Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman speaks at the Arizona State University College of Health Solutions convocation on May 8.
Mandatory Credit:	Courtesy Jimalita Tillman and Dorothy Tillman via CNN Newsource

Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman speaks at the Arizona State University College of Health Solutions convocation on May 8.
Mandatory Credit: Courtesy Jimalita Tillman and Dorothy Tillman via CNN Newsource

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Chicago teen earns doctoral degree at age 17

By age 14, Dorothy Jean Tillman had obtained an associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree. Despite the impressive achievements, Tillman remembers turning to her mother and saying, “I think I want to pursue a doctorate degree.”