re: Welcome to the Kentucky Board (Intros and Guidelines)

Tom Leher really was a brilliant entertainer who did not quit his day jobs. Teaching at MIT and Harvard. He also served time in the Army and as a researcher were some of the things on his resume.

Lehrer earned his AB in mathematics (magna cum laude) from Harvard University in 1946 at nineteen, received his MA degree the next year, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He remained in Harvard's doctoral program for several years, taking time out for his musical career and to work as a researcher at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957, working at the National Security Agency. (Lehrer has stated that he invented the Jell-O Shot during this time, as a means of circumventing liquor restrictions.)