Akron Life December 2023

FOREVER YOUNG

He took computer programming courses, which ended up being some of the most memorable of his 20-plus years of tak ing courses on and off. Those courses helped him later when he began working at Lucas Aerospace at age 35, training techni cians on how to use the equipment. Later on, they wanted him to do computer programming, and because of the classes, he knew how. “That was kind of addictive,” he says. “I enjoyed it.” Although taking extra classes was helping him, there were moments when he struggled as an older student with a family, working to balance everything. “There were challenges every day. Working, family life, student life, the amount of time you had to spend on each. That took a bit of doing some days,” he says. “But my wife and kids were really good, gave me all kinds of support.” He adds that his wife was supportive even when he had to delay home improvement projects because he didn’t have time to take them on. YEARS 20

He continued to take classes into his 60s and married his second wife, Shirley, when he was 67, about seven years after Rose Marie died. In his 90s, he was surprised to learn from his daughter, Jane Rotsching, that all the credits he had from years of classes amounted to a degree. At the August graduation cer emony, he was joined by his children, grandchildren and second wife, Shirley, who died in September. “There were speeches. The faculty were there with their robes,” Greathouse says. “I never expected to get something like that. The pageantry was really something else.” Taking classes for all those years was worth it, as they helped him get the jobs he was aiming for. He recommends that anyone looking to advance their career consider getting higher education. “If you want to get ahead, you have to learn what you’re going to need to get there,” he says. “If you want to qualify for it, you have to go somewhere and learn how. That’s true with every thing in life.”

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