Tower was born in 1942, in Stamford, Connecticut.[citation needed] The son of a managing director of an international film sound equipment company.[citation needed] He was educated at Saint Ignatius\' College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia; Parkside School, Surrey, England; Loomis Chaffee, Connecticut. He went to college at Harvard University earning a B.A. and then completed his M.A. at Harvard Graduate School of Design.\n', '

After earning a master\'s degree in Architecture from Harvard University, he had intended to pursue design of underwater structures in Hawaii, because of his obsession with finding the lost city of Atlantis. After his grandfather died, Tower, who was used to being taken care of and supported, found himself out of money and in need of employment.\n', '

Inspired by a berry tart he had eaten at the then-unknown Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, he applied for a job there in 1972. Alice Waters and her partners hired him for his demonstrable skills and brazenness when it came to recreating great French traditional food. Within a year, he became an equal partner with Waters and the others. He was in full charge of the kitchen, the writing of the menus, and the promotion of the restaurant.\n', '

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