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Recipients of honorary degrees John Lawrence Ashbery, “one of the truly original poets of [our] time,” for poems that “keep your exhilarated readers off balance, capturing the spontaneous wonder of living in a world that resists the ability to capture it,” and for “incomparable artistry in expressing the flux of life in a miraculous ‘still performance’”: Doctor of Letters. Mercy Amba Oduyoye, African theologian and “the mother of African women’s theology,” who has “expanded our perspective on the sacred by considering the ways of women in the world and in the church,” and “served locally, nationally, and globally, always urging unity, integrity, and inclusiveness”: Doctor of Divinity. Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom and an authority on the origins of the universe, a “gifted teacher, a prolific author, and a passionate advocate for science” who has “shed light on the way the cosmos works, examining gravitational forces, galaxies, and gamma-ray bursts”: Doctor of Science. Carla Anderson Hills '58LLB, former United States trade representative who “made signal contributions to global prosperity as an architect of both the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement,” for her “leadership in public and international affairs”: Doctor of Laws. Sir Paul McCartney, a musician and composer whose “songs awakened a generation, giving a fresh sound to rock, roll, rhythm, and blues" and who has “played every chord, touched every emotion. Here, there, and everywhere, you have pushed the boundaries of the familiar to create new classics. We admire your musical genius and your generous support of worthy causes”: Doctor of Music. Cesar Pelli, architect and former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, whose “buildings enhance their surroundings and enrich the lives of those who inhabit them. … From the Petronas Towers in Malaysia to the World Financial Center in New York and the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, you make our spirits soar”: Doctor of Fine Arts. Drew Gilpin Faust, historian and president of Harvard, whose “books on the Civil War and the American South have explored intellectual life amidst slavery, Confederate nationalism, Southern womanhood, and the lives of African Americans. … We welcome you, the first woman to serve as Harvard’s president, to the Yale family”: Doctor of Humanities. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, environmental scientist, “a leading voice on climate change” and “a builder of bridges—from scientific evidence to public policy, from developed to developing countries” for authoring one of the first major reports on global warming and leading the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Doctor of Humane Letters. |
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