after leaving Yale). Clearly, he wanted to know whether I was coasting, or whether after leaving Yale I continued new research every place I worked and was contributing new science to my field.
After discussing other things, the Provost said, "George, if we hire you, we may not be able to hire a second sedimentologist for many years. What kind of background should we look for when making our selection?"
I explained that they should consider a person who either completed research and published about BOTH ancient and modern clastics, as well as EITHER ancient or modern carbonates, or someone who had worked on BOTH ancient and modern carbonates, and EITHER ancient or modern clastics.
Goddard picked up my publication list again and asked me to identify which of the four topics the papers were about. The first five he named were either ancient or modern clastics. Then he read the title of my Nature paper and I said "Ancient Carbonates." He stopped, looked at his watch, mumbled about having to leave for another appointment, said good bye to me, and asked Meyerhoff to come with him. I stayed with the two deans.
Howard returned shortly afterwards, and after finishing the interview with the deans, Howard and I left. Once out the door Howard told me, "George the Provost wants me to hire you. His comment was ‘Klein is the first Yale PhD I met in my entire career (about 25 years) who has published several papers besides his thesis within the first three years of completing his degree. Make sure he leaves town accepting our offer’."
I knew accepting an offer at Penn had its risks. Space was at a premium and being renovated. I had not met Lehman, the mineralogist who was staying, and had no idea who else was coming. There were many loose ends. I accepted the offer strictly because of the strength of reputation of the university. I believed that with Penn’s overall reputation behind me, I should be able to advance my career in geology and either make the place into something better, geology-wise, or find another place in time that would provide a better opportunity. I was only 30 years old, had a long career ahead of me, and was confident that the future would turn out positively for me. The nationwide trend in Higher Education was one of expansion and consequently, there would be other opportunities. All I needed to do was work hard, keep doing research, keep publishing, and do the things I was good at.
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