This Woman Is Great

This is Helen Reichert. She’s 109, she likes chocolate truffles, her favorite drink is Budweiser, and when Cornell sent her this:

You are our oldest living alum, and we’re delighted to offer you a lifetime subscription to our magazine.

She responded with this:

How incredibly generous of you!

She doesn’t live in a retirement home, she’s totally with it, and — according to gerontologist Mark Lachs — her “secret” is that when she encounters stress, she dusts herself off and proceeds with grace. It could also be that she’s hilarious.