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Forthcoming Honorary Graduates

Below is a list of recipients of Honorary Degrees, Benefactor and Principal's Medal Awards in 2013.

Honorary/ BenefactorPositionAwardDateTime
Mr James HollowayRetired director of the Scottish National Portrait GalleryHonorary Degree of Doctor honoris causa Friday 28th June 201311am
Ms Eddi ReaderMusician and SingerHonorary Degree of Doctor of MusicFriday 28th June 20133pm
Ms Lynne RamsayBritish Film DirectorHonorary Degree of Doctor honoris causaFriday 28th June 20133pm
Professor Bertil AnderssonPresident, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 201311am
Professor Evelyn EbsworthFormer Vice-Chancellor of Durham University and Crum Brown Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh Honorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 201311am
Dr Simon GageDirector of Edinburgh International Science FestivalHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 201311am
Mrs Ellen J KullmanChair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Honorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 201311am
Professor Sir Harold KrotoFrancis Eppes Professor of Chemistry, Florida State UniversityHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 201311am
Professor Anne GloverChief Scientific Advisor to the European CommissionHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 29th June 20133pm
Professor Thomas Walter Bannerman KibbleSenior Research Fellow and Professor of Theoretical Physics (Emeritus), Imperial College LondonHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceMonday 1 July 201311am
Mr Quentin CooperFreelance Broadcaster, author and conference facilitatorHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceMonday 1 July 20133pm
Dr Bruce DavieChief Engineer at VMwareHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceTuesday 2 July 201311am
Professor Danie VisserProfessor of Private Law and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape TownHonorary Degree of Doctor of LawsWednesday 3 July 20133pm
Professor Laurens Clarus WinkelProfessor of Legal History, Erasmus University of RotterdamHonorary Degree of Doctor of LawsWednesday 3 July 20133pm
Dr Gordon RintoulDirector of National Museums ScotlandHonorary Degree of Doctor honoris causaThursday 4 July 201311am
Revd Professor Carver Tat-Sum YuPresident and Abundant Grace Professor in Dogmatic TheologyDoctor of DivinityFriday 5 July 201311am
Dame Stephanie ShirleyHead of the Shirley Foundation, which donated £1m to the Patrick Wild Centre for Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Intellectual DisabilitiesUniversity BenefactorSaturday 6 July 201311am
Professor Ian Hector FrazerDirector, Diamantina Institute, University of QueenslandHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceSaturday 6 July 201311am
Ms Anne DonovanWriterHonorary Degree of Doctor honoris causaTuesday 26 November 201311am
Dr William ZachsFormer Fellow in School of Literatures, Languages and CulturesHonorary Degree of Doctor of LettersTuesday 26 November 201311am
Professor Robert Fitzroy FosterCarroll Professor of Irish History, University of OxfordHonorary Degree of Doctor of LettersTuesday 26 November 20133pm
Ms Katie PatersonIndependent ArtistHonorary Fellow of the UniversityWednesday 27 November 20133pm
Professor Iain J ClarkeHead of Department of Physiology. Monash UniversityHonorary Degree of Doctor of ScienceFriday 29 November 201311am
Mr Gavin HastingsFormer international rugby playerHonorary Degree of Doctor honoris causaFriday 29 November 20133pm

This article was published on May 8, 2013


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