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World’s oldest worker retires

World’s oldest worker retires

GRANTHAM, Pa. – A man billed as the world’s oldest worker is calling it quits.

Ray Crist, a retired scientist who started teaching at Messiah College near Harrisburg in 1970, put down his pointer on Tuesday at the age of 104. Crist, though, has no plans to rest on his laurels.Instead, he’ll keep up with his research and academic papers, the latest of which sets out to explain how plants absorb toxic metals and thereby clean the soil.”When you have a mission, you go after it,” said Crist, who worked on the Manhattan Project.”And I am still going after it.”Two years ago, at age 102, Crist was named America’s oldest worker by a non-profit training group called Experience Works.He started at Messiah at age 70, after a career in science and a decade teaching at Dickinson University.In his 34 years at Messiah, he took only a token salary of US$1 a year.- Nampa-APCrist, though, has no plans to rest on his laurels.Instead, he’ll keep up with his research and academic papers, the latest of which sets out to explain how plants absorb toxic metals and thereby clean the soil.”When you have a mission, you go after it,” said Crist, who worked on the Manhattan Project.”And I am still going after it.”Two years ago, at age 102, Crist was named America’s oldest worker by a non-profit training group called Experience Works.He started at Messiah at age 70, after a career in science and a decade teaching at Dickinson University.In his 34 years at Messiah, he took only a token salary of US$1 a year.- Nampa-AP

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