Honorary Degrees Presented Since 2007 University of Strathclyde
Honorary Degrees Presented since 2007 – University of Strathclyde
2007
University Day – 2 May 2007
Mr Ron Hamilton – DBAEntrepreneur
Ms Elish Angiolini – LLDLord Advocate
Ms Eddi Reader - D UnivSinger/Songwriter
Prof Frans van Vught – D LittFormer Rector Magnificus, University of Twente, Netherlands
Rev Alan McDonald –D LittModerator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Summer 2007
21 June 2007
Mr Alistair Ramsay – D Univ Director, Scotland, Against Drugs
25 June 2007
Mr Colin Smith – DScDirector, Engineering & Technology, Rolls Royce
Mr Frank Walsh – DScExecutive Vice President, Discovery Wyeth Research, USA
29 June 2007
Ms Wendy Alexander – D Univ MP Paisley North Constituency Office
2 July 2007
Prof Asit Biswas – DScPresident, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico
Autumn 2007
31 October 2007
Mr Rolf Kjaer – DScTechnical Director, Color Line Marine, Norway
2 November 2007
Mrs Effie Shaw – D Univ Employment law expert, Citizens Advice Bureau
2008
University Day – 7 May 2008
Mr Andy Arnold – D LittArtistic Director, The Arches Theatre
Mr Fraser Livingston – D Univ Convener, University Court
Dr Harrry Burns – D Univ Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
Mr John Byrne – D LittArtist and Playwright
Summer 2008
26 June 2008
Mr Bruce Malone – D Univ Head Teacher, St Andrew’s Secondary School, Glasgow
30 June 2008
Dr Allan Baxter – DScSenior Vice President, GlaxoSmithKline
2 July 2008
Mr David Sibbald – DScChairman, Sumerian Europe Limited
4 July 2008
Mr Dennis Canavan – LLDParliamentarian
7 July 2008
Mr Andrew O’Hagan – D LittWriter
Rev Dr Tony Sargent – D Univ InternationalChristianCollege
11 July 2008
Dr Karen Vousden – DScDirector, The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Autumn 2008
3 November 2008
Sir Bill Jeffrey – D Univ Permanent Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
5 November 2008
Prof Joseph Fragola – DScVice President, Valador Inc, USA
7 November 2008
Mr Allan Massie – D LittNovelist, Biographer and Critic
2009
University Day – 6 May 2009
Mr Derek Casey – D Univ Bid Director, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Mr Jeff Fergus – D Univ Member of University Court
Ms Frances McMenamin QC – DUniv Member of University Court
Mr William McArthur – DScAstronaut and Manager, Safety & Mission Assurance,
Johnson Space Centre, USA
Prof Andrew Hamnett – D UnivFormer Principal and Vice Chancellor
Summer 2009
29 June 2009
Prof Bill Scott – DScChief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Executive and Scottish
Government
3 July 2009
Dr Lesley Sawers – DBAChief Executive Officer, Scottish Council for Development and
Industry
6 July 2009
Prof Seona Reid – D LittDirector, Glasgow School of Art
8 July 2009
Ms Jenni Wolfson – D Univ Deputy Director, WITNESS, USA
10 July 2009
Mr Alex Dorrian – DScChief Executive Officer, Thales UK
Autumn 2009
2 November 2009
Mr Mark Hunter – DBAChief Executive Officer, Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK)
6 November 2009
Mr Archie Bethel – DScChief Executive, Babcock Marine
2010
University Day – 5 May 2010
Vey Rev David Lunan – D LittFormer Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland
Mr Jim McColl – DBAChairman and Chief Executive, Clyde Blowers
Prof James Gimzewski – DScDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, USA
Summer 2010
5 July 2010
Prof George Salmond – DScProfessor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Cambridge
Dr David Stirling – DScFormer Chief Officer & Executive Vice President, Celgene Corporation, USA
7 July 2010
Mr Alan Gavin – DScMarine Director, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
9 July 2010
Ms Linda McDonald – D UnivFounder of the Charity MUMs (Malawi Underprivleged Mothers)
12 July 2010
Mr Alastair Reid – LLDWriter, Poet and Translator
Rt Hon John McFall – D UnivPrivy Counsellor and former MP for West Dunbarttonshire
15 July 2010
Dr Mohammed Eisa – DScDeputy Director of the Environmental Branch in the United Nations Industrial Development
Autumn 2010
22 September 2010
Sir Charles Kao - DSc
1 November 2010
Mr Frank Blin – DBAExecutive Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Scotland
3 November 2010
Prof Eric Cornell – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 2001, Physicist with National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Prof Roy Glauber – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 2005, Professor of Physics at Harvard University
Prof Steven Chu – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, US Secretary of Energy
2011
January 2011
Professor Charles Townes - DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 1964, Professor of Physics at UC Berkely
University Day – 4 May 2011
Prof Theodor Hansch – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 2005, Director of Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (quantum optics)
Dr Bill Phillips – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, Laser Cooling and Trapping Group
Prof Claude Cohen-Tannoudji – DScJoint Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Départment de Physique deI’ENS
Prof Seamus Heaney – D LittNobel Prize for Literature 1995, Poet, Translator and Essayist
