Our Honoris Causa: 1973 - 2013
Before the merger of the three universities, Université Bordeaux 1 Sciences et Technologies, Université Bordeaux Segalen and Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV on the 1st January 2014, each university had its own tradition of awarding its Doctor Honoris Causa. Disover below the list of foreign personalities awarded between 1973 and 2013.
Science and Technology
Doctor Honoris Causa: 1973 - 2013
2013:
- Martin Richardson (American), Professor of Physics
University of Central Florida
2011:
- Andriano Garsia (American), Professor of Mathematics
University of California, San Diego - Hiroshi Nishihara (Japanese), Professor of Chemistry
Tokyo University
2009:
- Martin Taylor (English), Professor of Mathematics
Manchester University - Jaroslav Nesetril (Czech), Professor of I.T.
Charles University, Prague - Peter Campbell (Canada), Professor of Organic Chemistry
Water, Earth and Environment Center, INRS Quebec
2008:
- Richard Weiss (American), Professor of Chemistry
Georgetown University
2007:
- Donald Knuth (American), I.T. Engineer and Mathematician
Stanford University
2006:
- Jerry L. Bona (American), Professor of I.T. and Mathematics
Chicago University
2005:
- Henryk Iwaniec (Polish), Professor of Mathematics
Rutgers University - Antoni Mazurkiewicz (Polish), Professor of I.T.
Jagiellonian University and Polish Academy of Sciences - William Gellety (Scottish), Professor of Physics
University of Surrey - Herbert Walter Roesky (German), Professor of Chemistry
University of Gottingen
2003:
- Thomas Kailath (American), Professor of Engineering
Stanford University - Masahiro Irie (Japanese), Professor of Philosophy
Kyushu University - Alan H. Cowley (English), Professor of Chemistry
University of Texas in Austin
2002:
- Alexi Abrikosov (American), Professor of Physics
> Nobel Prize in Physics 2003
Argonne National Laboratory, Illanois
2000:
- Kalya Jagannatha Rao (Indian), Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Chemistry Research Center
Indian Institute of Sciences
1998:
- Daniel Rifkin (American), Professor of Biology
University of New York
1997:
- Alfred Van der Poortzen (German/Australian), Professor of Mathematics
Macquarie University - Alain Sargeson (Australian) Professor of Chemistry
University of Canberra
1996:
- Sidney Cyril Abrahams (American), Professor of Physics
Oregon State University - Carlo Rubbia (Italian), Professor of Physics
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
1995:
- Michel O. Rabin (Israeli), Professor of I.T.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1994:
- Hans Jürgen Troe (German), Professor of Chemistry
University of Göttingen
1993:
- Haïm Harari (Israeli), President and Associated Professor
Weizmann Institute of Science
1990:
- Paul C. Fife (American), Professor of Mathematics
University of Utah
1988:
- Agustin Ayala Castanares (Mexican), Director and Professor
National Autonomous University of Mexico
1987:
- Béla Szokefalvi-Nagy (Hungarian), Professor of Mathematics
University of Szeged - Frédéric Doyle (American), Deputy Professor
George Washington University - John Ross (American), Professor of Chemistry
Stanford University - Paul Glansdorff (German), Professor of Physics
Free University of Brussels - Jean Pierre Vernet (Swiss), Founder and Director of the A. Forel Institute
University of Geneva - Aryeh Dvoretzky (Israeli), Professor and President
Weizmann Institute of Science
1986:
- Janusz Koslowski (Polish), Professor of Archeology
Jagiellonian University
1985:
- Albrecht Frohlich (English), Associated Professor
Cambridge University - Yan Dong Shen (Chinese), Director and Vice-President
Ceramic Institute of Beijing
1983:
- Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandro (Indian), Director of the Materials Research Center
Indian Institute of Technology
1982:
- David S. Saxon (American), President
University of California, Los Angeles
1981:
- Albert Cotton (American), Professor of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
1979:
- Walter Fricke (German), Astronomer
Heidelberg University - William Jack Welch (American), Professor of Astronomy
University of California, Berkeley - William G. Dauben (American), Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
1977:
- Sir Nevill F. Mott (English), Professor of Physics
Cambridge University
Health and Human Sciences
Doctor Honoris Causa: 1973 - 2013
2013:
- George Frédérick Koob (American), Professor and Director of Neurobiology Department
The Scripps Research Institute
2010:
- Tim Hunt (English), Professor of Medicine
London Research Institute - Neil Theise (American), Professor of Pathalogical Anatomy
New York University - Robert I. Grossman (American), Dean and Professor
