Brooklyn native Jack Koolik receives HS diploma in Jacksonville at 90
He started high school back in 1941 at Abraham Lincoln HS in Brooklyn. It wasn’t until 71 years after leaving school in 1942 that Brooklyn native Jack Koolik received his Honorary High School Diploma from Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School in Jacksonville, Florida.
One might ask; What took so long?
Well, Koolik’s 71-year detour started when he left Abraham Lincoln after his sophomore year to join the Army Air Corps (now the Air Force).