), pp. 643, 691. "Solicitation" and "police decoys": Thomas E. Lodge, "There May Be Harm in Asking: h.o.m.os.e.xual Solicitations and the Fighting Words Doctrine," in vol. 13 (1966), pp. 643, 691. "Solicitation" and "police decoys": Thomas E. Lodge, "There May Be Harm in Asking: h.o.m.os.e.xual Solicitations and the Fighting Words Doctrine," in h.o.m.os.e.xuality, Criminology and the Law, h.o.m.os.e.xuality, Criminology and the Law, edited by Wayne R. Dynes and Steven Donaldson (New York: Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 46193. "In 1961 every state in the United States had sodomv laws," from edited by Wayne R. Dynes and Steven Donaldson (New York: Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 46193. "In 1961 every state in the United States had sodomv laws," from Lesbians, Gav Men and the Law, Lesbians, Gav Men and the Law, edited by William B. Rubenstein (New York: The New Press, 1993), p. xvi. edited by William B. Rubenstein (New York: The New Press, 1993), p. xvi.
12. See, for example, Jerel McCrary and Lewis Gutierrez, "The h.o.m.os.e.xual Person in the Military and in National Security Employment," Journal of h.o.m.os.e.xuality, Journal of h.o.m.os.e.xuality, vol. 5, nos. 1 and 2 (Fall 1979Winter 1980); Ellen Schrecker, vol. 5, nos. 1 and 2 (Fall 1979Winter 1980); Ellen Schrecker, The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Doc.u.ments The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Doc.u.ments (New York: St. Martin"s Press, 1994). (New York: St. Martin"s Press, 1994).
13. McCrary and Gutierrez, op. cit.
14. Nancy Nimitz, retired economist, RAND Corporation, interview, 5.21.96.
15. Best, interview.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. McCrary and Gutierrez, op. cit.
19. Best, interview.
20. Ibid.; "The Consenting Adult h.o.m.os.e.xual and the Law," op. cit.
21. Best, interview.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Postcard from John Nash to Virginia and John Nash, Sr., 9.54.
26. Alexander M. Mood, interview, 5.22.96.
27. RAND mathematics department roster, 1954, RAND Archives.
28. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 1.15.73.
29. John W. Milnor, interview, 1.27.98.
30. Lloyd Shapley retold the story of Nash"s arrest at a Thanksgiving dinner in 1994. Norman Shapiro, former RAND employee, interview, 2.29.96.
31. Felix Browder, interview, 9.6.97. Browder"s recollection was that "Norman Levinson had to take care of it," and that Levinson later regarded the arrest as a sign of "approaching schizophrenia."
32. As quoted by N. Shapiro, interview. "Lloyd told me it was John."
33. Irving I. Gottesman, professor of psychology, University of Virginia, interview, 1.16.98.
34. Nikki Erlenmeyer-Kimling, professor of genetics and development, Columbia University, interview, 1.17.98.
35. "J. C. C. McKinsey" (obituary), Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical a.s.sociation, Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical a.s.sociation, vol. 27 (1954). vol. 27 (1954).
36. Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, Alan Turing: The Enigma, op. cit. op. cit.
26: Alicia
1. Alicia Nash, interviews, 10.94 and 4.18.97.
2. Peter Munstead, chief librarian, music library, MIT, interview, 9.19.97; also Lawrence Wallen, interview, 6.4.97.
3. The portrait of Alicia at age twenty-one is based largely on interviews with two women who knew her as an undergraduate at MIT: Joyce Davis, 5.17.97 and 6.30.97, and e-mails, various dates; and Emma Duchane, 4.30.96 and 6.26.97. It also draws on interviews with Wallen, 6.5.97; Arthur Mattuck, 11.7.97; Herta Newman, 3.2.96; Jacob Bricker, 5.22.97.
4. Duchane, interviews.
5. Ibid.
6. J. Davis, interview.
7. Ibid.
8. The Larde family history is based on interviews with Alicia Nash, Odette Larde, Enrique L. Larde, and the senior Enrique Larde"s self-published history, The Crown Prince Rudolf: His Mysterious Life After Mayerling The Crown Prince Rudolf: His Mysterious Life After Mayerling (Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing, 1994). (Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing, 1994).
9. E. Larde, The Crown Prince Rudolf, The Crown Prince Rudolf, op. cit. op. cit.
10. A. Nash, interview, 5.14.97.
11. O. Larde, interview, 1.7.97.
12. See, for example, Patricia Parkman, Nonviolent Insurrection in El Salvador Nonviolent Insurrection in El Salvador (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988). (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988).
13. O. Larde, interview.
14. Tinker Ca.s.sell, Veterans Administration, Biloxi, Mississippi, interview, 8.97.
15. The sketch of Marymount is based on interviews with A. Nash, 4.18.97; Elizabeth Keegen, 4.18.97; Sister Kathleen f.a.gan, Marymount High School, 5.22.97; Sister Ravmond, Marymount High School, 5.22.97.
16. Sister Ravmond, interview.
17. f.a.gan, interview.
18. A. Nash, interview.
19. Duchane, interview.
20. A. Nash, interview.
21. O. Larde, interview.
22. J. Davis, interview.
23. Sister Ravmond, interview.
24. A. Nash, interview.
25. Sister Ravmond, interview.
26. The Tech. The Tech. 9.51. 9.51.
27. A. Nash, interview, 8.22.95.
28. J. Davis, interview.
29. Ibid.
30. Duchane, interview.
31. J. Davis, interview.
32. Letters from Joyce Davis to her parents, 195153.