University of St Andrews

Professor the Right Honourable Sir David Edward
LLD 2015
In recognition of his major and imaginative contributions to the law and politics of Scotland, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Vicky Featherstone
DLitt 2015
In recognition of her major contribution to British theatre, and her creation of a National Theatre for Scotland.

Professor Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger
DSc 2015
In recognition of her major contribution to mathematics.

Professor Robert O Keohane
DLitt 2015
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to political science and international studies, over nearly 50 years, and in the confident expectation of many more still to come.

Professor Nannerl O Keohane
DLitt 2015
In recognition of her major contribution to scholarship and to leadership in higher education.

Professor Herbert Roesky
DSc 2015
In recognition of his major contributions to chemistry.

Dr Vinton Cerf
DSc 2015
In recognition of his major contribution to the creation and ongoing development of the internet for everyone.

Anselm Kiefer
DLitt 2015
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of the arts.

Sir Nicholas Penny
DLitt 2015
In recognition of his major contribution to the history and custodianship of art.

Alice-Mary Talbot
DLitt 2015
In recognition of her major contributions to Byzantine history and literature.

Sir John Skehel
DSc 2015
In recognition of his truly pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of influenza virus entry into cells.

Professor Robert Webster
DSc 2015
In recognition of his major contribution to the understanding of the origin, ecology and control of the influenza virus.

Professor Jean Lave
DLitt 2015
In recognition of her influential and illustrious work as an anthropologist.

Professor Alexander McCall Smith
DLitt 2015
In recognition of his major contribution to medical science, literature and law.

Revd Canon Professor Sarah Coakley
DD 2014
In recognition of her varied, original and provocative contributions to Christian theology. 

Professor Timothy M Shaw
DLitt 2014
In recognition of his major contribution to African and Development Studies.

Professor Christina Romer
DSc 2014
In recognition of her distinguished scholarship and highly influential academic contribution.

Professor Dana Scott
DSc 2014
In recognition of his seminal contributions to the discipline of computer science.

Professor Peter Higgs
DSc 2014 
In recognition of his extraordinary contribution to physics.

Professor Peter Robert Lamont Brown
DLitt 2014
In recognition of his work and his life as an exemplary historian.

Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivac
DLitt 2014
In recognition of her major contribution to the arts and humanities.

Lyse Doucet 
LLD 2014
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to international journalism.

Professor Silvia Gherardi 
DLitt 2014
In recognition of her major contributions to Sociology and Organisation Studies.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner
DMus 2014
In recognition of his major contribution to the art, scholarship and public appreciation of music.

Professor Dusa McDuff
DSc 2014
In recognition of her major contribution to mathematics and especially her work on symplectic geometry.

Professor Bernard Silverman
DSc 2014
In recognition of his major contribution to statistics.

John Carnochan 
LLD 2014 
In recognition of his major contribution to violence prevention policy, practice and advocacy.

Bunny Christie
DLitt 2014
In recognition of her achievements and her contribution to British theatre.

Professor Anne Carson
DLitt 2014
In recognition of her major contribution to Classics and poetry.

Professor John Wallace
DMus 2014
In recognition of his major contributions to the performance, scholarship and teaching of music.

Professor Christopher Brown
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to British cultural life and to scholarship.

Terry Jones
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to the public understanding of mediaeval history and literature, and to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Professor Richard Schrock
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to chemistry, especially his work on alkene metathesis.

Katharine Grainger
LLD 2013 
In recognition of her outstanding athletic achievements as six times World Champion and medallist at four consecutive Olympics culminating in gold at London 2012.

Professor Mary McAleese
LLD 2013 
In recognition of her major contribution to many fields, including law, academia and politics.

Harry Benson
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of his countless achievements as a photographer.

Sir Jonathan Mills
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to culture, music and the arts.

Dr Ian Johnston
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his outstanding work in neurosurgery and his major contribution to scholarship.

Professor Natalie Zemon Davis
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her major contribution to the study of History.

Professor Lord Ron Oxburgh
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his major contributions not only to science but also to public life and business.

Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to scholarship and to public policy and practice.

Professor Persi Diaconis
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his major contributions to mathematics and statistics, and, above all, for having made and taught the choice for magical mathematics over mathematical magic.

Professor Eon Nigel Harris
LLD 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to medicine and for his imaginative leadership of the University of the West Indies.

Professor Judith Butler
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her contributions to philosophy, psychoanalysis and gay and lesbian studies.

The Rt Revd Lord Williams of Oystermouth
DD 2013 
In recognition of his unquantifiable contribution to the church, to the academy and, indeed, to society at large.

Dr Jane Goodall
DD 2013 
In recognition of her major contributions to science and conservation.

Professor Mary Beard
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her major contributions to the study of classical history and to the public understanding of classics.

Professor Sir Timothy Berners-Lee
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his invention of the World Wide Web.

Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of his services to scholarship, and the public understanding of history.

Sir Timothy Gowers
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his major contributions to mathematics and its exposition.

Professor Dame Gillian Beer
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to scholarship.

Professor C N R Rao
DSc 2013 
In recognition of the greatness of his contribution to the science of solids.

Professor Nancy Cartwright
DLitt 2013 
In recognition of her major contribution to Philosophy of Science.

Professor Sir Michael Rutter
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to child psychiatry and our understanding of the influences that shape who we are.

The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
LLD 2013 
In recognition of four decades of inspirational leadership, for advancing the cause of women and children everywhere, for improving the lives of millions of people, for bringing closer the day when the glass ceiling is finally shattered.

Roger Gifford
LLD 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to banking, the public service of the City and educational and musical charities.

Professor Eric Priest
DSc 2013 
In recognition of his major contribution to solar physics.

Professor Noam Chomsky
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution both to science and to society.

Dame Antonia S Byatt
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of her major contribution to the fields of literature and literary criticism.

Professor Stanley Hoffmann
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to Humanistic learning in many fields.

Professor Dr Michele Parrinello
DSc 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to theoretical and computational chemistry.

Professor Paul Muldoon
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his remarkable contribution to the poetry of the English language.

Professor Elaine Showalter
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of her significant contribution to academic and cultural life and criticism.

Justice Edwin Cameron
LLD 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to the field of international human rights law, advocacy for AIDS awareness as well as the struggle against apartheid.

A L Kennedy
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of her signal contribution to the art of fiction.

Jesse Huntley Ausubel
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to the science and diplomacy of sustainable development.

Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas
DSc 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to physical chemistry and catalysis.

Dr Simon Singh
DSc 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to science communication, education and academic freedom.

Dame Majorie Scardino
LLD 2012 
In recognition of her major contribution to business and to educational publishing.

Professor Myles Burnyeat
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his superb intellectual leadership in the history of philosophy.

Professor Iain D Campbell
DSc 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to science.

Murray Grigor 
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of his major contribution to the art of documentary film making.

Candia McWilliam
DLitt 2012 
In recognition of her major contribution to the art of literature.

Karen Armstrong
DLitt 2011 
In recognition of her major contribution to the field of religious studies and theology.

Sir David Attenborough
DSc 2011 
In recognition of his major contribution as a "story teller", illuminating the natural world to all.

Professor James Best
MD 2011 
In recognition of his major contribution to medicine and in particular to the branch of diabetes and metabolism.

Professor Anthony Cheetham
DSc 2011 
In recognition of his major contribution to materials chemistry.

Kevin Dunion
LLD 2011 
In recognition of his support of the University of St Andrews student community.

Justice Richard Goldstone
LLD 2011 
In recognition of his major contribution to the global rule of law, democracy, and human rights.

Sir Peter Lampl
DSc 2011 
In recognition of his major contribution to education.

Les Murray
DLitt 2011 
In recognition of his remarkable contribution to the poetry of the English language.

Dr Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
DSc 2011 
In recognition of her major contribution to understanding developmental biology.

Sir Steve Redgrave
LLD 2011 
In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of rowing and his charity work.

Alastair Reid
DLitt 2011 
In recognition of his accomplishments in the fields of poetry and literature.

Dame Stephanie Shirley
LLD 2011 
In recognition of her significant contribution to the IT sector, autism support and philanthropy.

Ali Smith
DLitt 2011 
In recognition of her major contribution to the field of writing.

Professor Peter van Ingwagen
DD 2011 
In recognition of his immense contribution to the fields of philosophy, metaphysics and philosophical theology.

Kathryn (Kate) Adie
LLD 2010 
In recognition of her major contribution to British and international journalism.

Doug Allan
DSc 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to natural history through still and video photography. 

Emeritus Professor John W Allen
DSc 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to scientific research and its application.

Emeritus Professor Ian W Campbell
MD 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to the Art and Science of Medicine.

Professor Robert Darnton
LLD 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to scholarship and public affairs.

Professor Eleanor Dodson
DSc 2010
In recognition of her singular contribution to science.

Padraig Harrington
LLD 2010
In recognition of his contributions to sport and to charity.

Professor Kay Redfield Jamison
DLitt 2010
In recognition of her major contribution to scientific, medical and literary writing.

Irene Khan
LLD 2010
In recognition of her major contribution to human rights, global justice and equality.

Richard Long
DLitt 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to the visual arts.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf
DLitt 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to Iranian film-making.

The Baroness Manningham-Buller
LLD 2010
In recognition of her major contribution to international peace and security.

Arnold Palmer
LLD 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to the sport of golf.

Dr Arvo Part
DMus 2010
In recognition of his major contribution to the art of music.

Dame Mary Peters
LLD 2010
In recognition of her major contribution to British sport.

