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Honorary Graduates of UCL
An Honorary Degree is the highest mark of distinction that a university can award. Honorary Degrees are conferred on persons who have a record of outstanding achievement in scholarship or in public life and who have made contributions of unusual importance. Recipients of Honorary Degrees will normally have or have had a close association with UCL.
The year of award of each Honorary Degree is indicated in
square brackets.
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below to Gary Hawes.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ |
A
Mr Peter ACKROYD
(D Lit)
Novelist and biographer.
[2002]
Mr Martti AHTISAARI (LL D)
United
Nations diplomat and mediator; Winner, Nobel Peace Prize 2008. [2008]
Lady Justice ARDEN (LL D)
Judge of the Court of Appeal. [2011]
B
Professor Henry BALTES (DSc (Eng))
Professor Emeritus of Physical Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology. [2008]
Professor Chunil BAI (DSc)
President,
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). [2012]
Professor Homi K. BHABHA (D Lit)
Anne F. Rothenberg
Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University. [2011]
Dame Carol BLACK (DSc (Med))
National Director for Health and Work; Professor of Rheumatology, UCL.
[2009]
C
Professor Guy CANIVET (LL D)
Former
Chief Justice, Cour de cassation, France.
[2004]
Professor Lorna CASSELTON (DSc) Emeritus Professor of Fungal Genetics, University of Oxford; Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society, 2006-11. [2010]
Sir Cyril CHANTLER(DSc (Med))
Chairman, UCL Partners. [2012]
Professor Helene CIXOUS (D Lit)
Writer,
academic and feminist thinker. [2009]
Madame Justice Fernanda CONTRI (LL D)
Former
Vice-President and President
of the Italian Bar Association.
[2002]
Sir David COOKSEY GBE (DSc)
Businessman and policy advisor; Chairman of the Francis Crick Institute, since 2009. [2011]
D
Professor Martin DAUNTON (D Lit)
President of the Royal Historical Society; Master of Trinity Hall and
Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge. [2006]
Mr Andrew DAVIES (D Lit)
Author,
screenwriter and playwright. [2006]
Professor Angus DEATON (DSc (Econ))
Microeconomist;
Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of
Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University. [2007]
Professor Donald DINGWELL (DSc)
Secretary-General, European Research Council (ERC), since 2011. [2012]
E
Professor Sir Martin EVANS (DSc (Med))
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 2007; Professor Emeritus
of Mammalian Genetics, Cardiff University. [2008]
F
Lord FOSTER of Thames Bank (DSc)
Architect. [2008]
Professor Robert F FURCHGOTT
(DSc (Med))
Biochemist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1998.
[1998]
G
Professor William M GORMAN (DSc (Econ))
Economist.
[1998]
Mr Antony GORMLEY (D Lit)
Artist and
sculptor. [2006]
Sir Nicholas GRIMSHAW
Architect. [2011]
H
Professor Peter HAGGETT (DSc)
Professor
Emeritus of Urban and Regional Geography, University of Bristol.
[2008]
Lady Justice Heather HALLET (LLD)
Judge of the Royal Court of Appeal. [2012]
Mr Itsuko HASEGAWA (D Lit)
Architect.
[2001]
Professor Sir Bob HEPPLE (LL D)
Emeritus
Professor of Law, University of Cambridge. [2005]
Professor Dame Julia HIGGINS (DSc)
Senior Research Investigator and Emeritus Professor of Polymer Science, Imperial College London. [2012]
Professor Peter HIGGS (DSc)
Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, University
of Edinburgh. [2010]
Mr Alan HOLLINGHURST (D Lit)
Novelist. [2012]
Professor Rodney HUDDLESTONE (D Lit)
Linguist
and grammarian. [2005]
Sir Tim HUNT (DSc (Med))
Biochemist;
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 2001.
[2003]
I
Ms Luce IRIGARAY (D Lit)
Linguist,
psychoanalyst
and feminist philosopher.
[2008]
Professor Jonathan ISRAEL (DLit)
Professor of Intellectual
History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. [2010]
J
Dr Thomas JESSELL (DSc)
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University,
New York, USA.
[2004]
K
Professor Sir Charles Kuen KAO (DSc)
"Father
of Fibre Optics"; Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, 2009. [2010]
Professor Eric KANDEL
(DSc (Med))
Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 2000.
[2001]
Professor Timothy KILLEEN (DSc)
Assistant Director
for the Geosciences, US National Science Foundation. [2010]
Professor Sir David KING (DSc)
Chief
Scientific Advisor to H.M. Government and Head of the Office of Science
and Innovation, 2000-08. [2008]
Professor Sir Harold KROTO (DSc)
Chemist; Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, 1996.
