Kudos to you! I see your point of view. I also didn't understand the Columbus stigma/ history. In my field, a lot is based on creative/ fast/ problem solving and less on what was actually learned in school. Often in technology, we are creating the solutions that are later taught to future students. So my thought was, if she is a fast intelligent creative problem solver that can make stuff happen - why does her past degrees even matter? But, I didn't realize the degree wasn't legit