2009/10
The University is proud to recognise the contributions of this varied group of individuals to their fields of expertise.
Sir Tom Hunter
Entrepreneur and philanthropist, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Mr Michael Boyd
Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, for the degree of Doctor of Letters.
Mr Vartan Gregorian
President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Dr Elisabeth Svendsen MBE
Founder of the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Dr Ann Matheson
Retiring Secretary of the General Council, the University of Edinburgh, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Leonard Lindoy
Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry, the University of Sydney, for the degree of Doctor of Science.
Mr John Leighton
Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Lap-Chee Tsui
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor John Cioffi
Hitachi Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Stanford University, and CEO of ASSIA Inc, California, for the degree of Doctor of Science.
Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Former MSP and member of the House of Lords, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Madame Xu Lin
Director-General of the Office of Chinese Language Council International of the People’s Republic of China (Hanban), for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Stephen Byram Furber CBE
ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, the University of Manchester, for the degree of Doctor of Science.
Mr Paul Gudgin
Former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Aubrey Manning OBE
Zoologist, broadcaster and Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh, for the degree of Doctor of Science.
Baroness Vivien Stern CBE
Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Prison Studies, King’s College London, outgoing Chair of the Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice, for the degree of Doctor of Laws.
Professor Gavin Brown
Inaugural Director of the Royal Institution of Australia, for the degree of Doctor of Science.
Professor Andrew Pollard
Professor of Education and Research Fellow of the ESRC’s Teaching and Learning Research Programme, for the degree of Doctor of Education.
Professor Susan Hockfield
President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Dr Irene Zubaida Khan
Secretary General of Amnesty International, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Sir Alan Langlands
Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee and Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Ms Annie Lennox
Musician and human rights campaigner, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Mr Jamie Byng
Owner of Canongate Books, for the degree of Doctor of Letters.
Mr Jim McFarlane
Managing Director Operations, Scottish Enterprise, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud
Philanthropist and Chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Sir Charles Duncan Rice
Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, the University of Aberdeen, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Jeffrey Scott Flier
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Alice Brown
First Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, Former Vice-Principal and Co-Director of the Institute for Governance at the University of Edinburgh, for the degree of Doctor honoris causa.
Professor Peter Eyre
Dean Emeritus of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Virginia Tech, for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.
Benefactor
This award recognises as University benefactors individuals or organisations that have made significant contributions, financial or otherwise, to the University.
Dr Maria Dlugolecka-Graham
Coordinator of the Polish School of Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, for the distinction of University Benefactor.
Staff awards and accolades
See the Annual Review for details of awards and accolades bestowed upon University staff and associates during 2009/2010.
This article was published on Aug 22, 2012