Honorary graduates 2017/18
Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2017 and 31 July 2018.
Title Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Author
Doctor of Letters
Professor Ronald Eaton Asher
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Letters
Mr Brian James Ashley
Former Director of School of Community Studies at Moray House
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Rachel Ann Margaret Barrie
Whisky Maker at BenRiach and Glendronach Distillery Co Ltd
Doctor of Science
Professor Sheila Macdonald Bird, OBE
Former Programme Leader of the MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge
Doctor of Science
Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Honorary Professor, IHES (l'Institut des hautes études scientifiques)
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Robin Antony Duff
Specialist in philosophy of criminal law
Doctor of Laws
The Honourable Dr Kirsty Duncan MP
Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North (Ontario), Canada
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Sylvia Alice Earle
Marine scientist, explorer, conservationist
Doctor of Science
Professor Emeritus John Eric Thomas Eldridge
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Glasgow
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler
Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge
Doctor of Science
Professor Andrea Goldsmith
Professor in Engineering, Stanford University, pioneer in communications signal processing
Doctor of Science
Ms Mairi Crawford Hedderwick
Illustrator and author
Doctor honoris causa
Professor James Hough
Research Professor in Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Doctor of Science
Professor Michael Grant Ignatieff
President and Rector of Central European University, Budapest
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Dr Takahiro Iwasaki
Artist
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Hywel Ceri Jones
Founding father of the Erasmus student mobility programme
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Alan Curtis Kay
President of the Viewpoints Research Institute, USA
Doctor of Science
Mr Jonathan David Kinross
CEO of the Grassmarket Community Project
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Ernst Frideryk Konrad Koerner
Linguistic historian
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor Joyce Lishman
Emeritus Professor in Social Work Education, Robert Gordon University
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Joni Christine Lovenduski
Professor Emeritus in Political Science, Birkbeck College, London
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Mr Angus Donald Mackintosh MacDonald, CBE
Retired chartered accountant
Doctor honoris causa
Mrs Louise Livingstone Martin, CBE
Chair of SportScotland and President of the Commonwealth Games Federation
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Frances Mary Morris
Director of Tate Modern
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Denis Mukwege
Surgeon and humanitarian
Doctor of Medicine
Professor Joseph Jude Norton
Champion of the study of international financial regulation
Doctor of Laws
Professor Dame Linda Partridge
Research scientist in biology and genetics of aging
Doctor of Science
Dr R Byron Pipes
Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Purdue University, USA
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Louise Mary Richardson
Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Joan Wallach Scott
Professor Emerita, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Ms Eleanor Veronica Elizabeth Sharpston, QC
Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
Doctor of Laws
Mr Alan Smith
One of the founders of the Erasmus Programme
Doctor honoris causa
Right Reverend Brian Arthur Smith
Bishop of Edinburgh (2001–2011)
Doctor of Divinity
Dr Robin Thompson
Lawes Senior Fellow, Rothamsted Research (agricultural research centre)
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Alison Joan Tierney, CBE
Retired Professor of Nursing Research, University of Edinburgh
Doctor honoris causa
Dr William Ury
International negotiator and mediator
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Moshe Yaakov Vardi
Professor in Computational Engineering, Rice University, USA
Doctor of Science
Mr John McKenzie Verth
Retired Central Biosciences Services Operations Manager, University of Edinburgh
Honorary Fellowship
Ms Rosamund West
Editor-in-Chief of The Skinny magazine, Radge Media
Doctor honoris causa
Mr Maurice Aiden Wren
Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Council UK
Doctor honoris causa
Madam Liu Yandong
Vice-Premier, People’s Republic of China
Doctor of Letters
Other distinctions
Alexandros Angelopoulos & Samuel Alexander Kellerhals
Medal Winner for Contribution to the Community Award (joint)
Principal’s Medal Winner
Professor Aziz Ul-Haque Sheikh
Medal Winner for Exceptional Service Award
Principal’s Medal Winner
Ms Sonia Wolsey-Cooper
Membership Director, AXA PPP Healthcare and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, AXA UK and Ireland
University Benefactor