You can never be too rich, too thin, or
have too many
honorary degrees. Here's a list of some top sheepskin snaggers.
Famous recipients of honorary doctorates
Ali, Muhammad, aka Cassius Clay, former heavyweight boxing champion received an honorary doctorate of humanities from Princeton University in June 2007. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18433197&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6
Allen, Tim, "Home Improvement" star - Western Michigan University, 1998.
[Allen was convicted of cocaine
trafficking after college and spent almost two years in jail. In 1997, the standup-sitcom-film star pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was ordered to checked into a rehabilitation clinic. ]
Aznar, José María, ex-Prime Minister of Spain (1996-2004), University Andrés Bello,Chile, 2006
http://www.livinginperu.com/news/2531
Bachchan, Amitabh, Bollywood megastar, was conferred an honorary doctorate of arts by De Montfort University at Leicester, July 2006
http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/21/stories/2006072117422400.htm
Bachelet, Michelle - President of Chile receives honorary doctorate in Brasília
The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, (April 11, 206), from the University of Brasília (UnB), shortly after she had won the elections. http://internacional.radiobras.gov.br/ingles/materia_i_2004.php?materia=261815&q=1&editoria=PO
Barker, Bob, game show host of the longest-running game show in history (the price is right). Honorary doctorate degree of humane letters from Drury University, May 12, 2007
Benigni, Roberto Remigio, Academy Award-winning Italian film and television actor, writer and director: University of Malta, Honoris Causa literature doctorate, April 2008
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=65317
Bergmann, Ingmar, the Swedish filmmaker, was delighted to receive an honorary doctorate in Beijing, China, April 1997.
Blatter, Joseph S., FIFA president: Honorary Doctorate in arts from De Montfort University in Leicester, 2005
Honorary Doctorate, "Vassil Levski" National Sports Academy (NSA), Bulgaria, 2005
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=119954&src=0
Brandauer, Klaus Maria, Austrian actor - university od Tel Aviv, 1996
Brosnan, Pierce, actor (James Bond), Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology, an Honorary Doctorate from the University College Cork.
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11068.html
Brown, Gordon, British prime minister - honorary Doctorate of Civil Law, Newcastle university, UK, 2007
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1104685.0.ne_honours_gordon_and_sir_bob.php
Bush, George, W.: Yale, May 2001 - he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from the
school. Both his father and his grandfather received the same degree.
Bush, George H. W. - former US President collected about 64
Bush, Barbara, former first lady, got an honorary degree from Albion College in 2005.
2007: April 29, from Pepperdine university, USA, when she spoke the remarkable words: "Thank you all very, very much. Thank you for this honorary doctorate. I'm so happy to be here with all of you."
Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, a British pop singer who converted to Islam, endorsed the fatma on writer Salman Rushdie, and who refuses to shake the hand of a woman: University of Gloucestershire, 2005.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/04/udoctor.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/04/ixportaltop.html
Carpenter, John, film director (“Halloween,” “Escape from New York,” “Vampires”) : Western Kentucky University , May 12, 2007 (associated press)
Carter, Jimmy former US president - Oxford University, UK, June 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR2007020201970.html
Charles, Ray - received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Performing Arts from Occidental College. http://www.raycharles.com/awards.htm
Chavez, Hugo, President of Venezuela and madman - Honorary Doctorate in international relations from Damascus University, Syria, 2006
SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency ;
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/1918
National Engineering University, Nicaragua, 2007
Cheney, Richard (Dick), Vice President: 2007, Brigham Young University, honorary doctorate of public service
Chick Corea, Jazz pianist , will be honored at the Berklee College of Music
Commencement, Sunday, May 11, 1997 at the Hynes Convention Center, in Boston. Berklee will grant an honorary doctor of music degree.
Duke Ellington, Berklee College of Music
B.B. King, Berklee College of Music
Patti LaBelle, Berklee College of Music
Sting, Berklee College of Music
Manhattan Transfer, Berklee College of Music
James Taylor, Berklee College of Music
Pat Metheny, Berklee College of Music
Dizzy Gillespie, Berklee College of Music
Paul Simon, Berklee College of Music
Billy Joel, Berklee College of Music
Bonnie Raitt, Berklee College of Music
Phil Collins, Berklee College of Music
Quincy Jones, Berklee College of Music
Clinton, Bill, former US president, received an honorary doctorate in public service in June 2007 from Ohio State University.http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/11/BillC.ART_ART_06-11-07_A1_OQ6VM4F.html
OSU President Karen A. Holbrook presents former President Clinton with an honorary doctorate.
