Honorary Doctorates conferred by MU

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Josef Dadok (CR)
Professor Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 23. 1. 2013
Vassilios Skouris (Greece)
President of The Court of Justice of the European Union
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 10. 5. 2010
Kary Banks Mullis (USA)
Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist and chemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 5. 5. 2010
Javier Esparza (Spain)
Professor of Informatics, Technische Universitat Munchen
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in informatics conferred on: 23. 10. 2009
Jean-Paul Costa (France)
Pesident of the European Court of the Human Rights
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in justice conferred on: 23. 10. 2009
Joachim Jens Hesse (Germany)
Professor of Administrative Science and Public Policy and Director of the International Institute for Comparative Government and European Policy, Berlin
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in social sciences conferred on: 11. 4. 2008
Stein Ringen (Germany)
Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Oxford University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in social sciences conferred on: 11. 4. 2008
Virend Kristen Somers (USA)
Professor of Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 12. 4. 2007
Lumír Ondřej Hanuš (Israel)
Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 12. 4. 2007
Peter Newmark (Great Britain)
Emeritus professor of University of Surrey
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 12. 4. 2007
Patrick Craig Walsh (USA)
Professor of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 31. 1. 2007
Thomas Winkelbauer (Austria)
Professor of Vienna University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in historical sciences conferred on: 24. 5. 2006
Alexander Schirger (USA)
Professor of Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 31. 10. 2005
Lubomír Doležel (Canada)
Emeritus professor of University of Toronto
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 5. 10. 2005
Jean-Marie Lehn (France)
Significant chemist, awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987, Professor at Louis Pasteuer University in Strasbourg and at Coll ge de France in Paris
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 27. 6. 2005
Vladimír Čermák (CR)
Lawyer, philosopher, political scientist, Emeritus Professor of MU and Emeritus Judge of The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in social sciences conferred on: 29. 9. 2004 (in memoriam)
Ota Weinberger (Austria)
Lawyer, Emeritus Professor of Karl-Franzens-University of Graz
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 29. 9. 2004
Andrew Steiner (USA)
Remarkable architect of Brno functionalism
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 13. 7. 2004
Dines Bjørner (Denmark)
Professor of Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in informatics conferred on: 11. 6. 2004
Josef Michl (USA)
Professor of Colorado University at Boulder
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 11. 6. 2004
Francisco J. Ayala (USA)
Professor of California University in Irvin
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 18. 9. 2003
Herwig Friesinger (Austria)
Professor of Vienna University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in historical sciences conferred on: 11. 12. 2002
Manuel Cardona (Germany)
Emeritus director of Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in physical and mathematical sciences conferred on: 30. 5. 2002
John Tyrrell (Great Britain)
Professor of Cardiff University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 30. 5. 2002
Jaroslav Kurzweil (CR)
Mathematical Institute ASCR
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in physical and mathematical sciences conferred on: 16. 11. 2001
Petr Spielmann (Germany)
Emeritus director of Museum of Fine Arts in Bohum
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 28. 3. 2001
Theophil Antonicek (Austria)
Vienna University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 12. 6. 2000
Alfred Bader (USA)
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, USA
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 12. 6. 2000
Karel Husa (USA)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 11. 5. 2000
Franz Halberg (USA)
Minnesota University
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 28. 4. 2000
Thomas Kenner (Austria)
Physiological Institute in Gratz
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 28. 4. 2000
Charles Bennett (USA)
IBM Center in Yorktown Heights
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in informatics conferred on: 12. 11. 1999
Niklaus Wirth (Switzerland)
Federal Technological Institute in Zurich
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in informatics conferred on: 12. 11. 1999
Luboš Perek (CR)
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astronomy - astronomer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in physical sciences conferred on: 2. 9. 1999
Josef Brožek (USA)
School of Public Health in Minneapolis, University of Pensylvania - biologist, psychologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 28. 5. 1999
Stanislav Vepřek (Switzerland)
Institute of Chemistry of Inorganic Materials in Munich - physicist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in physical sciences conferred on: 28. 5. 1999
