Event class: awarded, university, received, honorary doctorate, honorary degree, degree, doctor, college, honorary

Events with high posterior probability

James Cameron	Cameron did not attend the Engineering Sciences graduation ceremony in July 2004 where the degree was awarded but instead received it in person at the National Oceanography Centre.
Burhan Felek	On May 8, 1980, he received an honorary Doctor degree from Istanbul University.
Robert B. Wilson	In 1995, he was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Chicago.
Norman Rowntree	By 1974 he had become a Professor and, on 2 December that year, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by City University London.
Gurdas Maan	Gurdas Maan received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Wolverhampton on 7 September 2010.
Georges Charpak	In March, 2001 Charpak received Honorary degree Ph. D from University of the Andes, Colombia in Bogotá.
Raymond Unwin	He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Harvard University in 1937.
Craig Barrett (chief executive)	On June 3, 2008, he received the title of Doctor of the Novosibirsk University during a ceremony in Akademgorodok, for the cooperation between Intel and the university.
George Waterston	1974 - Dundee University conferred a degree of LLD for his outstanding contribution.
Tavis Smiley	In May 2009, Smiley was awarded an honorary doctorate at Langston University after giving the commencement address there.
Thomas Brzustowski	In 2000, he was granted an honorary D. Sc.
John Bright	He was given an honorary degree of the University of Oxford in 1886.
Marcus Daly (politics)	In 1962, Daly was awarded honorary degrees from Monmouth College and St. Peter's College as a Doctor of Letters and a Doctor of Laws, respectively.
Dryden Spring	Spring was awarded a Doctor of Science (Honoris Casua) by Massey University in 2000.
Robert Hotung	In 1936, she received her PhD from the University of London.
Buck O'Neil	On May 13, 2006, he received an honorary doctorate in education from Missouri Western State University where he also gave the commencement speech.
Rogerio Hyndman Lobo	He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa from the University of Hong Kong in 1982.
Yahoo Serious	Yahoo Serious received an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle in 1996.
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah	In September 2001 Southern Connecticut State University in the United States awarded him with an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, in recognition of his effort to bring peace to his country.
Jack Cater	In 1995, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) by the University of Bath.
Paul Baran	He received an honorary doctorate when he gave the commencement speech at Drexel in 1997.
Steven Curtis Chapman	On May 7, 2011 Chapman received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Anderson University and was the commencement speaker for the Class of 2011.
Eavan Boland	In 2004 she also received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin.
Kenneth W. Mack	In 2010, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service by Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Andy Goldsworthy	In 1993, he received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford.
F.A. Venter	In 1981 the University of Port Elizabeth awarded him the honorary degree D. Litt in recognition for his writings.
Emerson Woelffer	In 1991 he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
William J. Mitsch	In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctor's degree by the University of Tartu.
Robert Ouko (politician)	Despite being known as Dr. Ouko, he held only an honorary degree received in 1971 from the Pacific Lutheran University in Seattle.
Lalu Prasad Yadav	He turned down Patna University's Honorary Doctorate in 2004.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	He was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from Harvard in 1859.
William Mulock	The University awarded Mulock an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1894.
William Hickson Barton	Carleton University awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, to William Barton in its 132nd Convocation Ceremony on June 11, 2008.
Roy Gardner (businessman)	In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Thames Valley University.
Lennart Meri	In 1986, Lennart Meri was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Helsinki University.
Clarence Syvertson	In addition, the Regents of the University of Minnesota voted in 2003 to grant Syvertson the University's highest award, the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.
Roland Benz	In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Barcelona.
Nan Shepherd	The university awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1964.
?mile Mayrisch	In 1926, he was honoured by his alma mater, the RWTH in Aachen, and received an honorary doctorate.
Sabato Morais	In 1887 the University of Pennsylvania conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of laws, he being the first Jew so honored by that institution.
Tanni Grey-Thompson	Grey-Thompson received a Lifetime Achievement Award and another Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London in May 2011, at the university's annual Sports Award evening held at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium.
Vance George	Vance George graduated from Goshen College and Indiana University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997 by Kent State University.
Jonathan Alter	In 2009, Alter was the commencement speaker at Western Connecticut State University, which awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Allen H. Turnage	In May 1946, his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
Keith Mason (judge)	The University of Sydney awarded him an honorary doctorate of laws in 2005.
Dennis Mortimer	Mortimer received an honorary doctorate from the University of Worcester in 2011 for'' his outstanding contribution to football''.
Pranab Mukherjee	He was also awarded an honorary D. Litt by the Assam University and Visvesvaraya Technological University in March 2012.
Samson Raphaelson	In 1976 Columbia awarded him an honorary degree.
Chris Gent	In 2006 he was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath.
Andrew Tink	In February 2013, Tink was recognised for his significant contributions to the cultural and political life of New South Wales with a Doctor of Letters'' honoris causa'' from Macquarie University.
