Evelyn Marie Lutz ( Evie ) (Sue Mower)
Lutz grew up in the midst of the Great Depression and, without any financial help from her family, earned a bachelor s degree in nursing from the University of Rochester and a master s degree from the University of Colorado before heading to Case Western Reserve University in Ohio to earn her doctorate.
She pursued a career in nursing and also became a professor and a college administrator to impart her wisdom to other students, according to Mower. Getting a college degree as a woman who grew up in the Great Depression was monumental in and of itself, but then to go on and get a master s degree as well as a doctorate is nothing short of extraordinary, Travis Leiker, senior director or development at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, told Fox News.