FALMOUTH, ME – OCTOBER 7: Howard Reiche Jr. holds his newly awarded Master of Professional studies in biochemistry degree at the University of Maine Learning Center in Falmouth, ME on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Reiche is 85 years old, beginning his masters degree in 1950, and wanted to finish the degree to check off “another box on his bucket list.” Reiche hopes to begin tutoring in the sciences with the degree. “I don’t know if I’m more qualified now, but at least I have the credential,” Reiche said. (Photo by Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer)

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