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Harvard's international office informed him he had three weeks to leave the country. He departed in July 1964 without completing his PhD, though the university later cited a lack of funds as the official reason for his exit. | Harvard's international office informed him he had three weeks to leave the country. He departed in July 1964 without completing his PhD, though the university later cited a lack of funds as the official reason for his exit. | ||
Obama Sr. was awarded a terminal master's degree from Harvard in 1965. The PhD rejection, attributed in part to the university's discomfort with his concurrent marriages, derailed his academic and professional trajectory. Upon returning to Kenya, he struggled to secure high-level positions, working in lower roles until his death in a car accident in 1982. His unfinished thesis was reportedly stolen in 1964, and he never earned the doctorate despite later claims to the contrary. Journalist Sally Jacobs, who obtained his INS files via FOIA in 2009, detailed this story in her book ''"The Other Barack"'' and a Boston Globe article<ref>https://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/04/29/elder_obama_denied_harvard_phd/</ref>. | Obama Sr. was awarded a terminal master's degree from Harvard in 1965. The PhD rejection, attributed in part to the university's discomfort with his concurrent marriages, derailed his academic and professional trajectory. Upon returning to Kenya, he struggled to secure high-level positions, working in lower roles until his death in a car accident in 1982. His unfinished thesis was reportedly stolen in 1964, and he never earned the doctorate despite later claims to the contrary. Journalist Sally Jacobs, who obtained his INS files via FOIA in 2009, detailed this story in her book ''"The Other Barack"''<ref>https://www.sallyhjacobs.com/the-other-barack</ref> and a Boston Globe article<ref>https://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/04/29/elder_obama_denied_harvard_phd/</ref>. | ||
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