"With the awarding of an honorary degree, the College recognizes distinguished achievement. It may be personal achievement in contributing to social progress or the advancement of knowledge or culture; or public achievement in the service of government, business, an institution, or the community. In general, the candidate's contributions should reflect the principles and objectives for which the College stands. And in general, the candidate should bring honor to the College, and the College should bring honor to the candidate."
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Honorary Degrees
After Nick Arnosti and I were elected to the Honorary Degrees Committee, I didn't realize how quickly I would be thinking about commencement, which was at that point over two years away. I can't comment publicly about the process, and I don't need any names from non-juniors, but I wanted to share this quote. It's why I sometimes like reading old memos:
Got a link or citation for the quote? How about other on-line materials about the process?
ReplyDeleteIt's from an e-mail I got about this subject in preparation for the all-class e-mail I sent out soliciting ideas and such. No citation or other online materials; the idea was to keep it within the junior class.
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