Honorary graduates 2022/23
Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023.
Professor James Fraser Stoddart
Professor of Chemistry Northwestern University
Doctor of Science
Professor Justine Cassell
Computer Scientist
Doctor of Science
Dr Kate Ho
Co-founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer, Valla
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Richard Jonathan Parker, CBE
Director of Research and Technology 2001-16, Rolls-Royce Group
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Sergios Theodoridis
Professor of Signal Processing and Machine Learning, University of Athens
Doctor of Science
Professor Claude Thomas Herzberg
Experimental petrologist, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Doctor of Science
Professor Alison Mary Phipps
Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network, The University of Glasgow
Doctor of Letters
Professor Julie Fitzpatrick
Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Dr Niall Thomas Connell
Formerly President of RCVS
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Dr Sheila Margaret Voas
Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
LouLou Foundation
Majid & Lynn Jafar on behalf of LouLou Foundation
University Benefactor
Emeritus Professor Norma Margaret Dawson
Legal Historian & Honorary Professor at The University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Laws
Ms Sinead Burke
Writer, academic and disability activist
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Rebecca Saunders
Musician/Composer
Doctor of Music
Professor Carl Lindahl
Research Professor of English, University of Houston
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Nick Barley
Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival since 2009
Doctor of Letters
Dr Christopher John Sansom
(In Absentia)
Author
Doctor of Divinity
Joyce Blow Darlington MA
(In Memoriam)
University Benefactor
Presented to Baroness Pauline Nevill-Jones