By Kathy Hovis
CORNELL CHRONICLE - Oct. 22, 2015
Back in 1972, Benjamin Franco Suarez was diligently working toward
his doctorate in sociology at Cornell, studying the fertility behavior
of Bolivian women as part of his work on demography, economic
development in developing countries and Latin American studies.
He
passed his B exams, but needed money and a job, so he took what he
thought would be a short leave of absence to earn some money, planning
to return quickly to finish up.
Forty-three years later, Franco
Suarez, now 90, received his doctorate in September and was honored at
an Oct. 19 campus reception. He spent the last year confirming his
results by using correlation analysis on the data he’s been carrying
with him for nearly four decades.
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