A 91-year-old Italian retired doctor
has said he is satisfied and will now stop studying after he
gets his 15th university degree on Tuesday.
"Now I'm going to stop," Leonardo Altobelli told local media
Monday on the eve of getting a criminology degree in the new
investigative sciences department of his local Foggia
University.
Altobelli, who was a family doctor until he turned 70, has also
served as mayor of his town, Troia, near Foggia.
His previous 14 degrees span law, political science, Italian
literature, philosopy, pedagogy (twice), agrarian science, food
science and technologies, tourist sciences, history,
biotechnology, archaeology and a masters in criminology.
His university CV also includes seven diplomas in social
medicine, sports medicine, health law and general medicine
tutoring, to cite a few.
"I'm the oldest student in the world, but now, after this
degree, I',m going to stop, because I'd like to leave what I
have done to future memory, and why I did it," Altobelli told
ANSA.
"I'll devote myself to writing. I tell young people to love
everything they do. To embrace their work, and to do it with a
smile and calmly. I've always had a passion for study. That's
why I call myself a 'student of the world'."
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