New York University
2009:
- Peter Courtland Agre (American), Professor of Medicine
> Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003
Duke University
2008:
- Andrew L. Waterhouse (American), Professor of Oenology
University of California, Davis
2007:
- Ildar Ibragimov (Russian), Director and Professor at Steklov Mathematical Institute Saint Petersburg University
2006:
- Fergus I. M. Craik (Canadian), Professor of Psychology
University of Toronto
2005:
- Niels Keiding (Danish), Professor of Biostatics and Static Research
University of Copenhagen - Denis Noble (English), Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology
Oxford University - Kenneth Ford (American), Professor of Cognitive Sciences, Founder and Director of Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
University of West Florida - Pablo Valenzuela (Chilean), Professor of Biotechnology
Andrés Bello National University - Jack Goody (English), Professor of Anthropology
Cambridge University
2003:
- Marvin Zelen (American), Professor of Sciences
Harvard University
2002:
- Carmelo Lison Tolosana (Spanish), Professor of Anthropology
Complutense University of Madrid - Anthony N. Demaria (American), Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
2001:
- Norman Breslow (American), Professor of Biostatics
University of Washington - Tomas Hokfelt (Swedish), Professor of Histology and Cellular Biology
Karolinska Institute
2000:
- Douglas C. Wallace (American), Professor of Molecular Genetics
Emory University - James Morre (American), Professor of Molecular Biology
Purdue University
1998:
- Bjôrn Lemmer (German), Professor of Pharmacology
Heidelberg University
1997:
- Serge Barold (American), Professor of Medicine
Rochester General Hospital, New York - Jack Gorski (American), Professor of Biology
University of Wisconsin Madison
1996:
- Jawed Fareed (American), Professor of Biology
Loyola University Chicago - Reinhart Heinrich (German), Professor of Biophysics
Humboldt University of Berlin - Tchoner Mikhaïlovitch Taksami (Russian), Professor of Anthropology
Russian Academy of Sciences - Hans Troidl (German), Professor of Medicine
University of Cologne - Ronald Tompkins (American), Professor of Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles
1994:
- Charles Philipp O'Brien (American), Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania - Sir John Crofton (Irish), Professor with focus on tuberculosis and the harmful effects of tobacco
University of Edinburgh
1993:
- Nello Pace (American), Professor of Physiology
University of Canifornia, Los Angeles - Henrik Kacser (Scottish), Biochemist
University of Edinburgh - Baruj Benacerraf (American), Professor of Medicine and Biology
> Nobel Prize in Medicine 1980
New York University - Bert Sakmann (German), Professor of Medicine
> Nobel Prize in Medicine 1991
Heidelberg University
1991:
- Geoffrey Ian Taylor (Australian), Professor of Anatomy and Neurosciences
University of Melbourne
1990:
- Mady Oury Sylla (Senegalese), Professor of Cadiological Medicine
University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar - Anselme Mackoumbou-Nkouka (Congloese), Professor of Medicine
Marien Ngouabi University - Tinga Robert Guiguemde (Burkinabe), Professor of Medical Parasitology
University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1989:
- J.T. Headington (American), Professor of Dematology
University of Michigan - Marc Verstraete (Belgian), Professor of Medicine
University of Leuven
1988:
- David Taylor Robinson (English), Professor and Research Director
Clinical Research Center in Harrow - David Pierpont Gardner (American), President
University of California
1987:
- Harvey V. Fineberg (American), Dean of School of Public Health
Harvard University
1986:
- Mamadou Dembele (Malian), Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali
Republic of Mali - Ampah G. Johnson (Togolese), Honorary Chancellor
University of Lomé
1985:
- Heinz Hundeshagen (German), Chancellor
Hanovre Academy - Luigi Oliva (Italian), Director of the Radiology Institute
University of Genoa - Michaël Sela (Israeli), President
Weizmann Institute - Léo Sachs (German), Director
Genetics Department of Weizmann Institute
1984:
- Paul Franchimont (Belgian), Professor of Endocrinology
University of Liège
1983:
- Ernst Knobil (American), Dean and Professor of Physiology
University of Houston - Ines Mandl (American), Professor of Biochemistry
Columbia University - Comlan A.A. Quenum (Congolese), Professor of Human Biology and Community Health
World Health Organization for Africa - Zhou Ke Min (Chinese), Dean and Professor of Cancerology
Yunnan University - Benjamin Ferris (American), Professor of Health and Environmental Safety
