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Mr. and Mrs. Porter each sent
out one hundred job applications
to institutions across the United
States. Mr. Porter received many
responses to these, whereas Mrs.
Porter (with an equal, if not better
academic record) received none. So
the two decided to stay at the
University of California at Berkeley
to finish their dissertations.

Then Mr. Porter received an
offer from the University and was
advised at Berkeley to accept the
position in what is now considered
one of the best college English
departments across the nation.
Presently Mr. Porter is teaching two
sections in contemporary literature
and a section in Elizabethan
literature.