A 101-year-old Storer College attendee, Merrill Pittman Cooper, has been awarded an honorary diploma. 

SOURCE: Jefferson County Schools

After waiting more than 80 years, Merrill Pittman Cooper finally received his high school diploma.

Cooper, 101, attended Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from 1934 to 1938, but dropped out during his senior year when his family relocated to Philadelphia for financial reasons, Jefferson County Schools said in a statement.

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