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The number of honorary Ph.D. degrees awarded in the U.S. declined in the 20th century, and surveys by the United States Office of Education found none conferred in 1940 or later years. [12] One of the last known recipients of an honorary Ph.D. was singer Bing Crosby, from Gonzaga University in 1937. [12] [13] [14]
This list of honorary degrees lists all honorary degrees, including honorary doctorates. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Music: Glasgow University [3] Milo Aukerman: Member of the band Descendents: PhD: Biology University of California, San Diego [4] Mayim Bialik: Actress PhD Neuroscience [5] University of California, Los Angeles [6] Michael Bishop: Member of the band Gwar: PhD Music [7] University of Virginia: Ian Bostridge: Opera and lieder singer DPhil ...
The talk show star also received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of the Free State in South Africa in 2011 for her services to education in the country. Ben Affleck
Bill Cosby in 1969 American former comedian Bill Cosby has received 72 honorary degrees in recognition of his career in acting and comedy. 62 of these have since been revoked due to his now-overturned conviction on sexual assault charges. These include (listed in order of original awarding of degree): Location Date School Degree Status Rhode Island 1985 Brown University Doctor of Letters (D ...
Worried that he'd never be able to support himself as a writer, Michael Crichton earned his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1969. However, during his final year, the film rights to his ...
Howard University trustees on Friday voted to rescind an honorary degree granted to Sean "Diddy" Combs, citing a recently surfaced video of the hip-hop mogul repeatedly attacking Casandra "Cassie ...
[6] The second point here – that a research doctorate is "not primarily intended as a degree for the practice of a profession" means that not all doctorates containing "an original intellectual contribution in the form of a dissertation or an equivalent culminating project" are regarded as research doctorates by the NSF. The NSF list of ...