<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Benjamin Bradley Bolger 1975 (age 42--43) Flint, Michigan, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Muskegon Community College University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Yale University University of Oxford University of Cambridge Stanford University Columbia University Harvard University Brown University Boston College Dartmouth College Brandeis University Skidmore College Ashland University </Td> </Tr> <P> Benjamin Bradley Bolger (born 1975) is a perpetual student who has earned 14 degrees and claims to be the second-most credentialed person in modern history after Michael W. Nicholson (who has 29 degrees). Like Nicholson, Bolger hails from Michigan . Bolger is a visiting assistant professor in sociology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . </P> <P> Bolger was born to Donald Bolger, an engineer with General Motors, and Loretta, a teacher . At the age of two, his family was involved in a near - fatal car accident caused by a drunk driver; Bolger says this encouraged him to make the most out of his life . In first grade, he was diagnosed with dyslexia . Special education programs did not help him, and in fourth grade, his mother began home - schooling Bolger, while undergoing a divorce . At the age of 12, Bolger began taking classes at Muskegon Community College, graduating with an A.A. by the age of 17 . He then transferred with those credits to the University of Michigan, majored in sociology, and graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 grade point average in sociology . From there, he took an internship with the Clinton Administration with Press Secretary Mike McCurry . Bolger's mother moved with him to each college and university he attended and read his assignments to him aloud . </P>

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