> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When I was in graduate school,there was a professor in my department whose claim >to fame was that he was still working on his dissertation > > after an elapsed time of 10 years.He finally got his PhD degree after > > 15 years.There was jubilation in the Department when he finally got it. > > His colleagues thought that this was probably a record. > > Are there episodes like this around? > > Is there a statute of limitation for ABD? > > > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > > Daytona Beach,Florida
I read several years ago there was a Jewish lady who fled Nazi Germany in the 1940s. Being optimistic, she apparently placed her dissertation in a safety deposit box in a local bank. Then some 40+ years later she finally was able to return to her homeland, retrieve the 288 page document, and have it approved by the university she had been attending. I wish I remembered more about the details, but I'm sure this is documented somewhere. I just thought that was a great story and a great tribute to perseverance. Jim G P.S. I wonder what the record is for the LENGTHIEST dissertation? I had a friend in grad school whose ga position entailed format checking for theses and dissertations. She once had a 500+ page manuscript. Normally she did much of her reviewing in bed, late at night, but joked that she dared not try this with the aforementioned tome. "Why?" I asked. "I'm afraid if I fall asleep it'll crush me," she chuckled. "Imagine the headlines -- grad student crushed by enormous dissertation." --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
