On his return, he entered the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he earned a Ph. D. in 1878.
He then moved to Jodhpur University (now Jai Narain Vyas University) where he earned his Ph. D. degree in 1965 while he was a full-time member of the teaching faculty at Jodhpur University (since 1963).
President Lindsay earned his Ph. D. in sociology from Princeton University.
Dr. Slekar attended the University of Maryland at College Park where he earned his Ph. D. in social studies education.
Dr. Moreno obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, and worked for NASA before he earned his Ph. D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory University in 1998.
He went to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to earn a Ph.D., followed by a stint at the National Institutes of Health in the United States on a Fulbright scholarship.
Maryellen V. Benito plans to earn both a medical degree and a Ph.D., and hopes to "discover a novel idea that will make a difference in the world and have a very successful research and clinical lab".
Lien, who went back to school in midlife to earn a Ph.D., also says that her gender shouldn't have helped her snare a grant.
The 5-year doubling period left many younger scientists stranded because, Levin notes, it was too short a time period for them to earn a Ph.D., win tenure, or bring a newly funded research program to fruition before money became tight.
As an African-American female engineer and scientist who has sacrificed much and persevered many years in order to earn a Ph.D., I believe that most of my experiences mirror that of many of my peers, whether or not they have an advanced degree or even a college education.
That is how it's done, how people earn the right to write "Ph.D".
