University Honorary Degree and Medal Archive
The University has a tradition of selecting game-changing individuals for honorary degrees and university medals. This stretches all the way back to 1966 when Queen Elizabeth II awarded º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ its Royal Charter. We list our honorands below from 1966 through to the early 2000s, in accessible format, based on an archive of no longer extant web pages.
Honorary Graduates and University Medallists 2007 to 2000
2007
- Professor Surenda Prasad Hon DTech
- Peter Davenport Hon DUniv
- Professor Paul Ching-Wu Chu Hon DSc
- Mike Turner Hon DSc
- Professor Dr Zhan Tao Hon DSc
- The Right Honourable Tony Benn Hon DTech
- Trevor Phillips Hon DUniv
- Sue Townsend Hon DLitt
- Sir Keith Mills Hon DTech
- Chris Rawlinson Hon DUniv
- Dame Kelly Holmes Hon DUniv
- Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham Hon DUniv
- Professor Ken Friedman Hon DSc
- Quentin Blake Hon DLitt
- Doug Taylor Hon DTech
- Jayant Mistry Hon DUniv
- Rob Armstrong Hon DTech
- Dr Roy Frost University Medal
- Cllr Peter Lewis University Medal
2006
- Sudarshan Maini Hon DTech
- Professor Alan H Wickens Hon DTech
- Professor Trevor Kletz Hon DTech
- Sir David Wallace Hon DSc
- Professor Harry R Allcock Hon DSc
- David Mellor Hon DTech
- Professor Adrian Smith, FRS Hon DSc
- Jeremy Newton Hon DUniv
- Margaret Tomlinson Hon DUniv
- Ade Adepitan Hon DUniv
- Hugh Morris Hon DUniv
- Rod Thorpe Hon DUniv
- Nigel Irens Hon DTech
- Dr Alex Moulton CBE, RDI, FREng Hon DTech
- Iris Lightfoote Hon DUniv
- Professor Lily Kong Hon DSc
- Lim Swee Say Hon DTech
- Dapeng LOU Hon DTech
- Dr Peter Davies CBE Hon DTech
- Sir Keith O'Nions Hon DSc
- Steve Bell Hon DLitt
- Julie Bradshaw MBE Hon DUniv
- Jennifer Sherwood LU Medal
- Dave Gibbs LU Medal
- Val Onsworth LU Medal
- Bob Perridge LU Medal
2005
- Paul McCreesh Hon DLitt
- Professor Duncan Dowson Hon DSc
- James Blood Hon DUniv
- William Moss Hon DUniv
- Dame Deirdre Hutton Hon DSc
- Professor Sir Peter Hall Hon DSc
- Donald Wix Hon DLitt
- Rod Marsh Hon DTech
- Professor Herschel Prins Hon DSc
- Shami Chakrabarti Hon DLitt
- Mr Li Ning Hon D
- Professor Lu Yongxiang Hon DSc
- Professor Shih Choon Fong Hon DSc
- Tan Eng Yoon Hon D
- Charles W Hull Hon DTech
- Peter Harrison Hon DTech
- Viv Green LU Medal
- Jo Pearson LU Medal
- Diane Holmes LU Medal
2004
- Ernest O (Max) Maxwell Hon DUni
- Professor Harry Thomason Hon DSc
- Professor Alexei Abrikosov Hon DSc
- Sir Michael Latham Hon DTech
- Dr John Dixon Hon DSc
- John Atkinson Hon DTech
- Professor Helen Wallace Hon DLitt
- Derek Mapp Hon DTech
- Heather Crate Hon DUni
- Sir Clive Woodward OBE Hon DTech
- Sir John Gains Hon DTech
- Professor Jim Miller Hon DSc
- Polly Toynbee Hon DLitt
- Professor Zhiming Ma
- Trevor Downham LU Medal
- Dr Les Mustoe LU Medal
- David Bunker LU Medal
- Jenny Wenham LU Medal
2003
