2013 Commencement Awards & Honors
Arts, Sciences & Engineering Ceremony
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Divinity
The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr., The Harry Emerson Fosdick Distinguished Professor of Homiletics
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science
Susan Hockfield, President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Marie Curie Visiting Professor, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science
President Jie Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The Eastman Medal
Steven Chu, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel Prize-winning Physicist
Harold and Joan Feinbloom, Civic Leaders and Philanthropists
The Hutchison Medal
Norman Leenhouts, Chairman of Broadstone Real Estate
The Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Miguel A. Alonso, Associate Professor of Optics
The G. Graydon Curtis and Jane W. Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching
Daphon D. Ho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Doctoral Degree Ceremony
Lifetime Achievement Award in Graduate Education
Richard Aslin, William R. Kenan Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Center for Visual Science
Rochester Distinguished Scholar Award
John Aldrich '75 (Ph.D.), Pfizer-Pratt University Professor
The William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Professor Govind Agrawal, Institute of Optics
School of Medicine & Dentistry Ceremony
The Hutchison Medal
Edward D. Miller, M.D., CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Dean and Vice President Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University
The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws
Lawrence Kudlow, News Anchor and Economic Commentator
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