Coetzee, J.M., Nobel Prize winning author: Adelaide University, Australia for his contribution to literature, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/coetzee-awarded-honorary-doctorate/2005/12/20/1135032003351.html
Colbert, Stephen, American comedian, received a fireproof h.c. from Knox College in 2007
http://www.register-mail.com/stories/061207/MAI_BDG12MD1.GID.shtml
Cosby, Bill collected about 100-120
Dalai Lama of Tibet visits Regis University. Honorary Doctorate Granted. http://www.regis.edu/SPECIAL/DALAI1.HTM
DeSantis, Carl A. - Vitamin Magnate, billionaire founder and chairman of the nutritional supplement giant Rexall Sundown Inc., will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Florida State University. WHY? DeSantis is an FSU alumnus. He initiated the Carl DeSantis Center for Executive Management Education at FSU, and pledged $2 million for the center.
http://www.foundation.fsu.edu/newsstand/press_releases/pr04-99o.html
Dylan, Bob, aka Robert Alan Zimmerman (he was born Jewish), received an honorary doctorate of Music from St. Andrews, Scotland in June 2004.
Dylan holds also an honorary degree from Princeton University (1970).
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1240457,00.html
Eastwood, Clint, actor, director : University of the Pacific. And an honorary doctorate from the University of Southern California in May 2007
Einstein, Albert, from Harvard University, USA, 1935.
http://hnn.us/articles/32682.html
El Hassan bin Talal, the president of the Club of Rome, a Jordan prince and uncle of Jordan's King Abdullah, received an honorary doctorate from Old Dominion University in October 2005. http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=93118&ran=182766
Estefan, Gloria, elderly Cuban American pop singer from Miami, FL., received an Honorary Doctor in music from the University of Miami, 1993. She also holds an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music (May 2007).
Past recipients of honorary doctorates from Berklee include Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/11/arts/NA-A-E-MUS-US-Gloria-Estefan.php
2007, May - The Berklee College of Music in Boston has bestowed on her an honorary doctorate degree. http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_133095552.html
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Turkish Prime Minister - University of Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, April 2008
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=222320
Fischer, Joschka - German Foreign Minister, University of Haifa, Israel, May 25, 2002, Dr. of Philosophy.
http://research.haifa.ac.il/~focus/Program1.htm
Note: Fischer does not hold any earned degree, never finished High School.
Fo, Dario [World's most performed living playwright, Nobel Prize winner ( Literature, 1997) to receive honorary doctorate. The Italian playwright Dario Fo will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster on Monday, November 18. The award of the Doctor of Letters (honoris causa...]
Foreman, George - He's a boxer and a minister. Now George Foreman has a new title: doctor. The former heavyweight champion received an honorary doctorate from the Houston Graduate School of Theology on Saturday for his charity work with children. http://r1.dogpile.com/texis/redir/main.bin?q="honorary+doctorate"&u=www.reporternews.com/texsports/drgeorge0518.html&e=24
Fry, Stephen a British comedian: Honorary Doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University, 2005.
Fujimori , Received and revoked! stripped of honorary doctorate (received 1992) at alma mater.
"The National Agrarian University in Peru, where deposed Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori studied, taught and served as rector, said Tuesday it has stripped
him of an honorary doctorate for ''ethical reasons.'' June 11, 200. Read more...
Garner, James, actor: honorary degree of a Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Oklahoma
Gates, Bill - the chairman of Microsoft Corp., honorary degree from Harvard on June 7, 2007 (Gates once studied mathematics at Harvard but then dropped out after 2 years)
http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20070324/harvard_university_to_bestow_honorary_doctorate_on_bill_gates-id-103173.html
Honorary Doctorate of Tsinghua University from Chinese academician Gu Binglin after delivering a speech to the students there Thursday, April 19, 2007. http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070419/102845.shtml
December 15, 2006:
Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch, Southafrica, in absentia. A video message from Gates was relayed at the ceremony.
