Honorary Degrees 2014

Today the University Council has submitted to the Regent House, the University's Governing Body, the names of eight renowned individuals, seeking final authority for their admission to Honorary Doctorates by the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, at a Congregation to be held on Wednesday 18 June 2014.

The eight people nominated are:

Catherine Cesarsky, astronomer and former President of the International Astronomical Union

Zaha Hadid, architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize

Yusuf Hamied, pharmaceutical chemist and Chairman of Cipla Limited, Honorary Fellow of Christ's College

Ian McKellen, actor and director, Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College

Dan McKenzie, geophysicist, Fellow of King's College and Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences Emeritus

Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal, former Master of Trinity College and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics Emeritus

Albie Sachs, lawyer, campaigner against apartheid and retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Mitsuko Uchida, pianist and winner of the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Already authorised for the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts and to be admitted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, at a Congregation on Saturday 26 April 2014:

Joy Seddon, Founder of Welcome International Students of Cambridge