He did not embark on a mathematics course at university, however, for his first love was chemistry and it was this topic which he studied for his first degree and he was awarded his A.B. in Chemistry in 1925.
Siya ay hindi pumasok sa matematika ng isang kurso sa unibersidad, gayunpaman, para sa kanyang unang pag-ibig ay kimika at ito ay ang topic na ito na kung saan siya-aral para sa kanyang unang degree at siya ay iginawad sa kanyang AB sa Chemistry sa 1925.