HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS 2005                                                                                RES186_112004

  


WHEREAS, Article VI, Section 11, of the Lincoln University By-laws (revised November 20, 1999) sets forth the functions of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations; and

WHEREAS, After Faculty input as required by the University By-laws, the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations has made its recommendation for the award of honorary degrees to be awarded at the May 2005 Commencement exercises; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations for the award of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, to Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd; and further

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations for the award of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, to Barack Obama; and further

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations for the award of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, to Edward G. Rendell; and further

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations for the award of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, to Henry H. Mitchell, '41; and further

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations for the award of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, to Wilbert A. Tatum, '58.

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