By this time he was getting strong support from three people: an outstanding mathematics teacher at the High School, a school friend who would go on to become a professor of mathematics at Berkeley, and his father. George later wrote that his father:
Sa pamamagitan ng mga oras na ito siya ang pagkuha ng malakas na suporta mula sa tatlong tao: isang natitirang matematika guro sa Mataas na Paaralan, ng isang paaralan ng kaibigan na magpunta sa upang maging isang propesor ng matematika at Berkeley, at ang kanyang ama. George mamaya wrote na kanyang ama: