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Honorary Degrees 2022/23
This page lists the recipients of Honorary degrees and awards made by the University:
Honorary DCL
Honorary DD
Honorary DLitt
Honorary DMus
Honorary DSc
Honorary DDSc
Honorary MA
Honorary MDS
Honorary MEd
Honorary MMus
Honorary MSc
Honorary Diploma in Crime Scene Examination
Chancellor's Medal
Honorary Award - Dunelmensis Award
Honorary DCL
2007 - Adams, Richard John
2008 - Al-Misnad, Sheikha Abdulla
2007 - Alagiah, George
2013 - Amos, Valerie Ann
1996 - Arata, Toshio
2007 - Ariyaratne, Vinya Shanthidas
1987 - Atkinson, Frank
2022 - Barton, Mike
2022 - Black, Jill
2005 - Bridge, John
2013 - Brindley, Dame Lynne
1992 - Brittan, The Right Hon Sir Leon
2004 - Bryson, Bill
2016 - Burgess, Robert
2010 - Croisdale-Appleby, David
1996 - Danby, Susan
2009 - Dannatt, General Sir Francis Richard
1992 - Davico, Léon
1993 - de la Billière, Sir Peter (Edgar de la Cour)
1992 - Dearing of Kingston upon Hull, Lord
1995 - Eccles of Moulton, The Lady
1951 - Edinburgh, His Royal Highness The Duke of
2009 - Edwards, Jonathan David
1990 - El-Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, His Royal Highness Crown Prince
1998 - Evans, Harold Matthew
2006 - Foster of Bishop Auckland, Lord
2002 - Foster of Thames Bank, Lord
1997 - Fujii, Hiroaki
1994 - Fujimoto, Shiro
1993 - Genscher, Hans-Dietrich
2019 - Gillespie, Robert
1995 - Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
2006 - Greenwood, William John Heaton
1957 - Hall, Alexander Hislop
1995 - Hall, Sir John
2000 - Hall, Stuart McPhail
2000 - Handy, Charles Brian
2009 - Hann, Judith
1961 - Hare, Arthur
2013 - Hassan, Hussein Hamed Sayed
2001 - Hayward, John Charles Frederick
2006 - Heesom, Alan John
1995 - Higgins, Rosalyn
2005 - Holtam, Nicholas Roderick
2019 - Hughes, Anthony
2011 - Hussain, Amjad Mazhar
2013 - Jahjaga, Atifete
1997 - Jarab, Josef (jointly with the University of Teesside)
1998 - Kang, Jin Ku
2019 - Kelly, Chris
1961 - Kent, His Royal Highness The Duke of
2014 - Laithwaite, Barbara
2014 - Laithwaite, Tony
1995 - Lalumière, Catherine
2013 - Lampl, Sir Peter
2001 - Lester, Anthony Paul, Lord Lester of Herne Hill
2015 - Logan, Gabrielle Nicole
1985 - McClelland, William Grigor
2018 - McFarlane, Lord Andrew
2003 - Mimpriss, Peter
2009 - Monk, Richard
2002 - Ogden, Sir Peter (James)
2007 - Pillay, Navanethem
2001 - Pinsent, Sir Matthew (Clive)
1985 - Ramphal, Sir Shridath (Surendranath)
1996 - Redgrave, Sir Steven
2006 - Rittner, Luke Philip Hardwick
2021 - Rose, Alison
2021 - Russell, Alderman William Anthony Bowater
1997 - Russell, Sir George
2013 - Schomburg, Wolfgang
2001 - Sedley, The Rt Hon Sir Stephen (John)
1994 - Seitz, Raymond George Hardenbergh
2002 - Sen, Amartya Kumar
2007 - Senaratne, Ranjith
2022 - Senior, Robert
2015 - Shaw, Peter Alan
2018 - Shepherd, Wendy
1989 - Slynn, The Hon Sir Gordon
2003 - Smit, Timothy Bartiel
1996 - Sterling of Plaistow, Lord
1999 - Stewart, Ian Macfarlane
2005 - Stiglitz, Joseph
2011 - Strauss, Andrew John
1995 - Theis, Adolf
1963 - Thompson, William
2022 - Thornton, Sara
1996 - Tu, The Hon Mrs Elsie
1988 - Vernon, David Harvey
2012 - Vine, Jeremy Guy
1992 - Waite, Terence Hardy
1998 - Wales, His Royal Highness The Prince of
2022 - Waller, Mark
2005 - Wanless, Sir Derek
2012 - Wilson, Charles
Honorary DD
2002 - Arnold, John Robert
1998 - Brümmer, Vincent
1993 - Carey, The Most Rev and Right Hon George Leonard
2009 - Dudley-Smith, Timothy
2013 - Duffy, Eamon
1975 - Habgood, The Most Rev and Right Hon John Stapylton
1967 - Käsemann, Ernst
2006 - Kasper, Cardinal Walter
