Historic moment! 88-year-old woman interrupts studies due to pregnancy, earns science degree after 60 years

 

 

Washington: An 88-year-old woman has made history by becoming the oldest graduate in the 160-year history of the University of Maine. John Alexander has finally fulfilled his biggest dream of becoming a college graduate. 60 years ago, the university prevented him from completing his course because he was pregnant. Now, the 88-year-old has earned a degree in science, The New York Post reported. I didn’t realize how much this meant to me. I feel like a wound in my heart has healed now,” John Alexander said.

She was a student at the University of Maine in the 1950s. But after becoming pregnant, John had to give up her studies and her dream of a degree. After this, she was supposed to get her degree in 1959. However, due to her pregnancy, she could not complete the main part of the course called student teaching.

Recently, John Alexander's daughter Tracy approached the University of Mainz about whether there was a way for her mother to complete her degree. That's when the university's associate dean, Justin Dimmel, intervened.