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Saturday, August 9, 2008

[chottala.com] Mandela awarded Queen's doctorate at his 90th birth day

Mandela awarded Queen's doctorate

Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela has accepted a unique honorary doctorate from Queen's University, Belfast.

The former South African President will formally become the university's Centenary Honorary Graduate at a ceremony tonight.

Mr Mandela, who was in London for his 90th birthday celebration concert in Hyde Park last Friday, is not able to attend the ceremony, but recorded a message to be played at the event.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who led the struggle against apartheid, receives his doctorate for distinction in public service.

In his citation, Queen's Chancellor Senator George Mitchell described Mr Mandela as 'an inspirational figure'.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0701/mandelan.html

 

Besides many prizes and awards Nelson Mandela has received about 41 hororary doctorates from various Universities around the world.

List of Nelson Mandela honorary Doctorate awards:

1979

 1983 
City College of New York Honorary Doctorate of Laws 5 June
 
1985
Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
 
1986
1987
Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
 
1988
Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
 
1989
 
1990
Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
 
1991
Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
 
1992
 
Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
 
1993
 
1994
Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
 
1996
 
Received  honorary doctorate  degree from the Universities of Cambridge (LLD)
Received honorary doctorate  degree  from the university of  Warwick (LLD)
Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
 
1997
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
 
1998
Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia, University of Fort Hare, 23 April
Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
 
1999
Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, Netherlands, 12 March
Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
Awarded honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden, 3 December
 
2000
 
Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
 
2001`
Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
Awarded the Doctorate in  Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
 
2002
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
 
2003
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
 
2005
Mandela to Received Honorary Doctorate From Swedish University for HIV/AIDS Work, at The Body, the complete HIV/AIDS resource.
 
 
2008
Michigan State University LLD honoris causa
Nelson Mandela awarded Honorary Doctorate of Humanity by Limkokwing University. Posted by africanpress on June 27, 2008. Press Release. 19th June, 2008
 
 
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