A degree at last: Bay Area man graduates UC Davis after 47 years

Deborah Thompson Austin of UC Davis’ alumni association will instruct hundreds of undergraduates to move the tassel on their graduation cap from left to right at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center Saturday morning.
For her husband, Ron Austin of Fairfield, it will be a moment — and degree — more than 47 years in the making.
The 66-year-old is proud he has finally completed the requirements for a bachelor of arts in political science, but he sees his life as a cautionary tale th