Princeton's best graduate has engaged 71-year-old professor
'26.04.2019'
Source: Fox News
Best Princeton University Graduate of 2016 is going to marry a 71-year-old professor she met at the university and now works with him. A recent student is 25 years old.
Cameron Platt, 25, who was an Ivy League star alumnus and just got her master's degree from Oxford University, recently posted on Facebook about her fiancé Lee Clark Mitchell, who turns 72 in June. Fox News.
Platt wrote that she met Mitchell at one of his 5 lectures years ago, in the fall of 2013. Then he served as chairman of the Department of English in Princeton.
“I took a course on Henry James and William Faulkner. Then Lee was nothing more than a stranger to me, but he captivated me with his radiance, sensitivity and passion, - wrote Platt in a post on April 18. "His lectures have forever changed my train of thought."
By the time Platt graduated from school, having received a diploma in English language and theatrical art, Mitchell became for her a “loyal tutor.” But after graduating, she went to Oxford to receive a master’s degree in English and United States history as a fellow.
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During the two years she spent in England, she often had thoughts of her gray-haired professor in her head, even though they were separated by the ocean and time spent together, it seemed like something from the distant past.
“I was surprised to realize how much I was thinking about Lee - and I soon realized that I felt something for him that I hadn't fully realized before,” Platt wrote on Facebook. "At the end of my two-year stay in Oxford, after much thought and with the support of my wonderful friends, I decided to take a step."
Last September, Platt asked Mitchell on a date at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, where they walked the galleries "like shy teenagers, passionate but indecisive," Platt writes.
She said that Mitchell, probably embarrassed by the attraction of his young fan, spent most of the date trying to figure out if it was a date or not - at that time, both of them did not understand "how to test new boundaries of communication with each other."
“Finally, to our amazement, it all began. We realized that the strength of the feelings that we had for each other for a long time and called in other words (admiration, surprise, devotion, gratitude), retained the hope and potential of love, ”continued Platt.
Platt, who is 46 years younger than her fiancé, wrote that she had kept the relationship secret for about half a year, but as soon as they got engaged, she was ready to publicize this relationship in a Facebook post.
She acknowledged that the announcement "will come as a surprise to many," and that the couple are excited by the prospect of their relationship, given the "different stages of life." But she said that her deep love in Mitchell is much more important.
“Eventually it became impossible to deny how important we were to each other, and since then none of us have looked back,” Platt wrote in the closing lines. - Now we are delighted and do not want any life, except for the one that we create together. We made it official last week. "
She shared a photo with Mitchell and a snapshot of a diamond engagement ring.
Now Mitchell is on academic leave at Princeton, who was requested long before his relationship with Platt, the university said. University spokesman Ben Chang added that the university does not consider it appropriate to “comment on personal relationships taking place outside the university.”
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As for the students, most of them were not embarrassed because the professor got engaged to his former student.
“They are adults and can do what they want,” one student told reporters.
Another said, "I am not surprised, this has happened before."
Nevertheless, some had their doubts.
“This age disparity would probably be wrong,” said another student.
