My Dad was PSU class of 1940—very proud of his connection with the Nittany Lion sculpture at PSU. Dad told me this past week that the Great Depression was still in full swing when he graduated. He said he was one of only two engineering grads who had a job at graduation. He retired at age 80 after working for the same employer for 59 years (and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII).
JoePa was gracious enough to send him a congratulatory video and say (in 1999) that he hoped to break Dad’s employment/retirement record.
Dad’s only gripe now is that his Social Security is so high, he’s billed extra for his Medicare.
BTW, my hubby is an entomologist w/ PSU ties. He knew of this research result before the MSM started attributing the bee dieoff to global warming. The MSM has been ignoring the evidence for a long time.