2011 - Lash, Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne
1994 - Paul, The Rev Toomas
1999 - Polkinghorne, The Rev Canon John Charlton
2019 - Sentamu, The Most Rev and Right Hon John
2003 - Turnbull, The Rt Rev Michael
1990 - Vermes, Geza
2015 - Welby, Justin
2008 - Williams, The Most Rev and Right Hon Rowan Douglas
2007 - Wright, Nicholas Thomas
Honorary DLitt
2010 - Amin, Hamidullah
2012 - Barker, Joanna
1998 - Barker, Pat (jointly with the University of Teesside)
2012 - Baxter, Biddy
2013 - Beynon, Huw
1971 - Blondel, Jacques
2012 - Bokova, Irina Georgieva
1991 - Byatt, Dame Antonia (Susan)
1996 - Caro, Sir Anthony
2018 - Childs, David
2019 - Collins, Sir Kevan
2009 - Constantine, David
1984 - Dover, Sir Kenneth (James)
2010 - Eagleton, Terry
2016 - Garlick, George
2022 - Goodison, Lorna
2022 - Hall, Edith
1997 - Hardy, (Timothy Sydney) Robert
2016 - Hollins, Sheila
2012 - Inshaw, David
1992 - Jackson, Glenda May
1998 - James, P D (Baroness James of Holland Park)
1996 - Kitaj, R B
2008 - Lawson, Fenwick Justin John
2008 - Lendrum, Christopher John
1987 - Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel Bernard
1990 - Lessing, Doris May
2023 - Malcolm, Claire
1995 - Midgley, Mary
1999 - Miller, Jonathan Wolfe
2018 - Morrill, John
2017 - Motion, Sir Andrew
2012 - Pullman, Philip
1986 - Quirk, Sir (Charles) Randolph
1995 - Reynolds, Barbara
2022 - Riley, Charlotte
2018 - Ruffer, Jonathan
2014 - Sharratt, Michael
1983 - Shirley, John William
1969 - Southern, Sir Richard (William)
2008 - Sproxton, David
1995 - Steiner, George
2005 - Stevenson, Anne
2009 - Stewart, Lady Mary Florence Elinor
2022 - Tennant, Neil
2022 - Timms, Henry
2005 - Wells, Stanley William
1988 - Wiseman, Timothy Peter
2011 - Wrightston, Keith Edwin
Honorary DMus
1988 - Allen, Sir Thomas
1991 - Armstrong, Sheila Ann
2006 - Barber, Donald Christopher
2019 - Boden, Jon
2005 - Carter, Peter
1994 - Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell
1998 - Glennie, Evelyn Elizabeth Ann
1982 - Hye-Ku, Lee
2013 - Johnson, Graham Rhodes
1991 - Joubert, John Herman Pierre
2014 - Lancelot, James Bennett
1995 - LeFanu, Nicola
1983 - Lutoslawski, Witold
2007 - MacMillan, James Loy
2007 - Manning, Jane Marian
2007 - Payne, Anthony Edward
2003 - Pärt, Arvo
1980 - Rosen, Charles
2012 - Rutter, John Milford
1982 - Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri
2013 - Weir, Dame Gillian Constance
Honorary DSc
1984 - Allen, Sir Geoffrey
1998 - Anderson, Robert Geoffrey William
2007 - Arbuthnott, Sir John (Peebles)
1976 - Atiyah, Sir Michael (Francis)
1982 - Attenborough, Sir David (Frederick)
2008 - Barrow, John
2015 - Bawa, Ahmed Cassim
2007 - Bell Burnell, Dame Jocelyn
1986 - Blashford-Snell, John Nicholas
1981 - Blume, Helmut
2022 - Bosanquet, Maggie
2007 - Broers, Lord Alec
1963 - Bucher, Walter Hermann
2014 - Buikstra, Jane Ellen
1996 - Burns, Sir Terence
1992 - Cadogan, Sir John (Ivan George)
2008 - Calman, Sir Kenneth (Charles)
2012 - Cheshire, Brent
2008 - Church, Michael Anthony
2000 - Cowey, Alan
1995 - Cramp, Dame Rosemary Jean
2022 - Croft, Simon
2018 - Das, Veena
2005 - Dawkins, Richard
2016 - Doré, Anthony George
2002 - Ellis, Richard Salisbury
1963 - Ewing, William Maurice
2007 - Fothergill, Alastair
1998 - Freeman, Raymond
2019 - Garman, Elspeth
1955 - Gebbie, John Ramsay
2005 - Goodfellow, Julia
2007 - Greenwood, Philippa Gwyneth
1989 - Haggett, Peter
2006 - Harrison, Geoffrey Ainsworth
1996 - Harrison, Sir Terence
1996 - Hawley, Robert
1974 - Heilbronner, Edgar
1991 - Higginson, Sir Gordon (Robert)
2013 - Higgs, Peter Ware
2000 - Hoffmann, Roald
