2006 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS                                                                               RES225_021806

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 2006 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 Laws, honoris causa, to The Honorable Dwight Evans; 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 Science, honoris causa, to Dr. Edward L. Lee, ‘60; 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 Science, honoris causa, to Dr. Peter Otunuya Chinwe Odili; 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 Humanities, honoris causa, to Mr. Theodore R. Robb; 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 The Honorable Marian B. Tasco; and further

RESOLVED, That should one of the five approved candidates be unavailable, Dr. James P. Comer shall be the alternate.


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