Graduating Right on Time
Thursday, May 21 2009
GRADUATING RIGHT ON TIME!
Roscoe Dillard Griffin >>Larger
Last week, 92-year-old Roscoe Dillard Griffin graduated from the University of North Carolina after leaving school seven decades earlier. At the very end of his senior year, Dillard says he left college to manage his family's shoe store. He also met a girl and fell in love. Gail Clower, Dillard's daughter, says she never knew her father didn't have a degree. The two talk with Dick Gordon about how Dillard managed to complete his final university credits, and what finishing his degree means to their family.
- See Dillard's yearbook picture, and a photo of the woman who stole his heart.
A Little Lesson from Jane Goodall
Mark Cohen
Forty years ago, Mark Cohen moved to Kenya with his wife and toddler in order to complete his doctoral research in archeology. He spent time surveying archeological sites on foot and coming nose-to-nose with African wildlife. That approach, he says in retrospect, was naïve and stupid. He didn't realize it then until he got chewed out by a young woman in a Land Rover named Jane Goodall. The next day, Mark realized what a good idea it was to take Jane's advice.
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