- Professor Ray Wetton Hon DTech
- Barbara Stocking CBE Hon DSc
- Frank W Dick OBE Hon DTech
- Lord Wolfson of Marylebone D.Litt
- Alastair Biggart D.Tech
- Dr Simon Singh D.Litt
- Frances Cairncross D.Litt
- Professor Khursid Ahmad D.Litt
- Dario Gradi D.Tech
- Professor Bengt Saltin D.Sc
- Cyril Woodruff D.Litt
- Michael T Jones MA
- Lynn Chadwick D.Litt
- Lord Dormond of Easington D.Litt
- Dr Tan Sri Dutak Ahmad Zaharudin Bin Idrus D.Sc
- Lau Teng Chuan D.Tech
- Professor Leo Tan Wee-Hin D.Sc
- Martin Tailby LU Medal
- Karen Alexander LU Medal
2002
- Sir Anthony Bamford D.Tech
- Professor Sir Gordon Higginson D.Sc
- H E Dr Mohammed J K Alghatam D.Sc
- Julien E L Harvatt D.Litt
- Professor Clive W Granger D.Sc
- Bridget Towle D.Litt
- Robert Dickins D.Litt
- Sir Nicholas Scheele D.Tech
- Steven Backley D.Tech
- Nikos Filaretos D.Litt
- Professor Jeremy Morris D.Sc
- Miss Paula Radcliffe D.Tech
- Professor Chen Jia'er
- David Ayres LU Medal
- Trevor Jones LU Medal
- John Pearce LU Medal
2001
- Professor John E Midwinter D.Sc
- Robin Saxby D.Tech
- Roger H Boissier D.Tech
- Professor Roger M Needham D.Sc
- Dr Adam Hart-Davis D.Tech
- Sir Steven Redgrave D.Tech
- Lady Ann Redgrave D.Sc
- Dr Tom Karen D.Tech
- Kevin Connell D.Litt
- Tanni Grey-Thompson D.Tech
- Jim White LU Medal
- Pam Cooke LU Medal
- John Jesson LU Medal
2000
- Nihal Jinasena D.Tech
- Dr Keith H Taylor D.Sc
- Professor Frederick D Hales D.Sc
- Professor Richard J Brook D.Sc
- Dr Martin Read D.Tech
- Peter Jones M.A.
- John L Beckwith D.Litt
- Dr Elizabeth France D.Litt
- Sir John Bond D.Litt
Honorary Graduates and University Medallists 1999 to 1990
1999
- Ian G McAllister D.Tech
- Jeffrey Herbert D.Tech
- Anthony Ledwith D.Sc.
- Mary E Peters D.Litt
- Dennis Swann D.Sc.
- Graham R Clark D.Litt
- Tricia Guild D.Litt
- Roger Law D.Litt
- Professor David G Crighton D.Sc.
- Gloria Lim D.Sc.
- Tan Sri Dato Ir. Abu Zarim bin Hj Omar D.Tech.
- Dato Ir. Ho Thian Hock D.Tech.
1998
- Anthony Marmont D.Tech
- Frank Lees D.Sc
- David Gardner D.Sc.
- Herman Hauser D.Sc.
- Matthew Ball D.Sc.
- Francis Cotton D.Tech.
- Rt. Rev. Thomas Butler D.Sc.
- Peter Carruthers M.A.
- John Whitworth M.A.
1997
- John Edwin Enderby D.Sc.
- Williams S. Moffat D.Sc.
- Timothy G.M. Brooks D.Litt.
- Klaus Hansch D.Litt.
- Anne Stevenson D.Litt.
- David Clarke D.Tech.
- David Moorcroft D.Tech.
- Kenneth Long M.A.
- John Yip Soon Kwong D.Sc.
- Tan Sri Dato' Seri Yahaya Hamed D.Tech.
- Susan Campbell D.Tech
1996
- Javaid Aziz D.Sc.
- Sir Roger Bannister D.Sc.
- David Rhind D.Sc.
- Cham Tao Soon D.Sc.
- Dame Felicity Lott D.Litt.
- Peter Michael Williams D.Litt.
- J. Keith Green D.Tech.
- Geoffrey Wilde D.Tech.
- Mervyn Walters M.A.
1995
- Kenneth Edwards D.Sc.
- Tan Sri Dato' Dr Othman Bin Yeop Abdullah D.Sc.
- Brian Manley D.Sc.
- Alan W. Rudge D.Sc.
- Sir Crispin Tickell D.Sc.
- Rt. Hon. Lord Ashley of Stoke D.Litt.
- Stephen Frears D.Litt.
