One of the conditions of Feynman's scholarship to Princeton was that he could not be married; nevertheless, he continued to see his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum, and was determined to marry her once he had been awarded his Ph.D. despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis.
Jedan od uvjeta Feynmanove stipendije na Princetonu bio je da se ne smije oženiti; no on je nastavio vezu sa svojom ljubavi iz srednjoškolskih dana, Arline Greenbaum, i naumio je oženiti jednom kad dođe do znanstvenog doktorata bez obzira na to što je bio svjestan kako je ona ozbiljno oboljela od tuberkuloze.