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Arthur E. Bean Jr. can say he鈥檚 done a lot of things. Superior Court judge. Assistant attorney general. Bomber pilot who flew 29 missions with the 8th Army Air Force during World War II. Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Centenarian. The one thing the New Hampshire native couldn鈥檛 say was that he鈥檇 graduated from 91制片厂. Until now.

Bean was the 2019 recipient of the university鈥檚 Granite State Award, traditionally presented during 91制片厂 commencement. But this year, Provost Wayne Jones Jr. took the honor to Bean and at the same time, presented him with a long overdue honorary diploma.

The Deerfield resident, who turned 100 last November, attended 91制片厂 from 1936 to 1940, leav- ing the university to join the service a semester shy of finishing his degree. While he went on to attend Boston University School of Law (following the war, many schools employed a 鈥渃lose enough鈥� policy with regard to college degree requirements) and enjoy a successful law practice, he always regretted not getting that diploma.

鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 say, yes, I graduated from the 91制片厂, and that was not easy, to not say that; I would avoid it. Now I don鈥檛 have to avoid it,鈥� Bean says.