Virginia “Ginger” Hislop, 105, recently walked the stage at Stanford University to receive her master’s degree in education for the coursework she completed in 1941.
More than 80 years later, Hislop got her master’s in education in June.
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“My goodness,” Hislop said in a news release provided by Stanford. “I’ve waited a long time for this.”
Hislop first enrolled at Stanford in 1936, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in 1940. A year later, Hislop had completed all of her coursework for her master’s degree and was preparing to submit her thesis when her then-boyfriend George Hislop was called to serve during World War II.
