Honorary Degrees 2008
The full list of those who received honorary degrees is as follows:
Degree of Doctor of Engineering (DEng) |
| Dr Ian Nussey |
| Chairman of IBM UK’s Technical Consultancy Group and leader of IBM UK’s high-flier student programme |
Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| Professor David Breeze |
| Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh and Head of Special Heritage Projects, Historic Scotland |
| Professor John Haldane |
| Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews |
| Professor Jackie Kay |
| Scottish poet and novelist |
| Professor Andrew MacMillan |
| Formerly joint senior partner with Isi Metzstein in the Glasgow architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, and professor and former Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture |
| Professor Isi Metzstein |
| Formerly joint senior partner with Andrew MacMillan in the Glasgow architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, and former Forbes Professor of Architecture in the University of Edinburgh |
| Denise Mina |
| Law graduate of this University and novelist |
Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) |
| Dr Derek Chalmers |
| Life sciences graduate of this University, CEO and President of Cara Therapeutics in Tarrytown, NY |
| Dr Betsy Nabel |
| Director of the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute |
| Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |
| Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon, Ltd, Bangalore |
| Dr Ian Sword |
| Chemistry graduate and Chairman of Inveresk Research Group Inc. |
| Professor Judith Ann Whitworth |
| Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University |
Degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv) |
| John Greig |
| Former footballer, Captain of Glasgow Rangers and Scotland |
| James Allan McColl |
| Chairman and Chief Executive of Clyde Blowers, Ltd |
| Billy McNeill |
| Former footballer, Captain of Glasgow Celtic and Scotland |
| Elaine C. Smith |
| Scottish actress and comedienne |
| Professor Muhammad Yunus |
| Managing Director, Grameen Bank |