, ▁and ▁W elf are . ▁He ▁was ▁Connecticut ' s ▁first ▁and ▁to ▁date ▁only ▁Jewish ▁governor . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁New ▁Britain , ▁Connecticut , ▁to ▁Ash ken azi ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁Poland , ▁Samuel ▁Rib ico ff , ▁a ▁factory ▁worker , ▁and ▁Rose ▁S able ▁Rib ico ff , ▁he ▁attended ▁local ▁public ▁schools . ▁His ▁relatively ▁poor ▁parents ▁val ued ▁education ▁and ▁ins isted ▁that ▁all ▁his ▁ear nings ▁from ▁part - time ▁boy hood ▁jobs ▁go ▁toward ▁his ▁future ▁school ing . ▁After ▁high ▁school , ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁at ▁a ▁nearby ▁factory ▁of ▁the ▁G . ▁E . ▁Pr ent ice ▁Company ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ear n ▁additional ▁funds ▁for ▁college . ▁He ▁en rolled ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁then ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁after ▁the ▁Pr ent ice ▁Company ▁made ▁him ▁the ▁Chicago ▁office ▁manager . ▁While ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁Rib ico ff ▁cop ed ▁with ▁school ▁and ▁work ▁sched ules ▁and ▁was ▁permitted ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁university ' s ▁law ▁school ▁before ▁finishing ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁degree . ▁Still ▁a ▁student , ▁he ▁married ▁Ruth ▁Sie gel ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁June ▁ 1 9 3 1 ; ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁two ▁children . ▁Rib ico ff ▁served ▁as ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁Law ▁Review ▁in ▁his ▁third ▁year ▁and ▁received ▁an ▁LL B ▁cum ▁la ude ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁being