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Wendy Doniger ’62, the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, will also receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.
Commencement keynote speaker Steven Chu will be among the 10 recipients of honorary degrees from the University this year, according to a program circulated at a dinner last night for the honorees. He will receive an honorary doctor of science degree.
Another honoree is Academy Award winning director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar, who will receive a doctorate of arts degree.
Jazz artist Wynton Marsalis will receive an honorary doctor of music degree. He has won nine Grammy awards and is the only person to receive a Grammy award for classical and jazz performances in the same year. In 1997, he became the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize...
Ronald Dworkin ’53, the Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. He is a 1957 graduate of Harvard Law School.