Gore, Al, former US vice president: Concordia University, Canada, March 2007
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/March2007/22/c5385.html
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland: honorary doctorate for his work in promoting the issue of climate change. April 2008
http://www.tdg.ch/pages/home/tribune_de_geneve/english_corner/news/news_detail/(contenu)/198389
Habermas, Juergen, German left wing Philospher, Harvard Gazette: "Jürgen Habermas is considered
by many to be one of the most important philosophers and social theorists in the
world today – and a formidable exponent of the Enlightenment ideals of
rationality and universality." Doctor of Laws, Harvard University, June 7,
2000, University of Hamburg, 1989.
Sources: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/06.07/01-hondegrees.html
http://www.hamburg.de/Behoerden/Pressestelle/reden/0601lecture_habermas.htm
HAVEL , Vaclav - The former Czechian president seems to have a passion for collecting doctorates. So far he's got:
1982
York University Toronto, Canada
Le Mirail University Toulouse, France
1990
Columbia University New York, United States
Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Bayreuth University Bayreuth, Germany
Palacky University Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Charles University Prague, Czechoslovakia
Comenius University Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Lawrence University Wisconsin, United States
1991
The Free University of Brussels Brussel, Belgium
St.Gallen University St.Gallen, Switzerland
Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pensylvania, United States
New York University New York, United States
1992
Wroclaw University Wroclaw, Poland
1994
Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand
Bucharest University Bucharest, Romania
1995
Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republik
Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Technical University of Dresden Germany
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
1996
Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Rio de Janeiro University Brazil
Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republik
1997
Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel
Taras Shevchenko National University Kiev, Ukraine
The University of Jordan Amman, Jordan
1998
University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
1999
University of St.Thomas and Macalester College Minneapolis/St.Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada
University of Latvia Riga, Latvia
[source: http://www.hrad.cz/president/Havel/doktorat_uk.html]
2005
US Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Hoover, Herbert [31st President of the United States, 1928 - 32] accepts an honorary doctorate from Lille University (France)...
"Hoover accepts an honorary doctorate from Lille University, commending his World War I relief work in Belgium and France. He had been given 80 honorary degrees by his 80th birthday." [UPI/Bettmann]
Humperdinck, Engelbert, music legend: honorary doctorate in music by a university in Leicester, England, 2006,
in recognition of his contribution to popular music and entertainment, and his charity work.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a32179/humperdinck-celebrates-70th-birthday.html
Jiang Zemin, Human Rights Violator to be Awarded Degree - Students offended by UVic decision to honor President of China...
BTW: CU would have rejected Mr. Jiang Zemin !
Joel, Billy - famous artist, whose worldwide sales top the 100 million unit mark, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from The Long Island University - Southampton College in 2000. He now holds FOUR honorary doctorates. He has never finished High School !! (source: CNN, Sat. 1-14-00, worlbeat inside track ; www.)
Billy Joel bio: http://www.billyjoel.com/thelifeandtimes/timeline.html
King Gyanendra of Nepal has been conferred the title of honorary doctorate by the State Technical University (MADI), one of the oldest universities in Russia. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2005/oct/oct27/news05.php
King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, Malaysia: Bandung-based University of Padjajaran (Unpad), Jan 2006
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2006/1/17/malaysian-king-to-get-honorary-doctorate-from-padjadjaran-university/
King Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia: honorary Doctor of Philosophy In Islamic Development for his contributions to the Muslim world from The International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), January 2006
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=178250
King, Larry, talk show host on CNN, received an honorary degree from the Netanya Academic College, Israel in 2006 The ceremony took place in Washington, in the presence of College President Zvi Arad.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498792965&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Klaus, Vaclav - Czech President was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck, Austria , March 2007. Honorary degree in social and economic sciences. http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/16-03-2007/88376-Klaus-0
-- Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1263092.php/Czech_President_Klaus_receives_honorary_doctorates
Lynn, Loretta, country music queen, honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music, March 2007.
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/031207/entertainment_20070312022.php
Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria, president of the Philippines received an honorary doctorate degree of law from Kyungsung University in Pusan, Korea, in 2005.