Boston School of Public Health
1982:
- Léopold Sedar Senghor (Senegalese), President
Senegal - James P. Henry (American), Professor of Physiology
University of California, Los Angeles - A. Gérard Brom (Dutch), Professor of Thoractic Surgery
Leiden University - John W. Kirklin (American), Professor and Director of Cardiac Surgery
University of Alabama - Walter W. Holland (British), Professor of Clinical Epidemology and Social Medicine
University of London - Albert D. Webb (American), Professor of Oenology
University of California, Los Angeles
1981:
- Walter Frommhold (German), Professor of Medical Radiology
University of Tuebingen - Romsai Suwanik (Thai), Professor and Director
Mahidol University
1980:
- Georges E. Shambaugh (American), Otolaryngologist
Northwestern University - Jean Manuel Tato, Otolaryngologist
University of Buenos Aires - A. M. Mayer (Israeli)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Joseph Tully (American), Director
National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases
1979:
- Joseph L. Rabinowitz, Professor of Biochemistry
University of Pennsylvania
1978:
- John Marquis Converse (American), Director and Professor
New York University - Prof. Gustav Victor Rudolf Born (British), Professor of Pharmacology
Cambridge University - Henri Denolin (Belgian), Professor of Cardiology
Free University of Brussels
1975:
- Prof. Daniel I. Arnon (American), Professor of Cell Physiology
University of California, Berkeley - Prof. Mario Spirigi (Swiss), Professor of Dental Medicine
University of Geneva
1973:
- Olof Wiken (Dutch), Professor of General and Applied Microbiology
Delft University of Technology
Law, Political Science, Economics and Management
Doctor Honoris Causa: 1973 - 2011
2011:
- Manfred Weiss (German), Professor of Law
Goethe University Frankfurt
2008:
- Jose-Luis Cea Egana (Chilean), Professor of Law and ex-President of the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal
University of Chile
2006:
- Ulrich Spellenberg (German), Professor of Private Law
University of Bayreuth - Jacek Majchrowski (Polish), Professor of Law
Jagiellonian University
2005:
- Raymond Ranjeva (Malagasy), Professor and President of the Faculty of Law, Economics, Management and Sociology
University of Antananarivo
2003:
- Jaime Gil Aluja (Spanish), Professor of Economic Sciences
University of Barcelona
2002:
- Jean Paul l'Allier (Canadian), Mayor of Quebec City
Quebec City
2000:
- S.E. Abdoulaye Wade (Senegalese), President of the Republic of Senegal
Senegal
1998:
- Angel Sanchez de la Torre (Spain), Professor of Law Philosophy
Complutense University of Madrid - James Wilbur Ceaser (American), Professor of Political Sciences
University of Virginia
1996:
- S.E. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egyptian), Secretary General
United Nations
1994:
- Abdou Diouf (Senegalese), President of the Republic of Senegal
Senegal
1991:
- S.E. Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peruvian), Secretary General
United Nations
1990:
- Thanat Khoman (Thai), President, Ambassador and Minister
Asian Institute of Technology of Bangkok
1988:
- Gérard Debreu (American), Professor of Economics
> Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1983
University of California, Berkeley - Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (Mauritian), General Governor of Mauritius
Mauritius
1987:
- Mozart-Victor Russomano (Brazilian), Representative for Brazil at the International Labor Organization
ILO and Brazilian Government
1986:
- Emilio Morgado Valenzuela (Chilean), Professor of Private Law
Representative of South America at the ILO
1984:
- Luis Sanchez Agesta (Spanish), Professor of Law
Complutense University of Madrid - Dimitri S. Constantopoulos (Greek), Professor of Economics
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1983:
- M. Waclaw Szubert (Polish), Dean
University of Lodz - Giovanni Pugliese (Italian), Professor of Roman Law
Sapienza University of Rome
1982:
- Enrique Tierno Galvan (Spanish), Mayor
Mayor of Madrid
1980:
- Edem Kodjo (Togolese), Secretary General
Organization of African Unity
1978:
- Seydou Madani SY (Senegalese), Professor of Law
University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
1979:
- Hassan Afshar (Iranian), Professor of Law
University of Tehran
1974:
- Günther Beitzke (German), Professor of Private Law
University of Bonn
1973:
- Eduardo Volterra (Italian), Professor of Law
Sapienza University of Rome - Murad Ferid (German), Professor of Law
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - S. Tanislaw E. Nahlik (Polish), Professor of International Law
Jagiellonian University
Updated on 28/01/2019