æt kˈɑːlɪdʒ, hiː wʌz ɹˈuːmeɪts wɪððə pˌeɪliːoʊntˈɑːlədʒˌɪst, nˈaɪlz ˈɛldɹɛdʒ, hˌuː pɹəpˈoʊzd ðə θˈiəɹi ʌv pˈʌŋktʃuːˌeɪɾᵻd ˌiːkwɪlˈɪbɹiəm ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː, ɪn kˈɑːɹmən hˈɔːl.
At college, he was roommates with the paleontologist, Niles Eldredge, who proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972, in Carman Hall.