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla - South Africa's first black President. It's estimated that he holds about 150 (sic!) honorary doctorates, among them
University of Stellenbosch , 25 October 1996
University of Michigan
Oxford and Cambridge and six other British universities, July 1996 (Source: Der Spiegel, Germany)
Cosmopolitan University, USA
Merkel, Angela , German Chancellor holds an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem "in recognition of her lifelong dedication to the principles of democracy and in appreciation of her warm and constant friendship for the people and State of Israel." April 1st, 2007.
http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/ix/280320073
McGraw, Tim, country music star - University of Louisiana-Monroe
Mugabe, Robert, ruthless, senile dictator of Zimbabwe, who ruined his countries economy (unemployment rate 80% in April 2007) holds a Dr.h.c. of law from the University of Massachusetts (1986). Also from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh and Michigan State University.
"Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has become the first international figure to be stripped of an honorary degree by a British University.
The Edinburgh University Senate decided at a special meeting on Wednesday to withdraw the degree it awarded to Mugabe in 1984 for services to education in Africa.
A letter will be written to him, asking that the degree be returned, a spokesperson of the University said on Thursday." June 7, 2007: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/
Naisbitt, John, US author, holds around 15honorary doctorates. http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,477472,00.html
Obama, Barack, Hussein - presidential candiate (D) 2008 - "During his first three years in the
U.S. Senate, Obama received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Knox College (2005),
University of
Massachusetts Boston (2006),
Northwestern University (2006),
Xavier University of Louisiana
(2006),
Southern New Hampshire University (2007), and
Howard University (2007)" wikipedia
Pamuk, Orhan, Turkey’s Nobel laureate - 2007: honorary doctorate from Istanbul’s Bosphorus University. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/408140.asp
Patrick, Deval, govenor of Massachusetts,only black govenor in the US: Howard University, 2008
http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=3072
Pavarotti , Luciano - Honorary
Degree from McMaster University (Feb.12, 1999). Doctor of Letters.
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/February1999/09/c4324.html
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Durham.
The Chancellor of the University, Sir Peter Ustinov confered the DCL on the Prince at a ceremony in 1998
http://www.dur.ac.uk./~dcm0www1/746hrh.htm
Al-Azhar university, Cairo, Egypt, one of the top institutions in Sunni Islam, 2006
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=85&art_id=qw1142776626252B635
Pinter, Harold, legendary English playwright received an honorary doctorate in letters from Britain's respected Leeds University , April 2007.
Putin, Vladimir, Russian president holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Petersburg. (Source: Deutsche Welle TV, 3/21/2000)
Queen of Spain, Dona SOFIA DE GRECIA Y HANNOVER , holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Valladolid and from Cambridge.
Rau, Johannes -- German exPresident. Technion University, Israel. Source: Tagesspiegel March 24, 2000.
Reagan, Nancy - 1991, University of Michigan.
Reagan, Ronald - collected about 20
Rodham Clinton, Hillary US Senator, (D-NY): Bar-Ilan University, for "her political leadership, her commitment to peace and security for the Jewish homeland, and for advocating the deep and lasting bond between the United States and Israel." 2006
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395526263&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Rowling, J.K., author of "Harry Potter" series - July 2006 - honorary doctorate of laws from Aberdeen University , Scotland, for her support of research into multiple sclerosis.
Rushdie, Salman , Indian writer, from Free University of Berlin. November 1999. Source: Deutsche Welle TV ; FU Berlin
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/rushdie/rushdieov.html
Russo, Marta - a 22 year old law student who was murdered on the campus of the University of Rome on May 9, 1997. The university awarded her POSTHUMOUS a Dr. h.c. of Jurisprudence.
Audio File: Frances Kennedy of the London Independent newspaper explains the details of a bizarre murder and the sequel in court.
Samaranch, Juan Antonio former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was awarded an honorary doctorate by east China's Zhejiang University in 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/content_4337568.htm
Sen, Amartya, Indian-born Nobel economics laureate(1998): holds close to 100 honorary doctorates. Recently received a h.c. from Johannesburg's Wits University, South Africa.
