"Army veteran Mikel Lott and his 53-year-old firefighter father, Lamontry Lott, both recently earned their bachelor's degrees from the University of North Texas at Dallas. The pair walked together Dec. 16 at the same graduation ceremony, reported Noelle Walker for NBC affiliate KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth. Graduating from college is a special milestone for the elder Lott, who dropped out of high school to earn a GED decades ago. He later completed enough college coursework to become a Dallas firefighter engineer."
""It's going to be awesome because for me, I get to support my son and also fulfill a long life dream that I have for myself," Lamontry Lott told the station ahead of the graduation. "So this will be, personally, my first time walking across a stage with a cap and gown on." Earning a college degree, for him, helps to "break a family cycle" to help others "understand that education is the key.""
Mikel Lott and his father Lamontry Lott graduated together with bachelor's degrees from the University of North Texas at Dallas, walking the same ceremony on Dec. 16. Lamontry, a 53-year-old Dallas firefighter, previously left high school, earned a GED, and later completed college coursework to become a firefighter engineer; the commencement marked his first time crossing a stage in cap and gown. Mikel, a retired U.S. Army sergeant and Afghanistan War veteran, teaches at Hillcrest High School and graduated summa cum laude after earning Teacher of the Year for Promise recognition. The pair plan to begin master's studies at UNT Dallas in fall 2026.
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