Summer 2011
1 July 2011
Prof Wolfgang Ketterle – DScProfessor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Nobel Prize Winner
6 July 2011
Prof Sir Timothy O’Shea – D UnivPrincipal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh
8 July 2011
Dr Sanjay Jha – DScChairman & Chief Executive Officer, Motorola Mobility Inc
11 July 2011
Prof Ken Walters – DScLeading European Rheologist and Fellow of the Royal Society
13 July 2011
Prof David Croisdale-Appleby – DBA“For sustained and courageous service to humanity”
14 July 2011
Mr John Baxter – DScGroup Head of Engineering, BP International Ltd
Summer 2012
29 June 2012
Sir Tim Hunt –DUnivNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001, Researcher at Cancer Research UK
Friday 6 July
Mr John Neil – DUnivGroup Chief Executive, Unipart Group
Wednesday 11 July
Professor Stanislaw Bielecki – DScRector Magnificus of Lodz University of Technology
Thursday 12 July
Mr Bob Winter – DUnivFormer Lord Provost, Glasgow City Council
Professor Wilson Sibbett – DUnivA leading UK and iinternational laser scientist School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews
November 2012
Monday 12 November 2012
Professor Neil Gershenfeld - D UnivDirector of MIT’s Centre for Bits and Atoms
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Sir Paul Nurse - DScGeneticist and Cell Biologist, President of The Royal Society
Saturday 17 November 2012
Professor Anne Glover - DScChief Scientific Adviser, European Commission
Mr Fran Healy - D UnivSinger/Songwriter
2013
Monday 18 February 2013
Mr Keith Cochrane – DScCEO, The Weir Group
Professor Ignacio Galan – DScChairman and CEO, Iberdrola
Mr Steve Holiday – DScCEO, The National Grid
Professor David MacKay – DScChief Scientific Adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Mr Ian Marchant – DScCEO, Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Sir Ian Wood – DScChairman, John Wood Group plc
Summer 2013
Thursday 27 June 2013
Dr Hermann Hauser CBE – DUnivCo-founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd
Member of the Advisory Board on the Higher Education Innovation Fund, and the UK’s Council for Science and Technology
Dr Mei Ling Young – DScCo-founder and Executive Director of the International Medical University
Friday 28 June 2013
Professor Jackie Kay – DLittScottish Poet and Novelist
Monday 1 July 2013
Mr Choong Heum Park – DUnivChief Technical Officer, Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd
Mr John Giannandrea – DUniv Director of Engineering, Google
Former Chief Technologist, Netscape
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Justice Albie Sachs – LLDFormer Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, author and human rights activist
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Mr Colin Hood – DScFounding Chair of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Former Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of Scottish & Southern Energy plc
Thursday 4 July 2013
Ambassador Karl Inderfurth – DUnivSenior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former US Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations
Mr John Anderson – DUnivFounder and Chief Executive of the Entrepreneurial Exchange
Founding Director of Rock Ventures Ltd
November 2013
Wednesday 13 November 2013
Mr Lindsay Montgomery – LLDChief Executive Officer of the Scottish Legal Aid Board
Ms Romy Langland – D UnivChair of Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS)
Mr James McKillop – D UnivChair of the Scottish Dementia Working Group and founder member of the Glasgow School of Social Work
Thursday 14 November 2013
Professor John Sexton – D UnivPresident of New York University and leading law academic
Friday 15 November 2013
Mr Iain MacRitchie – DBAChairman, CEO and founder of MCR Holdings and the MCR Charitable Foundation
Mr Derek Feeley – DBAExecutive Vice President of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and former Director-General for Health & Social Care in Scotland and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland
2014
Summer 2014
Friday 27 June 2014
Mr Bernard McLaverty – D LittBritish Poet and Novelist
Dame Stephanie Shirley – D UnivBusiness Woman and Philanthropist
Monday 30 June 2014
Mr Stuart Ballantyne – D ScNaval Architect
Dr Bonnie Dunbar – D ScEngineer and Astronaut
Tuesday 1 July 2014
Mr Andy Scott – D UnivSculptor
Dr Hamid Mughal – D ScExecutive Vice-President of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Professor Roald Hoffmann – D ScChemist, Poet and Playwright
Em Professor Donald Pack – D UnivFormer Head of Mathematics Department and Vice Principal
Mrs Linda McTavish – D UnivFormer Principal of Anniesland College
Thursday 3 July 2014
Mrs Louise Martin – D UnivLed the successful bid for Glasgow to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Friday 4 July 2014
Dr Mary McAleese – D UnivFormer President of Ireland
Lord Gus O’Donnell – D UnivFormer Cabinet Secretary
November 2014
Thursday 13 November 2014
Mr David Allen – D ScSenior Vice-President (Respiratory) and Global Chief Chemist, GlaxoSmithKline
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DScDoctor of Science
DBADoctor of Business Administration
D LittDoctor of Letters
LLDDoctor of Laws
D Univ Doctor of the University