1.   Elion, the oldest of the seven, never finished her doctorate but still became one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling in her field.

2.   He never finished his doctorate.

3.   I planned to return to school after six months and finish my doctorate.

4.   Ireland, who holds law degrees from Columbia and Harvard, is a few months away from finishing a doctorate at Northeastern University in law, policy and society.

5.   Jason Esters, who is finishing a doctorate in English at Temple University, always considered himself a scholar.

6.   Just as he was finishing his doctorate, he met a woman on a blind date.

7.   Three years ago, when Catalina Martinez was finishing her doctorate in economics at the University of Barcelona, she could not find work in Spain.

8.   By profession, she does free-lance statistical analysis and is finishing her doctorate in business.