[2000]
L
Dr Meave LEAKEY (DSc)
Palaeontologist.
[2004]
Madame Noelle LENIOR (LL D)
Biologist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1995.
[2002]
Dr Benjamin LEWIN
(DSc)
Publisher.
[2001]
Professor Arthur Kwok-Cheung LI (DSc
(Med))
Secretary of Education and Manpower, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, 2002-07. [2006]
Professor Dr Jutta LIMBACH (LL D)
Jurist and politician. [2002]
Sir Stuart LIPTON (DSc (Eng))
Property
developer. [2009]
M
Sir Cameron MACKINTOSH
(D Lit)
Theatrical producer.
[1999]
Professor Gail MARTIN (DSc (Med))
Head of the PIBS Program in Developmental Biology, University of California, San
Francisco. [2011]
Mr Ian MCEWAN
(D Lit)
Novelist and screenwriter.
[2008]
Professor Daniel MCFADDEN (DSc (Econ))
Econometrician; Winner, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2000.
[2003]
Mr Neil MACGREGOR (DLit)
Director, British Museum. [2010]
Dr Mortimer MISHKIN (DSc)
Neuropsychologist;
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, USA. [2007]
Dr John MULVEY
(DSc)
Joint Founder and Director, Save British Science Society.
[1999]
N
Professor Njabulo NDEBELE (D Lit)
Author;
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University Cape Town, 2000-08. [2006]
Professor Dr Erwin NEHER (DSc (Med))
Biophysicist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1991.
[2003]
Lord NEUBERGER of Abbotsbury (LL D)
Master
of the Rolls. [2010]
Sir Paul NURSE (DSc (Med))
President of the Royal Society and Director, Francis Crick Institute; Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2001. [2011]
Dr Christiane NUSSLEIN-VOLHARD (DSc)
Biologist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1995.
[2002]
O
Dr Lloyd J OLD (DSc (Med))
Director of
the
Scientific Advisory Council, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA;
William E. Snee Professor of Cancer Immunology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, USA.
[1997]
Professor Takeshi OKA (DSc)
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Astronomy, University of Chicago.
[2004]
Baroness O'NEILL of Bengarve (D Lit)
Professor of Philosophy, University
of Cambridge;Chairman
of the Trustees, The Nuffield Foundation. [2010]
P
Sir Keith PETERS (DSc (Med))
President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2022-06, and currently Senior Consultant in Research and Development for GlaxoSmithKline.
[2011]
Professor Baron Peter PIOT (DSc (Med))
Director and Professor of Global
Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. [2012]
Q
R
Professor Mamphela RAMPHELE
(DSc)
Trustee, The Rockefeller Foundation; Managing Director of Human
Development, World Bank, 2000-04; Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape
Town, 1996-99.
[1997]
Lord ROGERS of Riverside
(D Lit)
Architect.
[1997]
Professor Sir Joseph ROTBLAT
(DSc)
Physicist; Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1995.
[2001]
S
Lord SAINSBURY of Turville
(DSc)
Businessman and politician. Chancellor, University of Cambridge, since 2011.
[2007]
Professor Bert SAKMANN
(D Lit)
Winner, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1991; Emeritus Scientific
Member, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany.
[1999]
Sir John SKEHEL (DSc)
Virologist.
[2004]
Dr Max van der STOEL
(LL D))
High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation
for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1992-2000.
[2001]
T
Professor Janet THORNTON (DSc)
Director, European Bioinformatics Institute. [2007]
Mrs Anna Kajumolo TIBAIJUKA (DSc (Eng))
Under-Secretary-General
of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations
Human Settlements Programme. [2003]
Mr Michel TOURNIER
(D Lit)
Writer.
[1997]
Professor Anne TREISMAN (DSc)
Professor of Psychology, Princeton University.
[1997]
U
V
Mr Mario VARGAS LLOSA
(D Lit)
Writer and politician.
[1998].
W
Mr Derek WALCOTT (D Lit)
Poet,
playwright, writer and visual artist. [2002]
Professor Sir Nicholas WALD (DSc (Med))
Epidemiologist;
Professor of Environmental and Preventative Medicine, Wolfson Institute
of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London. [2005]
Professor James WATSON (DSc)
Molecular
Biologist and zoologist; Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine,
1962.
[2000]
Professor Joseph WEILER (LL D)
Joseph
Straus Professor of Law and European Union Jean Monnet Chair, New York
University Law School. [2000]
Lord WOOLF of Barnes (LL D)
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 2000-05; Chair, UCL Council,
2005-08. [2009]
X
Y
Lord YOUNG of Graffham
(LL D)
Politician and businessman; Chair, UCL Council, 1995-2005.
[2006]
