
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A month before his college graduation in 1973, Robert Schiller moved to Indiana to begin a new job. He had arranged to finish his exams and complete the final requirements and was planning to fly back to New Jersey for the graduation ceremony at Rutgers. Those plans quickly unraveled when he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Instead of attending a ceremony, he received his undergraduate degree in business management weeks later when it arrived unceremoniously in the mail. Next month, he will participate in a belated commencement to make-up for that 43-year-old disappointment.
Robert Schiller knows something about second chances.
In the early 1970s, he was an older student at Rutgers. He was in his 30’s, juggling studies, a full-time job and a young family. A month before his graduation from University College, Schiller moved to Indiana to begin a new job. He had arranged to finish his exams and complete the final requirements and was planning to fly back to New Jersey for the graduation ceremony.