1939

Mailer graduates from Boy's High School near the top of his 650-member class in June, and in late September enters Harvard planning to study aeronautical engineering. He was also accepted by M.I.T., but preferred Harvard, partly because M.I.T. required a year of prep school is required, and partly because the name Harvard resonated with Brooklyn girls.

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  Mailer in 1939.

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  Mailer in 1939.