Charles M. Egan	Egan was recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Saint Peter's College in 1935.
Maryam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi	Roumi holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Middlesex Dubai which was given in December 2009.
Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat	He was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Bath (Doctor of Laws) in 1998.
Anthony F. Upton	He received the Hon. D. from the University of Helsinki on 2 June 2000.
Thomas Brzustowski	In 2006, Brzustowski was granted an honorary degree by the University of Northern British Columbia.
Joseph Gouge Greenwood	In 1873 the university of Cambridge conferred on Greenwood the honorary degree of LL.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg	He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1942 from Muhlenberg College of Allentown.
Ravi Shankar	In 2010, Shankar received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Athene Donald	Donald received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of East Anglia in July 2012.
Hugh R. Wilson	Yale awarded Wilson an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1939.
John Ireland Falconer	Later in 1946 Falconer was conferred an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of Edinburgh.
Charles Duke	He also received an honorary doctorate of humanities from Francis Marion University in 1990.
Sayyid Syeed	In recognition of his contribution to inter-religious understanding and harmony, Syeed was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by the Graduate Theological Foundation, Donaldson, Indiana on May 4, 2001.
Victoria Rowell	In May 2006, Rowell was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Southern Maine in recognition of her work for the benefit of foster children.
J. D. Grey	He was a trustee of Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, which in 1952 awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Val O'Donovan	In 1995 the University of Waterloo awarded him the degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa).
David Harris (advocate)	In 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hebrew Union College.
Kim Cattrall	In 2010, Cattrall was named an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University in recognition of her contributions to the dramatic arts.
Peter Hollingworth	On 21 May 2001 Hollingworth was awarded the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by George Carey, the then Archbishop of Canterbury.
Vicente T. Ximenes	In 2008, Ximenes was the Honorary Degree Recipient of'' Doctor of Humane Letters'' from University of New Mexico.
Alberto Morrocco	In addition to the degree from Dundee University, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Stirling University in 1987.
George Livermore	Harvard College awarded Livermore an honorary degree of master of arts in 1850.
Jesse Duplantis	In recognition of his'' many years of effectively sharing God's message of salvation through Jesus Christ to the world,'' Jesse Duplantis was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Oral Roberts University in 1999.
Harry D. Belock	Belock received a Doctorate in Science degree from the Pratt Institute in 1967 where he was also Alumnus of the Year.
Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla	In 1929, Dhalla journeyed again to New York to attend Columbia University's 175th anniversary celebrations, and at which he received an honorary Doctor of Letters (Litt.
Herbert A. Simon	Simon received an honorary Doctor of Political science degree from University of Pavia in 1988 Simon received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.
James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane	In 1994, Gordon was made a Fellow of The Radio Academy, and has received the Lord Provost's Award for Public Service in Glasgow as well as the honorary degree Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by the Glasgow Caledonian University.
Lawrence Hill	He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (2010 -- 11).
Frederick Stewart (colonial administrator)	In 1879 his alma mater, the University of Aberdeen, awarded him the honorary degree of LL.
Keith Vincent Garner	com, in the Union of Myanmar, who bestowed upon him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity on 8 March 2008.
Joseph Stevenson	In 1892 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of St. Andrews.
Phill Jupitus	Phill was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex in South Essex College's congregation ceremony in Southend on 30 September 2010 in recognition of his achievements.
Kate Adie	She has honorary degrees from many universities, including York St. John University and a Honorary MA from the University of Bath (1987).
Dikembe Mutombo	He also received an honorary doctorate degree from Haverford College in May 2011.
Steve Pence	He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Eastern Kentucky University in 2004.
Murray Raney	He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1951.
Carl Tanner	Tanner received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from his alma mater, Shenandoah University in 2009.
Nicky Gumbel	In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gloucestershire (whose Chancellor is a former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey) as recognition of his broad contribution to the wider church via Alpha.
Temima Gezari	In 1995, Gezari was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York.
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon	He was awarded the honorary degree of DCL by Oxford University in 1870.
Alan Titchmarsh	In 2007 he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Winchester.
Lee Kong Chian	He was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Malaya in 1958.
Monty Jones	He was also awarded an honorary degree in doctor of Science (DSc) by his alma mater, Birmingham University, in July 2005.
Kay Arthur	Kay received a Doctor of Humane Letters from Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2007.
Antonio Tabucchi	In 2007, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
Anthony Thiselton	On 25 June 2002, he was presented with a Lambeth Degree of Doctorate of Divinity by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey.
Charles A. Graves	In 1911, Washington and Lee conferred on Graves an honorary doctor of laws degree.
John P. McConnell	He also received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in June 1966.
Alfred Merle Norman	In 1883 he received an honorary DCL from the University of Durham.
Mary Bellamy	In recognition of that service, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Wyoming in 1952.