- Evelyn Glennie D.Litt.
- Sir Bert Millichip D.Litt.
- Richard Parry-Jones D.Tech.
- David J. Sainsbury D.Tech.
- Dean Richards M.A.
- Philip J. Tomlinson M.A.
- Clive G. Williams M.A.
1994
- Sir David Davies D.Sc.
- Steven V. Ley D.Sc.
- Tony Tan Keng Yam D.Sc.
- Sir Bryan Carsberg D.Litt.
- Eddie George D.Litt
- June Y. Mendoza D.Litt.
- Norman Sarsfield D.Tech.
- David Gower M.A.
- George Towers M.A.
- Sir Denis Rooke D.Sc.
- Anne McLaren D.Sc.
1993
- Sir Walter Bodmer D.Sc.
- J. Allan Patmore D.Litt.
- José Carreras D.Litt.
- Sir William Barlow D.Tech.
- Richard Branson D.Tech.
- Terence Higgins D.Tech.
- Lady Beryl Catherine Platt of Writtle D.Tech.
- Brian Shackel D.Tech.
- Tanni Grey M.A.
- Doug Scott M.A.
- Michael Winterton M.A.
1992
- Michael John Peckham D.Sc.
- William Duncan Paterson Stewart D.Sc.
- Kenneth Alwyne Pounds D.Sc.
- Alexander Napier Strachan D.Sc.
- Rt. Hon. Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss D.Litt.
- Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg D.Litt.
- Bryan Organ D.Litt.
- Leonard Martin Cantor D.Tech.
- James Alfred Whitham Deboo D.Tech.
- Robert Hugh Macmillan D.Tech.
- Stewart Miller D.Tech.
- Iain David Thomas Vallance D.Tech.
- Gary Winston Lineker M.A.
1991
- Per-Olof Åstrand D.Sc.
- Ernest Ronald Oxburgh D.Sc.
- Kathryn Adie D.Litt.
- Karl F. Binder D.Litt.
- Louis Blom-Cooper D.Litt.
- Heather Anita Couper D.Litt.
- Dame Judith Olivia Dench D.Litt.
- Wilfred Siu Yeun Chan D.Tech.
- Sir John Harvey-Jones D.Tech.
- Brian Mellitt D.Tech.
- James Richard Samuel Morris D.Tech.
- John Parnaby D.Tech.
- John Aston Pickford D.Tech.
- Vera Stephanie Shirley D.Tech.
- Bernard A. Smith M.A.
1990
- Daphne Frances Jackson D.Sc.
- John Maurice McLean Pinkerton D.Sc.
- Magdi Habib Yacoub D.Sc.
- Anita Brookner D.Litt.
- Alan Scott Durward D.Litt.
- Rt. Hon. Robert Lord Kingsdown K.G. D.Litt.
- James Walter McFarlane D.Litt.
- Joseph Black D.Tech.
- Richard Harry Evans D.Tech.
- Sir John Whitaker Fairclough D.Tech.
- Michael Edwin Cole M.Tech.
- Mona Isobel McKay M.A.
Honorary Graduates and University Medallists 1989 to 1980
1989
- John Michael Middlecott Banham D.Sc.
- Donald Cole Freshwater D.Sc.
- Keith Henry Walley D.Sc.
- Ivan Ray Yates D.Sc.
- Donald William Hutchings D.Litt.
- Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens D.Litt.
- Dorothy Enid Cole Wedderburn D.Litt.
- Robert Wilson D.Litt.
- Michael David Bishop D.Tech.
- Sir Francis Ross Gibb D.Tech.
- Sir Arthur Abraham Gold D.Tech.
- Joan Maud Thorrington M.A.
1988
- Michel Carpentier D.Sc.
- Douglas Sim Haynes D.Sc.
- Dame Margaret Weston D.Sc.
- Jane Alison Glover D.Litt.
- Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton D.Litt
- Edward Palmer Thompson D.Litt.
- David Glyndwr Tudor Williams D.Litt.
- Peter Leahy Bonfield D.Tech.
- Stanley Charles Hunt D.Tech.
- Arthur Graham Lloyd D.Tech.
- Colonel Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin D.Tech.
- Peter John Nevitt D.Tech.
1987
- Sir Peter Brian Baxendell D.Sc.
- Sir George Porter D.Sc.
