Wednesday, October 3, 2012

102-Year-Old Car Lover Receives College Scholarship & More ...

At the lovely age of 102, car lover Margaret Dunning is planning another exciting adventure: She
plans to head back to school in order to obtain her business degree. Dunning, who once attended
the University of Michigan but had to drop out more than 80 years ago, will be taking tests and
working on homework once again.

The Awards

During a ceremony on September 26th, Dunning was presented with an award granting her free
tuition at the University of Michigan along with free car care products that she can receive
for the rest of her life. The FRAM Group, who manufacturers various automotive parts and
car care products, decided to award Dunning because they loved reading about her article on
TODAY.com, in which she discusses her love for fine automobiles and how she still she the oil
and spark plugs by herself.

Dunning has been all over the news lately because of how well she takes care of her 82-year-
old 1930 Packard 740 Roadster. She also owns and takes care of a variety of additional classic
automobiles.

Growing Up

Dunning grew up on a farm just west of Detroit, growing potatoes and milking cows, first
learned to drive when she was just 8 years old, and finally received her license at the young age
of 12.

Once high school was over in 1929, Dunning enrolled at the University of Michigan in order to
get her degree in business. However, the Depression soon hit and she had to drop out in order to
help her mother, who was the owner of a bank. Dunning soon went into banking and never went
back to school.

Back To School

Despite Dunning living a very successful life in both the banking and retail sectors, she still feels
overwhelming amounts of excitement when she thinks about returning to school. As she has
said, she is not quite sure about what exactly she wants to study but she does know that it will be
something business related. She currently runs a trust fund of her own.

Because of Dunning?s ?lifelong love of cars,? the FRAM Group is more than happy to provide
her with both tuition and automotive products to ensure that all of her classic cars are kept in top
shape. Besides maintenance, Dunning still drives too, and has been for 90 years now.

Although Dunning has not yet enrolled in any classes, she is already planning her drive from
Detroit to University of Michigan?s campus and should have her completed degree in a little over
a year?s time.

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