Johann Rupert
LLD 2010
In recognition of his many outstanding contributions to sport and, particularly in his most generous promotion and sponsorship of golf.

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart
DSc 2010
In recognition of his major contributions to Chemistry.

Tom Watson
LLD 2010
In recognition of his exceptional commitment, steadfast contribution and his triumphs within the sport of golf.

Stephen Donaldson
DLitt 2009
In recognition of his exceptional contribution to literature.

Professor Douglas Dunn
DLitt 2009
In recognition of his major contribution to poetry.

Vartan Gregorian
DLitt 2009
In recognition of his major contributions to education, scholarship, academic leadership and public benefaction.

Sir (Christopher) Chris Hoy
DSc 2009
In recognition of his major contribution to the sport of cycling.

Sir Anthony Leggett
DSc 2009
In recognition of his major contribution to theoretical physics and international science.

Margaret Marshall
DMus 2009
In recognition of her major contribution to music.

Professor David Pines
DSc 2009
In recognition of his major contributions to theoretical physics and international science.

Meraia Taufa Vakatale
DLitt 2009
In recognition of her major contribution to the cause of Pacific women.

Jacqui Wood
LLD 2009
In recognition of her major contribution to the administration of justice and to medical charities.

The Rt Rev Dr Nicholas Thomas Wright
DD 2009
In recognition of his career-long commitment to holding the life of the academy and the Church together.

Dr Simon Campbell
DSc 2008
In recognition of his major contribution to the discovery of new medicines, promoting health care in the developing World and promoting the chemical sciences.

Major General George Cowan
MD 2008
In recognition of his contributions to military medicine and medical education.

Professor Angus J Deaton
DLitt 2008
In recognition of his many and major contributions to economics and its application.

Dame Judi Dench
DLitt 2008
In recognition of her contribution to the performing arts, and for her exceptional ability to access and interpret of the extremes of human emotion as portrayed in an enormously diverse variety of great dramatic and screen writing.

Professor René Girard
DLitt 2008
In recognition of his eminent contribution to many disciplines of thought and to human selfunderstanding in the twenty-first century.

Adam Hochschild
DLitt 2008
In recognition of his major contribution to scholarship, journalism and writing.

Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws
LLD 2008
In recognition of her major contribution as a lawyer, and as a campaigner for human rights and civil liberties.

Dr Brian Lang
LLD 2008
In recognition of his contribution to the University of St Andrews.

Henning Mankell
DLitt 2008
In recognition of his major contribution to literature, and to the practical exercise of conscience.

Bridget M McConnell
DLitt 2008
In recognition of her commitment to the arts, culture and sport in Scotland, and her work towards ensuring that the cultural wealth of the nation is available not just to some, but to all of its citizens.

George Monbiot
DSc 2008
In recognition of his major contributions to environmental sustainability and global justice issues.

Professor Sir Kenneth Murray
DSc 2008
In recognition of his major contribution to the biosciences.

Simon Pepper
LLD 2008
In recognition of his outstanding achievements on environment and student issues, both nationally and within the walls of St Andrews.

Renee Powell
LLD 2008
In recognition of her major contributions to golf and to combating inequality.

Barbara Rae
DLitt 2008
In recognition of her major contribution to the visual arts.

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
DSc 2008
In recognition of her major contributions to Science, to Science Communication and her academic leadership.

Sir (John) Jackie Stewart
DSc 2008
In recognition of his outstanding achievements as a champion - of shooting, motor racing and dyslexia.

Professor Sir Nicholas Wright
MD 2008
In recognition of his major contributions to medicine.

Sir Alfred Cuschieri 
DSc 2007
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to minimal access surgery.

Professor Sir Neil Douglas
MD 2007
In recognition of his major contributions to Medicine.

Rev Joel Edwards
DD 2007
In recognition of his major contribution to the public understanding of religion and politics. 

Dr Richard Fortey
DSc 2007 
In recognition of his outstanding career as one of the world's leading palaeontologists.

Professor Lisa Jardine
DLitt 2007
In recognition of her contribution to academic scholarship, to the bridging of the divide of humanities and sciences, and to wider education and culture.

The Very Rev Alan McDonald
DD 2007
In recognition of his major contribution to the national and the parish life of the Church of Scotland.

Jenni Murray
DLitt 2007
In recognition of her major contribution to broadcasting, journalism and writing.

Professor Dame Janet Nelson
DLitt 2007
In recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.

The Rt Hon Baroness Onora O'Neill of Bengarve
Dlitt 2007
In recognition of her major contribution to the theory and practice of moral philosophy. 

Sir John Sunderland
LLD 2007
In recognition of his major contribution to corporate leadership.

Professor Janet Thornton
DSc 2007
In recognition of her major contribution to our understanding of the structure, function and evolution of the molecules of life.

Professor Ian Wilson
DSc 2007
In recognition of his major contribution to Science.