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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Posthumous Doctorate

Petty in 2016   (Photo by Davidwbaker) 
The “Ph” in PhD generally stands for Philosophy.  But for some, it could also denote “posthumous.”

Tom Petty was a beloved musician for decades while alive.  So it makes a (breathing) body wonder why the University of Florida waited four years after Petty’s death to award him an honorary PhD in music. 

Perhaps it’s just easier to eulogize the dead than to support the living.

Resources

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/late-musician-tom-petty-receives-posthumous-phd-music-81548362

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