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2009 |
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Thomas Q. Morris, AUB trustee since 1985, Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2005-09 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Abdlatif Al-Hamad, Kuwaiti economist; chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic Development
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Farouk El Baz, Egyptian researcher in remote sensing; chaired the Astronaut Training Group for the Apollo Space Program
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer and human rights activist
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Elias Zerhouni, world-renowned
Algerian radiologist | Doctor of Humane Letters |
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2008 |
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Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian academic and politician; member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Mona Hatoum, Beirut-born Palestinian avant garde artist | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Irene Khan, Bengali-born international human rights and refugee advocate
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Georges Tohme, Lebanese scientist and ecologist
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist | Doctor of Humane Letters |
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John Waterbury, scholar, AUB President 1998-2008 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
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2007 |
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Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said), Syrian-Lebanese poet | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director; pioneer of Arab cinema
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Andre Raymond, Middle Eastern historian; authority on Arab Cities and the Ottoman Empire
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Charles Hostler, former US ambassador (awarded on a visit to dedicate the Charles Hostler Student Center)
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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2006 |
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Nasser Al Kharafi, president of the Kuwaiti business conglomerate M.A. Kharafi Group | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert Fisk, internationally renowned journalist covering Lebanon and the Middle East
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born British architect; winner of the prestigious
Pritzker and Stirling prizes
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Said Khoury, president of the Athens-based Consolidated Contractors International (CCC) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi father microcredit and Grameen Bank founder (also awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2006)
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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2005 |
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The Aga Khan, spiritual leader, philanthropist
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Richard A. Debs, banker, philanthropist; AUB board chair emeritus
| Doctor of Humane Letters
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Fairuz, enduring symbol of Arabic and Lebanese song
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, politician, diplomat, and educator; editor-in-chief, Annahar newspaper
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2004 |
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Sir Michael Atiyah, English mathematician; president of the Royal Society
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Vartan Gregorian, educator, philanthropist; president of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Peter Jennings, Murrow Award-winning journalist; anchor for ABC's World News Tonight
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; hailed among the greatest musicians of his age
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2003 |
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Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat; UN peace negotiator
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-born automotive industry leader; chairman and CEO of
Renault Group
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
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Amin Maalouf, award-winning Lebanese-born French author | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman, activist and philanthropist; established Consolidated Contractors Company
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Edward Said, professor of literature at Columbia University and renowed Palestinian public intellectual
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
Helen Thomas, first lady of the White House press corps
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1969 |
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Philip K. Hitti (BA, 1908), historian, professor; father of Arab Studies in the US
| Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1966 |
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| Bayard Dodge, Islamic scholar and third president of AUB | Doctor of Letters |
| 1920 |
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Harvey Porter, professor and SPC college librarian from 1880
| Doctor of Divinity |
Najib M. Salibi (BA, 1888), surgeon
| Doctor of Science |
| 1916 |
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Daniel Bliss, first president, SPC
| Doctor of Laws |
| D. Stewart Dodge, professor, SPC trustee | Doctor of Laws |
| 1914 |
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| Murad Barudi (BA, 1874; PhM, 1879), archaeologist | Master of Arts |
| 1910 |
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| Akhnukh Fanus (BA, 1874), Egyptian writer and politician; president of Asyut Higher Council | Doctor of Laws |
Shukri A. Kassab (BA, 1899), assistant librarian of SPC
| Master of Arts |
| 1901 |
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Jabr Dumit (BA, 1876), professor, writer, and literary critic
| Master of Arts |
| 1890 |
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Faris Nimr (BA, 1874), Arabic professor; head of the Lee Observatory at SPC
| Doctor of Philosophy |
Yakub Saruf (BA, 1870), professor, editor; member of the first SPC graduating class
| Doctor of Philosophy |