▁Cy cling ▁Transport ation ▁Engine ers . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Born ▁in ▁East ▁D ul wich , ▁London , ▁England , ▁For ester ▁was ▁the ▁elder ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁writer ▁and ▁novel ist ▁C . ▁S . ▁For ester ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Kath le en . ▁He ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Ber keley , ▁California , ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁and ▁attended ▁public ▁schools ▁there ▁until ▁after ▁his ▁parents ' ▁divor ce , ▁when ▁he ▁finished ▁high ▁school ▁at ▁a ▁prepar atory ▁school ▁on ▁the ▁East ▁Coast . ▁He ▁later ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁at ▁Ber keley , ▁starting ▁as ▁a ▁physics ▁major , ▁but ▁gradu ating ▁with ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁August , ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁Following ▁a ▁brief ▁st int ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁during ▁the ▁Korean ▁War , ▁For ester ▁eventually ▁settled ▁in ▁California ▁to ▁become , ▁as ▁he ▁described ▁it , ▁" an ▁industrial ▁engineer , ▁a ▁senior ▁research ▁engineer , ▁a ▁professor , ▁and , ▁of ▁all ▁things , ▁an ▁expert ▁in ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁b icy cling ". ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁For ester ' s ▁father ▁died . ▁The ▁unexpected ly ▁large ▁estate , ▁its ▁contents , ▁and ▁its ▁disposition ▁proved ▁to ▁For ester ▁that ▁his ▁father , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁loved ▁and ▁adm ired , ▁had ▁consist ently ▁li ed ▁to ▁him ▁for ▁years