ITALY’S OLDEST STUDENTS, AGED 98, GRADUATES ONCE AGAIN

Fri 22July 2022:

Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy’s oldest graduate – again.

Paterno has added a masters in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an initial degree in the same subjects he earned there two years ago.

98-year-old Giuseppe Paterno became the oldest student graduate in Italy for a second time, two years after he got a degree from the University of Palermo https://t.co/c4aM2DWVLQ pic.twitter.com/mWSs47KjZg

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 20, 2022

He passed the latest degree with top marks, again, his proud family said on Facebook.

He has no plans to rest and wants to write a novel using his trusty typewriter.

Born in 1923, Paterno grew up in a poor family in Sicily and despite his love of books and studying, he wasn’t able to go to university as a young man.

Instead he served in the navy during World War Two from the age of 20 and went on to be a railway worker.

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