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College Pays $5 Debt Owed by 99-Year-Old Maine Woman, Gives Her Diploma

Jesse White is officially a college graduate. At 99 years old, the Belfast, Maine woman is ready for a career, according to ABC News.

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White was set to graduate in 1939 but the debt kept her from receiving the degree. Five dollars in 1939 is equivalent to $83.23 today, according an inflation calculator at DollarTimes.

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