wˈɛstəl wˈʊdbɛɹi wˈɪlʌfbi ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪɾᵻd wɪð ɐn ˈeɪ.bˈiː. fɹʌm dʒˈɑːnz hˈɑːpkɪnz jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ɪnðə klˈæs ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt, kəntˈɪnjuːd wɪð ɡɹˈædʒuːət wˈɜːk, ænd ɹᵻsˈiːvd hɪz pˌiːˈeɪtʃ.dˈiː. fɹʌm hˈɑːpkɪnz ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn æɾə tˈaɪm wɛn pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˈaɪəns wʌz nˌɑːt jˈɛt ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd æz ɐ sˈɛpɹət dˈɪsɪplˌɪn.
Westel Woodbury Willoughby graduated with an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in the class of 1888, continued with graduate work, and received his Ph.D. from Hopkins in 1891 at a time when political science was not yet recognized as a separate discipline.