An Honorary Degree Recipient is a person who has been awarded an honorary degree by a degree awarding academic institution.
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| x Kenneth J Dover |
Sir Kenneth James Dover, FRSE, FBA (11 March 1920 – 7 March 2010) was a distinguished British Classical scholar and academic, who was head of an Oxford college and from 1981 until his retirement in December 2005 was Chancellor of the University of...
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| x Benjamin Franklin |
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was an inventor, publisher. scientist, and statesman, who is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was a major figure in the Enlightenment, known as a printer, satirist,...
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| x Hunter S. Thompson |
Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary (1998), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971), Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973), The Curse of Lono (1983),...
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| x Stephen Colbert |
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( /koʊlˈbɛər/ or /ˈkoʊlbərt/; born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert...
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| x Leena Palotie |
Leena Peltonen-Palotie (16 June 1952 – 11 March 2010) was a Finnish geneticist who contributed to the identification of 15 genes for Finnish heritage diseases, including arterial hypertension, schizophrenia, lactose intolerance, arthrosis and...
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| x Ashok Kumar |
Ashok Kumar (28 May 1956 – 15 March 2010) was an Indian-born British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 1997 until his death shortly before the 2010 general election.
Kumar...
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Aston University, Birmingham | 1997 | ||
| x Arnold Loxam |
Arnold Loxam was a professional concert organist. He was a native of Bradford, Yorkshire and gave his first broadcast there as a child pianist in 1925. Loxam made his first appearance on the keyboard of the Wurlitzer organ at the then New Victoria...
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University of Bradford | 1996 | ||
| x Stephen Jay Gould |
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Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. Gould spent...
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Iona College | 1999 | Doctor of Science |
| Eastern Michigan University | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |||
| McGill University | 1998 | Doctor of Science | |||
| Unity College | 1997 | Doctor of Environmental Science | |||
| University of Leicester | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |||
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| x Benjamin Hooks |
Benjamin Lawson Hooks (January 31, 1925 – April 15, 2010) was an American civil rights leader. A Baptist minister and practicing attorney, he served as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from...
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Central Connecticut State University | 1988 | ||
| x Roger Van Overstraeten | Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble | 1987 | |||
| x Zackie Achmat |
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Zackie Achmat (born Abdurazzack Achmat in 1962) is a South African activist, most widely known as founder and chairman of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and for his work on the behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa.
Achmat...
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University of Cape Town | ||
| x Ann Winblad |
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Ann Winblad is the co-founder and a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad
Venture Partners. She is a well-known and respected software industry
entrepreneur and technology leader. Her background and experience have
been chronicled in many national...
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University of St. Thomas | ||
| x Carl Everett |
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Carl Everett invests time as an active advisor and board member to new
technology companies. During his career at Intel and Dell, Carl
sponsored many new start up projects inside the companies and also
reached outside to champion corporate venture...
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New Mexico State University | Doctor of Laws | |
| x James Swartz |
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Jim Swartz has been active in venture capital for four decades. Experienced in the operating needs of young companies, he particularly enjoys working with start-up teams that are defining new industries. He has served as a...
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Western Governors University | Doctorate | |
| x Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is the 38th and current governor of the US State of California. He is also known as a famous Bodybuilder, actor and businessman. Born in Thal Austria to Aurelia Jardny and Gustav Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger had a...
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Chapman University | 2002 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | 1996 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| x Jonathan Ive |
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Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is the lead designer and conceptual mind behind Apple's products, including the iMac, MacBook Air, iPod,...
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Northumbria University | Doctorate | |
| x Charles O. Holliday |
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Charles "Chad" O. Holliday, Jr. is an American businessman, currently the chairman of Bank of America and former Chairman, former Chief Executive Officer and a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont). He is Chairman Emeritus...
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Washington College | 1998 | Doctorate |
| Polytechnic University Brooklyn | 2005 | Doctorate | |||
| x Bruce Swedien |
Bruce Swedien is a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and music producer. He is known for his work with Quincy Jones.
Swedien is a five-time Grammy winner and has been nominated 13 times. He recorded, mixed, and assisted in producing the best-sold...
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Luleå University of Technology | 2001 | Doctorate | |
| x Eric Carle |
Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is a children's book author and illustrator who is most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 500 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric...
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Bates College | 2007 | Doctorate | |
| x Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
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Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born 27 January 1949) is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist. She was South Africa's Minister of Health from 1994 to 1999, under President Nelson Mandela, then Minister of Foreign Affairs...
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University of Natal | 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| University of Bristol | 1996 | Doctor of Laws | |||
| x Christopher J. Christie |
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Christopher James "Chris" Christie (born September 6, 1962) is the 55th and current Governor of New Jersey. Upon his election to the governorship in November 2009, Christie became the first Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey in 12...
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Rutgers University | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| x Terry Wogan |
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Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL (born 3 August 1938), also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his...
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| x Paul Volcker |
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Paul Adolph Volcker, Jr. (born September 5, 1927) is an American economist. He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan from August 1979 to August 1987. He is widely credited with ending...
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Brown University | 2006 | |
| Georgetown University | 2007 | ||||
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| Bates College | 1989 | ||||
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| x Michelle Obama |
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago,...
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| x Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( /ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to...
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| x Henry Winkler |
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Henry Franklin Winkler (Hon.OBE, born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.
Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz," a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic,...
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Austin College | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Emerson College | 1978 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| x James H. Woodward | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | May 14, 2011 | Doctor of Public Service | ||
| x Tommy Langone |
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Father of Caitlin Langone and Brian Langone.
His brother, Peter J. Langone, also died in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. |
Medal of Honor | ||
