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 @0269c0e4 @b4c50e1b She stayed, in part, for the staff discount on tuition for her daughter, who as a Penn rower won two Olympic Gold Medals, completed her Bacheror's and Masters degrees in Sociology, and went on to become an internationally recognized #rowing coach. 
Here: https://www.susanfrancia.com/#home

Also, as a cancer survivor, I surmise that access to Penn's group health insurance figured in to her decision. After surgery and treatment, you need to get yearly scans for its possible return. 
 @d8e83438  - that's extremely interesting.   How do you know that stuf!  I can see that Susan Francia is Katalin Karikó's mother but not that her mother kept that job for the health benefits.

https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn/susan-francia-penn-gold-medalits-rower-katalin-kariko-nobel-prize-20231003.html

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