There's a new doctor* in the world: Brian May, PhD! (*Pending some revisions and other hoops to jump through.) And he is the latest lesson in graduate student stick-to-itness, defending his dissertation in astrophysics decades after he left his program. According to his blog entry dated last Friday:
Yes. It's done, and after about 37 years, I am finally a doctor. The oral examination of my thesis, and of me, lasted about 3 hours, and then I retired with Prof Rowan-Robinson, for a few moments, for my two examiners to confer. After only a couple of minutes they called me back into the room and offered their hands in congratulations. Yes, my category was number 2. I understand pretty much nobody gets a 1st category - which is "This is perfect - here's your PhD."Mine is "We like it. Make these adjustments, and it's yours."
Dr. May has one of the better excuses for taking so long to finish: he was busy seeing the world, playing guitar, as part of Queen!
So if you are reading this now, send a tribute to the freshly doctorated May right there in front of your computer: clear a space at your desk...get your hands flexed...ready?
pound pound CLAP pound pound CLAP pound pound CLAP...
Rock on, Dr. May. Rock on!
Posted by perry032 at August 27, 2007 11:23 AM | TrackBack