A 90-year-old great-grandfather is about to become the oldest student to earn a bachelor's degree from Northeastern Illinois University since the school started keeping records in 1962.
University student Bob Dwyer, 90, stands in the library at Northeastern Illinois University, Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in Chicago. Dwyer will make history Monday, May 6 when he graduates and becomes the school’s oldest student to receive his bachelor’s degree since the school started keeping such records in 1962.
Bob Dwyer, a great-grandfather, Army veteran and retired widower, will graduate with a degree in interdisciplinary studies on Monday.Daniel Milsky, a professor who taught Dwyer philosophy last fall, said he believes his other students benefited from having someone in the course with more life experience.
He settled upon majoring in interdisciplinary studies because it gave him an opportunity to take courses in a variety of subjects.
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