HARPER&#8217;S FERRY, W.Va. (WJLA) — A 101-year-old man is finally getting his high school diploma.
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Back in the 1930s, Merrill Pittman Cooper attended Storer College, a former high school in Harper&#8217;s Ferry, West Virginia.
When he was a senior, Cooper had to move to Philadelphia with his mother for financial reasons.
Cooper had a career there in transportation, eventually becoming a union vice president — but he regretted not getting his diploma.
A few years ago, his relatives reached out to Jefferson County Schools.
This past weekend, Cooper finally got his graduation ceremony and an honorary diploma with his family around him.

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101-year-old man gets high school diploma after having to drop out in 1930s