His doctoral dissertation was entitled The Quartic Curve and Its Inscribed Configurations and his thesis supervisor was Frank Morley . However, while at Johns Hopkins he found time to take on jobs for a variety of different organisations, being employed at the Bureau of Standards, the Mount Saint Agnes College (a Baltimore college for women operated under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy), the Weather Bureau, and the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Ng doktor Kanyang disertasyon ay may karapatan Ang Quartic curve at kanya Inscribed Kumpigurasyon at ang kanyang tesis superbisor ay Frank Morley. Gayunman, habang sa Johns Hopkins siya natagpuan ng oras sa kumuha sa trabaho para sa iba't-ibang mga iba't-ibang mga organisasyon, na trabaho sa Bureau of Standards, ang Mount Saint Agnes College (Baltimore ng isang kolehiyo para sa mga kababaihan na pinamamahalaan sa ilalim ng auspices ng mga Madre ng kaawaan), ang Weather Bureau, at ang Kagawaran ng panlupa-akit.