As part of its 550th celebrations, the University conferred honorary degrees on Commemoration Day, 21 June, on the following men and women:

Doctor of Laws

H.R.H. OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU II: King of Asante, Ghana

H.R.H. The PRINCE CHARLES Duke of Rothesay

Mr ALEXANDER MOSSON: The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow

Professor PIER UGO CALZOLARI: The Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy

: Dr BERNARD JACK SHAPIRO Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Doctor of Letters

Ms FRANCES ANNE CAIRNCROSS: Management Editor, "The Economist" and Chair, Economic and Social Research Council

Mrs GRACA SIMBINE MACHEL: President of the National Commission for UNESCO, Mozambique

Doctor of Divinity

The Rt. Rev. JOHN DUNLOP MILLER: Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Doctor of Science

Dr MORTIMER DAVID SACKLER: Pharmaceutical Chemist, Philanthropist and Benefactor of the University

Doctor of the University : Sir GEORGE MATHEWSON Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

H.E. ZENON CARDINAL GROCHOLEWSKI Prefect, Congregation for Catholic Education, Seminaries and Institutes of Study, The Vatican

Degree of Doctor of Music Ms SARAH FRANCES BEAMISH Composer

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First published: 22 June 2001