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105-Year-Old Dons Cap And Gown, Receives Overdue Degree From Stanford University
At age 105, Virginia Hislop lived a full life with two children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
June 17, 2024
STANFORD -- At age 105, Virginia Hislop has lived a full life with two children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She has devoted much of her life to education and has served on school and college boards in central Washington, where she lives.
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Despite her success, she says something was missing.
"From time to time, I wished I had finished and gotten my master's (degree)," Hislop said. "Part of it was the fact that I've been a college director for a good number of years and I didn't have the advanced degree that some of the other ones did."
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105-year-old Virginia Hislop receives a Master's degree at Stanford/KPIX
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