In 1968 I was in the second year of a two-year postdoc at Brookhaven National Laboratory, looking for a faculty position. I got an invitation to apply for a vacant position at North Carolina State University, and even though I believed that civilization as we know it pretty much ended south of New Jersey, I went to Raleigh for an interview. In my first morning on campus I was with Jim Ferrell, the Department Head, chatting about my goals and interests and finding out what I could about life in the wilderness, when an elderly gentleman walked into the office and Jim said "Rich, I'd like you to meet Warren McCabe."
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机译：1968年，我在布鲁克海文国家实验室（Brookhaven National Laboratory）进行了为期两年的博士后学习的第二年，正在寻找一名教职。我收到了北卡罗来纳州立大学的空缺职位邀请，尽管我相信我们所知道的文明几乎在新泽西州以南结束，但我还是去了罗利进行了一次采访。在校园的第一天早上，我和系主任吉姆·费雷尔（Jim Ferrell）聊了聊我的目标和兴趣，并找到了我在野外生活所能做的事。一位年迈的绅士走进办公室，吉姆说：“我很富有，希望您会见沃伦·麦凯布。”
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