83-year-old Marie A. Fowler has earned her doctoral degree in divinity thereby becoming Howard University's oldest doctoral graduate, reports said. Marie Fowler had previously earned a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees from the Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary. "It was never my thought that I would go beyond maybe one semester because, after all, I had been out of school since 1959," Fowler told WJLA-TV. "I didn't even know if I could retain information," she was quoted as saying by a report. "I want everyone to realize that I am 83, which means if I can do it, why not you?"
