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94-Year-Old Graduates With Master's

Friday, August 03, 2007 4:23:18 AM
By ROD MCGUIRK

In this photo released by the University of Adelaide shows Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, the Hon. John von Doussa, left, presenting 94-year-old Phyllis Turner with her master degree in Adelaide, Australia, Monday, July 30, 2007. The great-great-grandmother who left school at the age of 12 may be the world's oldest recipient of a master's degree, her supervisor said Friday Aug. 3, 2007 as he urged her to continue her studies to a PhD. (AP Photo/University of Adelaide, HO)CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother who left school at the age of 12 appears to be the world's oldest recipient of a master's degree, an official with Guinness World Records said Friday.

University of Adelaide graduate Phyllis Turner was awarded her master's degree in medical science earlier this week at a ceremony in her hometown of Adelaide, surrounded by generations of offspring.

"We do have the category for oldest Master's graduate, but we don't have a current record," said spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza in London.


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