Honorary graduates 2022/23

Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023.

Professor James Fraser Stoddart

Professor of Chemistry Northwestern University

Doctor of Science

Professor James Fraser Stoddart

Professor Justine Cassell

Computer Scientist

Doctor of Science

Professor Justine Cassell

Dr Kate Ho

Co-founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer, Valla

Doctor honoris causa 

Dr Kate Ho

Professor Richard Jonathan Parker, CBE

Director of Research and Technology 2001-16, Rolls-Royce Group

Doctor honoris causa

Professor Richard Jonathan Parker, CBE

Professor Sergios Theodoridis

Professor of Signal Processing and Machine Learning, University of Athens 

Doctor of Science

Professor Sergios Theodoridis

Professor Claude Thomas Herzberg

Experimental petrologist, Rutgers University, New Jersey 

Doctor of Science

Professor Claude Thomas Herzberg

Professor Alison Mary Phipps

Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network, The University of Glasgow

Doctor of Letters 

Professor Alison Mary Phipps

Professor Julie Fitzpatrick

Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute 

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery

Professor Julie Fitzpatrick

Dr Niall Thomas Connell

Formerly President of RCVS  

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery

Dr Niall Thomas Connell

Dr Sheila Margaret Voas

Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland 

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery

Dr Sheila Margaret Voas

LouLou Foundation

Majid & Lynn Jafar on behalf of LouLou Foundation

University Benefactor 

Majid & Lynn Jafar (loulou foundation)

Emeritus Professor Norma Margaret Dawson

Legal Historian & Honorary Professor at The University of Edinburgh

Doctor of Laws

Emeritus Professor Norma Margaret Dawson

Ms Sinead Burke

Writer, academic and disability activist

Doctor honoris causa

Ms Sinead Burke

Dr Rebecca Saunders

Musician/Composer

Doctor of Music

Dr Rebecca Saunders

Professor Carl Lindahl

Research Professor of English, University of Houston 

Doctor honoris causa

Professor Carl Lindahl

Dr Nick Barley

Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival since 2009 

Doctor of Letters 

Dr Nick Barley

Dr Christopher John Sansom

(In Absentia)

Author

Doctor of Divinity 

Joyce Blow Darlington MA

(In Memoriam)

University Benefactor

Presented to Baroness Pauline Nevill-Jones

Baroness Pauline Nevill-Jones