90 Year Old Receives Diploma
June 12, 2008 – 6:30 am 
Earlier this week, 90 year old John Lawrence Locher was honored with a High School Diploma from Detroit Southwestern High School. During the Great Depression, when Locher was a sophomore, his dad came down with tuberculosis and couldn’t work. Locher left school for the factories so he could provide for his family. After serving in World War II, he ended up working for GM for nearly 40 years where he worked his way up to a successful engineer position.
When his old school, Southwestern, heard the story they invited Locher, who now lives in Florida, to attend their graduation ceremony and give him an honorary diploma for “life credits”. Several of his family members, including 5 of his 8 children, were able to attend and celebrate with him.
-JH
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