1991 - Holdgate, Sir Martin (Wyatt)
2019 - Hunt, Neil
2016 - Hunter, Carl Stephen Patrick
2002 - Irvine, Sir Donald
1989 - Joachain, Charles Jean
2002 - Kouchner, Bernard
1963 - Kräusel, Richard
1999 - Laming of Tewin, Lord
1996 - Lewis, Jack, Baron Lewis of Newnham
2011 - Liao, Donald Poon-huai
2013 - Lucas, Adetokunbo Oluwole
1997 - Malpas, Robert
1970 - Mason, Sir (Basil) John
2003 - Nurse, Sir Paul
1998 - Ogilvie, Dame Bridget Margaret
1988 - Olah, George Andrew
2009 - Ormerod, Paul
2014 - Oyawoye, Mosobalaje Olaloye
2005 - Pattison, Sir John
2013 - Phillips, David
1999 - Rees, Sir Martin
2001 - Rhind, David William
1995 - Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor
1983 - Rosenfeld, Arthur Hinton
1974 - Rossi, Bruno
2000 - Serre, Jean-Pierre
1972 - Siegbahn, Kai Manne Börje
2019 - Simmons, Michelle
1951 - Simpson, George Gaylord
1968 - Skempton, Alec Westley
2006 - Sternberg, Robert
1993 - Stone, Francis Gordon Albert
2000 - Stoppard, Miriam
2007 - Strathern, Dame Marilyn
2010 - Swan, Robert Charles
2022 - Sykes, Benj
2017 - Taylor, John C
2018 - Terrill, Chris
2007 - Tomlinson, Michael John
2019 - Vest, Barbara
2002 - Walton of Detchant, Lord
2007 - White, Simon
2008 - Wright, Sir Nicholas
1979 - Yang, Chen Ning
1990 - Zeeman, Sir (Erik) Christopher
Honorary MA
2008 - Anson, Dorothy Ann
1955 - Atkinson, John
2019 - Bacon, Gordon
1985 - Christie, Cyril
1999 - Connolly, Cynthia Ann
1961 - Crawley, James
1960 - Donkin, Winifred Cotterill
1981 - Eschbach, Franz
1994 - Guy, Hilda
1995 - Halpin, Joseph
1977 - Henderson, Robert
1957 - Hope, James Kenneth
1959 - Medsforth, Samuel
1985 - Ogden, David Edgar Foster
1955 - Patterson, Edwin Frederick
1992 - Robson, Councillor J Donald
2004 - Rolling, Malcolm G
1987 - Tait, Ruth Mary
1971 - Watson, Ronald
2013 - West, Kenneth
1962 - Withers, Monica Mary
1997 - Wood, Edward Ralph
2014 - Young, Robert
Honorary MEd
1958 - Archbold, John
1954 - Bäckström, David Johannes
1951 - Bertie, Sophie Christie
2011 - Carr, Carol Ann
1968 - Hocking, Charles
1963 - Hoyos, Fabriciano Alexander
1967 - Whitfield, Oliver
Honorary MSc
1961 - Barrett, Stanley George
2017 - Catty, Rob
1995 - Cooper, Angela (jointly with the University of Teesside)
1978 - Dunn, Thomas Cecil
2012 - Fildes, Gary
2004 - Harris, G W (Bill)
1949 - Hill, Barton Parkinson
1952 - Houstoun, Robert Henry Follett
2008 - Hudspeth, Derek
1992 - Hutchinson, John Fenwick
1998 - Jobling, Dennis
2009 - Lancaster, Rev Ronald
2019 - Lazslo, Damon de
1976 - Spencer, Robert
1952 - Temperley, George William
1999 - Warner, Audrey
Honorary Diploma in Crime Scene Examination
2006 - Ablett, Peter
2001 - Blakey, David
2000 - Marchant, Eddie
Chancellor's Medal
2013 - Bott, Martin
2016 - Chambers, Richard
2011 - Cramp, Rosemary Jean
2010 - Doyle, A Ian
2014 - Emeleus, Henry
2010 - Etchells, Ruth
2018 - Harvey, Margaret
2018 - Howard, Judith
2014 - Knight, David M
2019 - Layton, Robert
2015 - Martin, Alan Douglas
2013 - Moss, Ann
2012 - Prestwich, Michael
2015 - Rhodes, Peter J
2016 - Simmons, Ian
2017 - Thomas, David
2018 - Unsworth, Anthony
2017 - Watson, John Richard
Honorary Award - Dunelmensis Award
2022 - Banks, Robert
2010 - Barker, Graham
2020 - Barker, Joanna
2012 - Dyson, Henry
2019 - Ellison-Taylor, Ian
2013 - Gregory, Steve
2016 - Groves, Lilian
2018 - Hillery, Mark
2021 - Hunter, Carl Stephen Patrick
2010 - Klein, Robert Dale
2021 - Kumar, Smiti
2020 - Misra, Rashmi
2018 - Ogden, Peter
2021 - Roberts, Richard
2019 - Robertson, Chuck
2016 - Salaun, Patrick
2022 - Shearer, Michael
2016 - Wang, Ocean
2021 - Wilson, Charles
2022 - Yan, Ziqing