George Rebane
Well, it’s time to toot Elizabeth’s horn. Jo Ann and I attended the science and math graduation ceremony here at the Tucson campus of the University of Arizona to watch our granddaughter Elizabeth graduate with dual degrees in Neuro & Cognitive Science and Molecular & Cellular Biology (easy for me to say). She was joined by her parents along with brother Lucas and sister Catherine, both still in school. The kids are pictured below.
Elizabeth finished her studies in three and a half years while working as a research assistant in her professors’ laboratories. The next step is to immediately enter grad school for an appropriate PhD. Applications have gone out and now the waiting begins. Tonight the celebration will continue with a very large meal that has virtually zero chance of being heart healthy. Another milestone in our family.
Soon to be another Dr. in the family. Congratulations to you, Jo Ann, the justifiably proud parents and your high achieving granddaughter Elizabeth!
Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 December 2015 at 05:04 PM
Congratulations! Beautiful and intelligent granddaughter and siblings. It's wonderful to have many professions in the family.
Posted by: Bonnie McGuire | 18 December 2015 at 05:11 PM
Hat's off to the hard work. That's some deep stuff.
Posted by: Walt | 18 December 2015 at 05:29 PM
Congrats to Elizabeth! There are still some American kids not ruined by the systems thrust upon then. Good job you Rebanes!!
Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 18 December 2015 at 05:37 PM
It sure is fun to be proud of good kids! Congratulations to all.
Posted by: Michael R. Kesti | 18 December 2015 at 06:24 PM
That's a handsome family you got, Dr. Rebane.
Posted by: rl crabb | 18 December 2015 at 06:55 PM
But, but, George - according to the lefties she just can't do all of that. I'm sure there was a special deal some where run by the govt that allowed her to skip all the male-dominated stuff and just get her degree based on gender discrimination.
Posted by: Account Deleted | 18 December 2015 at 07:17 PM
Scott, no grinching the young lady's achievement.
Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 December 2015 at 07:34 PM
George,
Congratulations to Elizabeth, her family and her proud grandparents.
Posted by: Russ Steele | 18 December 2015 at 07:42 PM
What a wonderful moment of celebration. You have 3 great reasons to be bursting at the seams beaming with joy and pride. Or is it pride and joy? No matter, a very special time for a very special family.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 December 2015 at 07:55 PM
Don - lighten up. sarc on - sarc off.
Posted by: Account Deleted | 18 December 2015 at 08:10 PM
Iirc it was right about now in 2010 that the grad school decision letters starting arriving for my son... pins and needles.
Good luck to the new grad. Not looking for med school? MCB is a common choice for premeds.
Posted by: Gregory | 18 December 2015 at 10:44 PM
Gregory 1044pm - Good point. I asked her about that a year ago, and she said that her interests really lie in the field of genomic research. Kinda follows her mom (our oldest) who entered UCLA as a premed then decided she didn't like being around sick people, and took her degree in biocybernetics instead (then became a software engineer in speech recognition).
Posted by: George Rebane | 19 December 2015 at 06:36 AM
Folks interested in research do tend to avoid the MD, which seems to take a peculiar mix of greed, compassion and focus to endure the chase.
BTW IIRC there is only the Tucson campus for the University of Arizona. The in state competition is Arizona State University which has a few locations in the Phoenix area.
Posted by: Gregory | 19 December 2015 at 08:15 AM
A worthy achievement indeed!
Congratulations to the graduate, her parents, and of course the proud grandparents!
Posted by: fish | 19 December 2015 at 12:03 PM
Congratulations are due the entire family. The only thing better than being a proud parent is being a proud grandparent. I don't give a whit what her political bent might be, I hope and trust she remains true to her spirit through thick and thin. Even if she votes against me :-)
Posted by: jon smith | 19 December 2015 at 04:58 PM
Congratulations Rebanes and Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 21 December 2015 at 06:29 AM