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My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

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Eric Allin Cornell
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 19
Physicist
University Teacher
Palo Alto
California
Eric A. Cornell
Eric Cornell
Father
Mit
Mother
Professor
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Professors
Engineering
Civil
English
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High

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