University of Glasgow confers honorary degrees

Published: 13 June 2003

The University of Glasgow will confer honorary degrees on seven distinguished men and women at the annual Commemoration Day ceremony on Wednesday 18 June.

The University will confer honorary degrees on seven distinguished men and women at the annual Commemoration Day ceremony on Wednesday 18 June.

For the Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD)
AUGUSTINE THOMAS O'DONNELL
Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury

For the Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt)
DR SHEENA ELIZABETH McDONALD
Political journalist

For the Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc)
KEENAN SMART
Head of Natural History Unit, National Geographic Television, USA

For the Degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv)

NAJIB AREF BUDEIRI
Founder member and President, Friends of Glasgow University Inc, New York, USA

MAJOR GENERAL LESLIE BUSK
Director-General, British Heart Foundation

The RT HON MICHAEL MARTIN
Speaker of the House of Commons and MP for Glasgow Springburn

SIR LEWIS ROBERTSON
Former chairman of the Carnegie Trust for Universities of Scotland

The Commemoration Day Ceremony will take place in the Bute Hall, University of Glasgow and begins at 11.15am.

Media Relations Office (media@gla.ac.uk)


The Commemoration Day Ceremony will take place in the Bute Hall, University of Glasgow and begins at 11.15am.

Press / cameras will be admitted to the gallery of the Bute Hall ? enter by turret G

There will be informal photo opportunities at the end of the ceremony at approximately 12.30 in the East Quad.

For further details please contact the press office on 0141 330 3535 / 3683

Further press releases will follow

First published: 13 June 2003

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