- David Percival Bethel D.Litt.
- Peter Neville Frederick Porter D.Litt.
- Philippe Daniel Alain Seguin D.Litt.
- Sir Clifford Charles Butler D.Tech.
- William Davis D.Tech.
- Sir John Leopold Egan D.Tech.
- Sir Frank Whittle D.Tech.
1986
- Archibald William Forster D.Sc.
- John Trevor Stamper D.Sc.
- Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes D.Sc.
- Sir Richard George Kitchener Way D.Sc.
- David Ravenscroft Arthur D.Litt.
- Kingman Brewster D.Litt.
- Andrew Napier Fairbairn D.Litt.
- Donald Jack Mann D.Litt.
- Keith Chapple D. Tech.
- Ernest Brian Trubshaw D.Tech.
- Kwan Lee D.Tech.
- Jean Margaret Start M.A.
- Gordon Taylor M.A.
1985
- Sir Geoffrey Allen D.Sc.
- Richard Lawton D.Litt.
- John Barrington Wain D.Litt.
- Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon D.Litt.
- Sebastian Newbold Coe D.Tech.
- Sir Norman Payne D.Tech.
- Martin Francis Wood D.Tech.
- Reuben Ashby M.A.
- Kenneth James Brydson M.A.
1984
- Sir Kenneth Durham D.Sc.
- Derek Harry Roberts D.Sc.
- Maurice Warwick Beresford D.Litt.
- William Taylor D.Litt.
- The Lord Trend of Greenwich D.Litt.
- Glynne William Gladstone Wickham D.Litt.
- Naï Keong Chan D.Tech.
- Sir Edward Walter Parkes D.Tech.
1983
- Sir John Currie Gunn D.Sc.
- Rt. Hon. the Baroness Serota of Hampstead D.Litt.
- Joseph Cyril Bamford D.Tech.
- Sir Kenneth Corfield D.Tech.
- Sir Philip Foreman D.Tech.
- Robert Malpas D.Tech.
- Robert Leslie Cannell D.Tech.
1982
- Donald Eric Broadbent D.Sc.
- Francis Leslie Rose D.Sc.
- Sir Donald Barron D.Litt.
- Peter John Preston D.Litt.
- Arthur Stanley Wint D.Litt.
- Arthur Bates Greene D.Tech.
- Keith Leonard Charles Legg D.Tech.
- Joachim Siegfried Meurer D.Tech.
- Jack Mitchell Buist D.Tech.
- William Edward Barnsley M.A.
- Daniel Maskell M.A.
1981
- Sir Maurice Hodgson D.Sc.
- Peter Victor Danckwerts D.Sc.
- Joseph Valentine D.Sc.
- Edwin George Morgan D.Litt.
- Francis Llewellyn Roberts D.Litt.
- Norman Alfred Dudley D.Tech.
- George Trevor Holdsworth D.Tech.
- The Lord Weinstock D.Tech.
- George Alexander Deegan M.A.
1980
- John William Ray D.Sc.
- Rt. Hon. Lord Thomson of Monifieth D.Sc.
- Thomas Dudley Cabot D.Litt.
- Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson D.Litt.
- Christopher John Chataway D.Litt.
- Sir Harry Hookway D.Litt.
- James Ajodhya Maraj D.Litt.
- Rt. Hon. Lord Shawcross of Friston D.Litt.
- Derek Edward Wilde D.Litt.
- David Brooke Collett D.Tech.
- Alan Powell D.Tech.
- Frederick Harold Wood D.Tech.
- Ernest Frost M.A.
- Basil Frank Wentworth Powell M.Tech.
- Basil Stamatakis M.Sc.
Honorary Graduates and University Medallists 1979 to 1970
1979
- Rt. Hon. Lord Noel-Baker of Derby D.Sc.
- Eric Allen Clough D.Litt.
- Peter Forbes Robinson D.Litt.
- Sir Francis Tombs D.Tech
- Herbert James Oates M.Tech.
- Wilfred Ernest Pegg M.Sc.
- Paul Lea Taylor M.Sc.
1978
- Donald Clarence Garratt D.Sc.
- John Wilfred Bridgeman D.Litt.
- Leonard Charles Mather D.Litt.
- Rachel Elizabeth Waterhouse D.Litt.
