Thelma and Jon were graduated from the District of Columbia Law School as members of the school's founding class. Daughter Titania was graduated from Georgetown University Law School on the same day in 1989.

The Graduating Class

Thelma and Titania were the first mother-daughter candidates to be admitted to the bar together in Alaska. Attending the ceremony were from left to right: unidentified, Betty Bagcal, Fred Agron, Pacita Agron,Thelma, Jon, Ti, Mr. Bagcal, Dwight Hovland, and unidentified.