Singh, Indian prime minister - honorary law doctorate from Britain’s elite University of Cambridge yesterday, conferred on him by Prince Philip 2006. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=112388&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22
Schwarzenegger, Arnold Alois, 1986, May 17, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin Superior.
http://www.s-t.com/daily/04-96/04-27-96/zpeople.htm#XINDEX4
"The award recognized Schwarzenegger's contributions to health and
fitness, speaking out against prejudice, and creating positive opportunities for
inner-city children." http://www.oakland.8k.com/Archive/archive070.htm
Dr. of Business Administration from IMADEC, Vienna, Austria. The irony is that in June 2006 a court in Austria ruled that the private university IMADEC was not authorized to grant that doctorate.The university was fined, Arnold lost his degree. The former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky and the former president of the European Central Bank Wim Duisenberg were also affected by the court's ruling and lost their degree from that particular institution (which is of course not their fault after all). [Source http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,424484,00.html]
Schroeder, Gerhard, German Chancellor (2004), Dr. h.c. from the university of St. Petersburg, Russia, April 2003
2007: Turkey's Koç University awarded former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder an "honorary doctorate" due to the great importance attached by the former chancellor to Turkey and its EU membership bid. http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=72683
Selleck, Tom (actor) -- April 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from Pepperdine University
Spielberg, Steven - Eg.: D. Litt. , University of Sussex, UK, 1997. AND FOUR OTHER Honorary Doctorates. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/bulletin/21mar97/item2.html
Stoiber, Edmund, Bavarian politician, March 2007, from Sogang university, South Korea
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,473859,00.html
Tata, Ratan N, group chairman, Tata Group, has been conferred an honorary degree of doctor of science by the Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Kharagpur at its 50th annual convocation in 2008. (Tata currently produces the world's cheapest car, the TaTa.)
"Mr Tata has also been conferred an honorary doctorate in business administration by the Ohio State University, an honorary doctorate in technology by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and an honorary doctorate in science by the University of Warwick."
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Education/IIT_
Kharagpur_confers_doctorate_on_Ratan_Tata/articleshow/2879749.cms
Theodorakis, Mikis, an internationally renowned Greek composer was given an honorary doctorate of Philosophical and Social Studies by the University of Crete.
April 2007
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=3205182&maindocimg=3203304&service=102
Turner , Ted - (CNN, AOL Time Warner) , Media Mogul , collected about 31
Twain, Mark - often complained about schooling, but one of the proudest moments in his life was when he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Oxford University on June 26, 1907.
"Wearing the scarlet, gray-hooded robe of a Doctor of Letters." Harper's
Weekly. More...
Tyler, Steven (Aerosmith) has an honorary doctorate from Berklee School of Music. (2003)
http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=4938
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/may10.htm
Tyson, Mike - Boxer and High School dropout, Central Ohio State University, Doctorate in Humane Letters, 1989.
Source: Sports Illustrated
May 20, 2002, Volume 96, no. 21, Page 37
von Bülow, Vicco, aka Loriot , German Comedian --
Bergische University, Wuppertal, June 22, 2001. Source: http://www.verwaltung.uni-wuppertal.de/presse/mitteilungen/2001/LoriotsLebenswerk.html
Walsh, Joe a member of the Eagles received an honorary degree in Music from Kent State University in December 2001.
http://www.kent.edu/Academics/Commencement/HonoraryDegrees.cfm
Wenders, Wim - German movie director, prone to pseudo intellectual, boring "art" films, got an Honorary Doctorate from renowned Sorbonne in Paris.
Westheimer, Ruth K., US sex therapist holds honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College - Institute of Religion, Trinity College, and Lehman College.
Winfrey, Oprah, talk show host, and one of America's wealthiest women, received an honorary doctorate in humanities by historically black Howard University in 2007. Call her Dr. Oprah now. http://www.nbc4.com/news/13309152/detail.html
Wonder, Stevie, 1989 rock and roll inductee, is now Dr. Stevie Wonder. The University of Alabama at Birmingham presented the legendary musician with an honorary doctorate of music last weekend. Wonder was the commencement speaker. (06/02/96)
http://www.engr.uky.edu/~naowon01/stevie.html
Wright, Rev. Jeremiah Jr., Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Hussein Obama's controversial minister: r honorary doctorate degree from Valparaiso University in 2002.
http://www.post-trib.com/news/875245,vuwright.article
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Honorary degrees: Should they be abolished?
"The practice of awarding honorary degrees to celebrities,
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