Arthur Greene
Indoda eneminyaka engama-97 ubudala yaseMelika isiqede iziqu zayo ngemuva kokuyeka eyunivesithi cishe eminyakeni engama-80 edlule iyolwa eMpini Yezwe Yesibili.
UBill Gossett wayenza iziqu e-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, kodwa wagcina ejoyine i-US Army Air Corps ngaphambi kokuphothula iziqu zakhe.
Wayesebenza eMelika kanye nase-Europe ngesikhathi seMpi Yamazwe Yesibili, kusukela ngowezi-1943-1946.
Ngemuva kokubuyela ekhaya, uBill wangena ebhizinisini lomndeni, i-Gossett’s Cleaners. Kamuva waqala i-Decorator Studio kaGossett futhi wawaqhuba womabili amabhizinisi waze wathatha umhlalaphansi ngowezi-2001.
“Kwakuhlale kunesikhala lapho kodwa ngangimatasa ngifunda ukuqhuba ibhizinisi. Isikhathi sahamba futhi ekugcineni ngathatha isinqumo sokuqeda iziqu zami. Kwakuwumgomo wokuzanelisa,” kusho uBill etshela i-Cision Newswire.
“Ngowezi-2019, uMnu. uGossett weza kimi wathi ufuna ukuqeda iziqu zakhe e-Lincoln College,” kukhumbula uMengameli wase-Lincoln College uDavid Gerlach.
“Sigqugquzelwe yisifiso sakhe sokuthola iziqu ngemuva kweminyaka engama-80 ayeka izifundo zakhe.”
UBill wayesevele enamakhredithi afanelekile kusukela ekufundeni kwakhe kwangaphambilini enyuvesi, ngakho-ke kwakudingeka ukuthi afake amanye amaphepha angeziwe uma ebuyela esikoleni.
NgoMgqibelo, mhla ziyisishiyagalombili kuNhlaba e-Lincoln, Illinois, uGossett wahlonishwa nge-Associate of Arts degree eneminyaka engama-97.
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