Mr.Ban was presented with an Honorary Degree and the Citation for the Honorary Degree.Īt the 134th University of Washington Commencement Ceremony, on June 13, 2009, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on U.S. Each was presented with an honorary degree ( Stowell Russell) and the Citation for the Honorary Degree.Īt a special University of Washington convocation, held on October 26, 2009, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. In addition, an historic ceremony was held in 2008 to confer honorary Bachelor of Arts degrees upon 447 Japanese American students who were forced to leave the University during World War II.Īt the 135th University of Washington Commencement Ceremony, on June 12, 2010, the honorary degree of Doctor of Arts was conferred on Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, founding artistic directors of Pacific Northwest Ballet. Since then, fourteen honorary doctorate degrees have been awarded. In 2002, the Faculty Senate passed legislation that specified procedures for resuming the practice of awarding honorary degrees, with the responsibility for recommending them vested in the Faculty Council on University Relations. On November 30, 1921, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree was conferred on French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, who was the supreme commander of the Allied armies during the final year of World War I. In 1894 an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree was conferred upon Frederic James Grant, who was the Editor-in-Chief of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a member of the first Washington State legislature, and an envoy to Bolivia under President Benjamin Harrison.īetween 18, the University awarded only one honorary degree. Welsh for his invaluable assistance in locating photographs of these ministers). In 18 the UW awarded honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees to three local ministers, Rev. The first University of Washington honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws, was conferred in 1885 by the territorial university upon Orange Jacobs, who was the chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington from 1871-1875, a member of the 44th and 45th Congresses (1875-1879), and the mayor of Seattle (1880).
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