Honorary graduates 2015/16
Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016.
Professor Margaret Forbes Alexander CBE
Emeritus Professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Margaret-Ann Armour
Associate Dean of Science & Diversity, University of Alberta
Doctor of Science
Professor Sir Anthony Edward Bottoms
Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Doctor of Laws
Professor Eric McCredie Clive
Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Doctor of Laws
Dr Maria Dlugolecka-Graham
Polish School of Medicine Co-ordinator, University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Science
Professor Peter Mitchell Grant
Emeritus Professor of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Haruhisa Handa
Musician, artist and entrepreneur
Dr honoris causa
Professor Dudley Robert Herschbach
Frank B Baird Professor of Science, Harvard University
Doctor of Science
His Excellency President Michael D Higgins
President of Ireland
Doctor of Laws
Dr Andrew Philip Hodges
Mathematician and author
Doctor of Science
Revd Jesse Jackson
Civil Rights campaigner and politician
Dr honoris causa
Professor John Anderson Kay
Economist and Visiting Professor, LSE
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Mr Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood actor and entrepreneur
Dr honoris causa
Professor Christiaan Richard David van der Kuyl
Chairman, 4J Studios Ltd and Entrepreneurial Scotland
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Piotr Laidler
Prorektor, Jagiellonian University Medical College
Doctor of Science
Mr Magnus Calum MacFarlane-Barrow OBE
Founder and CEO, Mary’s Meals
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Judith Mary Mackay
Senior Policy Advisor, World Health Organization
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Dolina MacLennan
Gaelic singer, actress and storyteller
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Sally Magnusson
Journalist and broadcaster
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Jane Mansbridge
Charles F Adams Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Mr John Renwick McAslan
Architect and Executive Chairman of John McAslan & Partners
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Paul McMaster
UK Chairman, Medicine Sans Frontiers
Doctor of Medicine
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
Reigning Monarch of Monaco and President of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Doctor of Science
Mr Yiu Kai Pang
Chairman of the Council, the University of Hong Kong
Doctor honoris causa
Mr David Edmund Ian Pyott
Former Chairman and CEO, Allergen
Doctor of Medicine
Ms Madeleine Selina Rees OBE
Secretary General, Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom
Doctor of Science in Social Science
Professor James Harris Simons
Chairman, Simons Foundation and Renaissance Technologies; and Research Professor, Stony Brook University
Doctor of Science
Mr Robert-Jan Smits
Director General, Research & Innovation, the European Commission
Doctor honoris causa
Mr Benjamin John Paget Thomson
Chairman, National Galleries of Scotland, and Reform Scotland
Doctor honoris causa
Mr Alan Walker
Honorary Fellow in Physics, the University of Edinburgh
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Jacek Wysocki
Rector, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Doctor of Medicine
Professor Richard Neil Zare
Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Doctor of Science
Other distinctions
Mr John Murray Allan CBE
Chairman, Tesco
University Benefactor
Mr Tom Wright, CBE
Group CEO, Age UK
University Benefactor