Township resident Willie Sanders, left, was surprised Sept. 9 when he was given a cap and gown to walk the Edison Job Corps graduation processional 48 years after his graduation. Also pictured is Mayor Brian Levine and state Administrative Law Judge Tiffany Williams. Photo: Edison Job Corps
Willie Sanders had no idea on Sept. 9 that he’d finally be donning his cap and gown and listening to “Pomp and Circumstance” playing for him.
After all, he graduated from high school in 1966.
Sanders, a township resident, was on hand for the Edison Job Corps’ 50th anniversary celebration at its headquarters in Edison when students walked up to him with a cap and gown. Sanders could not attend his own graduation because he’d already started working, according to a release about the event.
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