Honorary graduates 2014/15
Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2014 and 31 July 2015.
Honorary graduations
Mr Gordon Lewis Aikman
MND campaigner and former EUSA Sabbatical Officer
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Eva Barbro Helen Åkesson
Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University
Doctor of Science
Mr Dominic Stephen Barton
Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor Sir David Charles Baulcombe
Regius Professor of Botany and Royal Society Research Professor, the University of Cambridge
Doctor of Science
Professor Howard S Becker
Retired Professor of Sociology and musician
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor Ulrike Beisiegel
President of the University of Göttingen
Doctor of Science
Mr William Dalrymple
Historian, writer and critic
Doctor of Letters
Mr Luke Thomas Dowdney
Founder and Director of Fight for Peace
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Christopher L Eisgruber
President of Princeton University
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Doctor of Science
Professor Lajos Hanzo
Chair of Telecommunications, the University of Southampton
Doctor of Science
Professor Robert Holman
Community worker and anti-poverty campaigner
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Mr Tim Hopkins
Director of Equality Network
Doctor honoris causa
Mr Peter Johan Hustinx
Former European Data Protection Supervisor
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor George Emanuel Lewis
Edwin H Case Professor of American Music, Colombia University
Doctor of Music
Professor Martin Loughlin
Professor of Public Law, London School of Economics
Doctor of Laws
Rt Hon Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Politician, Patron of Project African Wilderness and Ambassador for Action for Children UK
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Stuart Kinnaird Monro
Former Vice-Convener of Court and Scientific Director of Our Dynamic Earth
Doctor of Science
Mr Colin Stuart Montgomerie
Golfer
Doctor honoris causa
Mr David Alan Nicholls
Novelist and screenwriter
Doctor of Letters
Mr Evan Shaw Parker
Contemporary musician
Doctor of Music
Mr Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens
Stained glass artist and designer
Doctor honoris causa
Dame Stella Rimington
Former Director General M15 and author
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Thomas James Simpson
Alfred Capper Pass Chair of Chemistry, the University of Bristol
Doctor of Science
Dame Sarah Storey
Paralympic gold medallist
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Sir John Edward Tooke
Former President, The Academy of Medical Sciences, Vice Provost (Health), Head of Medical School, University College London
Doctor of Science
Professor Bik May Amy Tsui
Pro-Vice Chancellor and Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), the University of Hong Kong
Doctor of Education
Other distinctions
Mr Steve Pateman
University benefactor