Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers has an MFA.
Anyone who reads his business manager’s hilarious diary of “things Joe said to me” may think this actually stands for “Master of Fucking Argument”.
If we’re counting athletes, I can think of two very prominent athletes who became doctors.
Tenley Albright, who won the figure skating gold medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics, had a very successful medical career.
And of course, Roger Bannister (best known as the first man to run a mile in 4 minutes) had a lengthy career as a neurologist in England.
If there’s any justice (and if he’s in good health), Dr. Bannister should light the torch at the Olympics in London. Who’s a better repesentative of British amateur athletics?
No. From Wikipedia
There have been accusations that the work he did to earn the degree was not as rigorous as that of other doctoral candidates, but it is a real degree.
No, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts (although I’m sure he has honorary degrees as well).
Danica McKellar is one of the authors of the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem (1998, Journal of Physics A, 31:9055-9063) which she helped develop as an mathematics undergrad at UCLA.
Eric Heiden went on from his 5 gold medals in speed skating to be a serviceable pro bike racer (1986 U.S. national champ), then went on to become an orthopedic surgeon.
My mistake on Bill Cosby. (was I possibly thinking of Bing Crosby?)
John Michels was a first-round draft choice of the Packers in 1996. He made the all-rookie team as an offensive tackle, and played in Super Bowl XXXI for the Packers, but his career was cut short by a knee injury. He is now a radiologist.
Which gives her a very low Erdős–Bacon number.
The more usual abbreviation for “all but dissertation” is “M. S.”. The only difference between a Master’s and a Doctorate is the thesis.
And if we’re going to include honorary degrees, then we would be remiss to omit Kermit T. Frog, Doctor of Amphibian Letters.
And Byron “Whizzer” White led the NFL in rushing in 1938 before going on to be a Supreme Court justice.
My dad played pro football and had a Masters in electrical engineering and a PhD in physics.
That’s never been the way I understood it. ABD is a joking term for people who have taken all the coursework for their doctorate but never got around to writing (or sometimes finishing) the dissertation. I can’t imagine that any college in America doesn’t require years worth of additional coursework after a Master’s in any discipline in order to earn a doctorate.
Debi Thomas won bronze in Calgary. Elizabeth Manley got the silver and Katarina Witt won gold.
Ooops, you are correct.
I would wonder who the youngest is who already has their degree. And also, it seems that females are under-represented.
You should correct that, then.
Also, guys, everyone knows psychology degrees don’t count!