The University Council has submitted to the Regent House, the University's governing body, the names of eight renowned individuals, seeking authority for their admission to Honorary Doctorates at a Congregation in the Senate House on Wednesday 21 June 2017, at which the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, will preside.
The University Council has submitted to the Regent House, the University's governing body, the names of eight renowned individuals, seeking authority for their admission to Honorary Doctorates at a Congregation in the Senate House on Wednesday 21 June 2017, at which the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, will preside.
The nominees are:
Doctor of Law
Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, Honorary Fellow of Clare College, lawyer and university leader
The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, economist, businessman and financial regulator
Doctors of Science
Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, former Alexander Todd Visiting Professor in Chemistry, Nobel Laureate, chemist
Professor Eric Maskin, Honorary Fellow of St John's College and Jesus College, former visiting student of Darwin College, Nobel Laureate, economist
Professor Janet Rossant, Darwin College, developmental biologist
Dame Stephanie Shirley, Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, information technologist, businesswoman and philanthropist
Ms Sophie Wilson, Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College, computer scientist and software engineer
Doctors of Letters
Professor Manuel Castells, Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Balzan Laureate, sociologist
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