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“As a brilliant scholar of the South, and now the first female president of Harvard, Drew Faust has been fearless in standing up for equity and excellence in education, passionate about the search for knowledge and truth, and committed to the cause of creating a free and...
“We love it when we can give an honorary degree to someone we consider one of own,” said Leslie L. Kruhly, the secretary of the University of Pennsylvania. “And even though she is your president, we do consider her one of...
Kruhly said that diversity is a major consideration in creating the honorary degree class, with factors like geographic location, academic field, and gender taken into account during the selection process.
According to Kruhly, anyone at the University of Pennsylvania is able to nominate someone for an honorary degree. A committee of faculty, students and staff reviews these nominations and the honorees are ultimately chosen by a trustee committee.
The honorary degree recipients are scheduled to have a private dinner hosted by Gutmann in their honor May 18, which Faust has said she will attend, according to Kruhly. —Staff writer Jamison A. Hill can be reached at jahill@fas.harvard.edu.