- Frank Metcalfe D.Tech
- William John Poulton Maxwell Garnett D.Tech
- Robert Leslie Wessell D.Tech
- Bernard Charles Bryan M.A.
- Frederick George Higson M.A.
- Geoffrey Edward Perry M.Tech.
1977
- Sir Paul Reilly D.Sc.
- Robert Escarpit D.Litt.
- Jean-Léonard Laloy D.Litt.
- Robert Leckie Marshall D.Litt.
- Sir Peter Masefield D.Tech.
- Donovan Thomas Richnell D.Litt.
- John Flavell Coales D.Tech.
- William Ernest Bradshaw M.Tech.
- William Alfred Edwards M.Sc.
1976
- Bernard Metz D.Sc.
- Sir Robert Mark D.Litt.
- Lord Plowden D.Litt.
- Lady Plowden D.Litt.
- Sir Arnold Hall D.Tech.
- Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield D.Tech.
- André Argant M.A.
- Rev. Fr. Albert E. Basil M.A.
- William Arthur Deakin M.A.
- John Henry Middleton M.A.
- John Potterton Tucker M.Tech.
1975
- Eileen Colwell D.Litt.
- Norman Charles Hunt D.Litt.
- Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins D.Litt.
- Martin Lothar Mruck D.Litt.
- Norman Alan Burges D.Tech.
- Sir John Davis D.Tech.
- Sir Sam Edwards D.Tech.
- Elfyn John Richards D.Tech.
1974
- John Harris D.Litt.
- Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe D.Tech.
- Sir Kenneth Berrill D.Tech.
- John A. Chatterton M.A.
- Peter Rowland Hill D.Tech.
- Bryan Organ M.A.
1973
- John William Somerville Hardie D.Litt.
- Altiero Spinelli D.Litt.
- Pieter Martinus Heertjes D.Tech.
- Herwart Opitz D.Tech.
- Sir Cyril English D.Sc.
- Thomas Stevenson Fielding M.A.
1972
- Sir Alexander Bradshaw Clegg D.Litt
- Andrew Akiba Shonfield D.Litt.
- Rt. Hon. John Davies D.Tech.
- Donald Ramsay Otto Thomas D.Tech.
- George Malcolm Dyson D.Sc.
- Eric Pinkett M.A.
1971
- The Lord Maybray-King of Southampton D.Litt.
- Neil Atkinson Iliff D.Tech.
- George Sail Campbell Lucas D.Tech.
- Ralph Herbert Ingram M.A.
- James France M.Tech.
1970
- John Philip Baxter D.Tech.
- Sir Frederick Sydney Dainton D.Tech.
- Eric Eastwood D.Tech.
- Geoffrey Bertram Robert Feilden D.Tech.
- Sir Anthony Reay Mackay Geddes D.Tech.
- Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Keay M.A.
- George Thomas Shepherd M.A.
- Harold Frank Smith M.A.
- Harold Kershaw Suttle M.Tech.
Honorary Graduates and University Medallists 1969 to 1966
1969
- Rt. Hon. Barbara Castle D.Tech.
- Ernest Stanley Sellers D.Tech.
- Sir William Lyons D.Tech.
- George Harry Beeby D.Tech
- Philip Henry Lloyd M.A.
- Cecil Arrowsmith M.Tech.
1968
- Sir Peter Allen D.Tech.
- Herbert Leslie Haslegrave D.Tech.
- Sir James Denning Pearson D.Tech.
- Sir Alastair Pilkington D.Tech.
- Lord Stokes D.Tech.
- Lord Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne D.Tech.
- Malcolm Moss M.A.
- Norman Swindin M.Tech.
1967
- Sir Herbert Manzoni D.Tech.
- Reginald T. Mattinson D.Tech.
- Wing Commander H.E. Falkner D.Tech.
- Sir Harold West D.Sc.
- J. Leonard Newbon M.A.
- Stanley Beaumont M.A.
1966
- The Lord Pilkington D.Sc.
- Dr. V.L. Pandit D.Sc.
- The Viscount Eccles D.Sc.
- Sir Norman Kipping D.Sc.
- Sir William Carron D.Sc.
- Sir Barnes Neville Wallis D.Sc.
- Henry W. French D.Sc.
- Stewart C. Mason D.Sc.