Who here had grandparents who got a college degree?
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Copper mentioning his grandfather and father went to Boston College reminded me how rare it was in our grandparents generation.
Did any of your grandparents go to college? Any earlier generations?
The first in our family was my maternal GF, who was in the MIT class of 1928.
I believe on my father's side he himself was the first college graduate.
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“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
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My grandmother got a second degree burn working in the kitchens at Duquesne, does that count?
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@Horace said in Who here had grandparents who got a college degree?:
Nope. One side farmer, the other side alcoholic entrepreneur. College degrees have gone from special to ubiquitous in two generations.
Considering the quality of college graduates today, with the exception of STEM fields, I'd say a high school graduate of 65 years ago may have been better educated than the average college graduate today.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
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I had a grandmother and grandfather who both had a master's. That's it, though.
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On my dad's side, no. Grandpa in Army, Grandma nothing.
On my mom's side, yes. Grandpa (Naval Academy, also pilot), Grandma yes.
This reminds me I should try and capture the finer details of my relatives (only 1 grandparent living, btw) before it's too late...including any higher education and other life stories.
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@Jolly said in Who here had grandparents who got a college degree?:
Sorry, none of my folks had money.
That maternal grandfather lost his parents in a trolley accident at age 9. His sister raised him, and his brothers agreed to pay tuition. He worked for room and board.
Can’t imagine MIT was all that pricey in the 20s.
Dad did it with the GI bill.
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On my mum's side, no.
On my dad's side, I'm pretty sure yes. Public school, Executive Director of Unilever. What the hell happened?
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My paternal great grandfather had a doctorate in music from Heidelberg (he was American born of German parents). It then skipped two generations, until me and my brothers. My uncles (father's brothers) both had doctorates, but my dad didn't finish college though studied at Pratt for two years. My mother's family was Polish country stock, and I don't think any of them went to college, but I should ask mom.
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By the way my grandfather went to his 60th college reunion in 1988. He was alive for the 70th but no event was held.
Another fun story - he learned he needed trigonometry and calculus to get into MIT. Neither were taught at his highschool so the principal agreed to teach him both subjects, one on one, in his office.
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Cradle to grave at GE. Started in ‘28. During the depression they had no layoffs but cut everyone’s pay. Eventually he joined the air conditioning division, then just starting, and made a career in it.
They moved the division (and the family) to Texas in 1953. At the time there was a big wave of industrial firms (mostly northeast and Midwest based) moving south for cheaper labor. Analogous to the offshoring phenomenon in the late 90s and aughts.
He retired in 1970 and lived for another 30 years.
