More Honorary Degrees for 2007
May 27th, 2007 by Ajuan Mance
Add to my previous list of this year’s Black honorary degree recipients the follow scholars, artists, and visionaries (the awarding institution is listed to the far right of each name):
- B.B. King — blues icon — Brown University
- Norman Francis — president, Xavier University — Brown University
- Marvalene Hughes — first woman president, Dillard University — Brown University
- Margaret Burroughs — founder, DuSable Museum of African American History — Chicago State University
- Joseph Stroud — president, owner of WJYS-TV — Chicago State University
- Oprah Winfrey — talk show host, philanthropist — Howard University
- Mae Jemison — first African American woman in space — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Leon L. Williams — first African American elected to San Diego City Council — San Diego State University
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities, Harvard — University of Vermont
- Rep. John R. Lewis — congressman, civil rights activist — University of Vermont
- Vel Phillips — Wisconsin political pioneer — Marquette University
- Thomas Jefferson Anderson — Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emeritus, Tufts — Tufts University
- Juanita W. Fleming — pioneering faculty member, UK College of Nursing — University of Kentucky
- John T. Scott — artist — Xavier University
- Kenneth Chenault — Chairman and CEO, American Express — Xavier University
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