Mary attended the Institute of Design in Chicago, under the direction of Moholy-Nagy, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1946.&nbsp; Moholy-Nagy was to become the single greatest influence on her work. At the Institute, she studied the entire Bauhaus curriculum, which included such areas as photography, architecture, and design, as well as painting. Moholy himself was an inspiring teacher. Wilbur was still in the army, and Mary brought Suzanne and Mary's mother, “Baba,” with her to Chicago. When Mary graduated, Moholy offered her a teaching position at the Institute; she was also offered a teaching position by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Instead, she joined Wilbur, who was entering Harvard as a graduate student in Biology on the G.I. Bill.