Honorary degree
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An honorary degree or degree honoris causa is an academic degree, typically a doctorate, conferred without examination to recognise the honoree's achievements and contributions to society. These are n
The honoris causa doctorate received by Jimmy Wales from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands (2015)
Mark Twain in the academic dress of his honorary DLitt Oxon
John Cundill, the first graduate of Durham University, wearing the hood of the honorary DD conferred at the university's jubilee.
Winston Churchill, wearing the robes of his honorary DCL Oxon to receive an honorary LLD from Harvard.
Elena Ceaușescu
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Elena Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician and doctor of chemistry who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Roman
Honorary degree
…LLDs. Alumni and faculty petitions against honorary degrees led to the ban on honorary degrees being reinstated later that year. Controversial use Elena Ceauşescu becoming Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Manila, Philippines, in 1975 Some universities and colleges have been accused of granting honorary…
Portrait of Elena c. 1940–50s
Elena Ceaușescu receiving an honorary doctorate in Manila, 1975
Nicolae Ceaușescu