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Achebe For 40th Honorary Doctorate
Story by
Uduma Kalu
In
The
Guardian, 8-4-06
RENOWNED
novelist and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
will receive his 40th honorary degree from a Canadian university, the
University of Toronto this June.
A
statement made available from the university to The Guardian yesterday said
that the famous writer had received honorary degrees from the United States,
England, Scotland, Africa and Canada - including Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth,
Georgetown (USA); Guelph (Canada), Witwatersrand (South Africa); Ife, UNN,
UI, Port Harcourt (Nigeria); Southampton, Open University, Kent, Sterling
(UK).
Achebe,
who is the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literatures,
Bard College, United States, will be honoured alongside Dr. Sidney Altman -
Nobel Laureate and Sterling Professor of Biology and Professor of Chemistry,
Yale University; Mrs. Bluma Appel - generous and active supporter of the
University of Toronto and the community Professor, Chris Argyris Management
researcher; educator, Professor Adrian Brook University Professor Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Dr. Adele Buckley,
Researcher; Chair, Canadian Pugwash Group and Mr. AJ. (Jack) Diamond,
Architect.
Others are
Mr. Frank A. Dottori, corporate leader and supporter of research and
teaching at the University of Toronto, Mr. Tony Kushner, playwright; writer,
Dr. Jean Little, writer of children's literature, Professor Martha Minow
Jeremiah Smith Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Mr. R. Murray
Schafer, composer; music educator; Professor Roy Shephard, Professor
Emeritus, Faculty of Physical Education and Health and Department of Health
Sciences, Professor Lap-Chee Tsui Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong University;
medical researcher. |