Miroslav Hill (France)
Insitute of Cancer and Immunogenetics in Villejiuf - biologist (cell and mol. biol.)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 15. 1. 1999
Dušan Soudek (USA)
Qeen's University in Kingston - biologist (cell. and mol. biol.)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 15. 1. 1999
Roger Scruton (Great Britain)
Boston University, Birkebeck College – aesthetist, politologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophical studies conferred on: 2. 10. 1998
Jean-Pierre Vernant (France)
College de France – philosopher
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophical studies conferred on: 2. 10. 1998
Alois Jedlička (CR)
Charles University in Prague - Bohemist and Slavonist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 26. 3. 1998
Jan Svartvik (Switzerland)
University in Lund – Anglicist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 26. 3. 1998
Frank Alois Pitelka (USA)
University of California - biologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 6. 11. 1997
Miroslav Dave Poulik (USA)
University and Research Institute USA - imunologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 5. 6. 1997
Antonín Tučapský (Great Britain)
Chorus-master, composer and pedagogue
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 7. 11. 1996
Rolf Ryssdal (Norway)
Lawyer, chairman of the European Court for Human Rights
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 20. 3. 1996
Donald E. Knuth (USA)
Standford University - computer scientist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in mathematical sciences conferred on: 7. 3. 1996
Thomas Winner (USA)
Boston University - literary scientist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 17. 11. 1995
Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Germany)
University of Freiburg in Breisgau - musicologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 29. 5. 1995
Josef Svoboda (Canada)
Toronto University - ecologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 29. 5. 1995
Václav Havel (CR)
President of the Czechoslovak Republic
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophical studies conferred on: 23. 3. 1995
Jiří Král (CR)
Charles University, Faculty of Medicine - medical doctor - founder of sports medicine
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 14. 3. 1995
Walter Bodmer (Great Britain)
Imeriao Cancer Research Fund London, head of European HUGO Council – geneticist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 16. 12. 1994
Herbert Roesky (Germany)
Institut fuer Anorganische Chemie der Georg August Universität, Göttingen – chemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 16. 12. 1994
Charles Mackerras (Great Britain)
Conductor
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 27. 5. 1994
Otakar Borůvka (CR)
MU Faculty of Science - mathematician
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in mathematical sciences conferred on: 10. 5. 1994
Vladimír Klokočka (CR)
MU Faculty of Science - lawyer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 18. 10. 1993
Hynek Bulín (CR)
MU Faculty of Science - lawyer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 6. 1. 1993
Ivan Gaďourek (The Nederlands)
University of Groningen - sociologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in sociological sciences conferred on: 29. 4. 1992
Josef Veselka (CR)
Chorus-master
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 6. 3. 1992
Miloš Novotný (USA)
Indiana University in Bloomington – chemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 7. 2. 1992
Josef Škvorecký (Canada)
Writer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 29. 10. 1991
Rudolf Firkušný (USA)
Piano virtuoso
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in musical science conferred on: 20. 9. 1991
Jan Navrátil (CR)
MU Faculty of Medicine - Vienna University, Faculty of Medicine – cardiologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 20. 9. 1991
Josef Šafařík (CR)
Philosopher
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophical studies conferred on: 5. 6. 1991
Josef Vachek (CR)
MU Faculty of Arts, Charles University – Anglicist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 5. 6. 1991
Vlastimil Chalupa (USA)
Czechoslovak National American Council - politologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 2. 5. 1991
Mojmír Povolný (CR)
Lawrence University in Appleton - politologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in juridical sciences conferred on: 2. 5. 1991
Petr Černý (Canada)
Manitoba University Winnipeg - geologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in geological sciences conferred on: 19. 4. 1991
Jiří Nehněvajsa (USA)
Pittsburgh University - sociologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in sociology conferred on: 29. 11. 1990
Paul L. Garvin (USA)
New York State University in Buffalo – linguistician
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 14. 11. 1990
Ludvík Kundera (CR)
Writer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 14. 11. 1990
Henry Kučera (USA)
Brown University - philologist (Slavonist)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 6. 6. 1990
Josef Říman (CR)
Chairman of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - biochemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 29. 1. 1988
Olga Danilovna Mitrofanová (USSR)
A. S. Puškin Institute of Russian Language in Moscow - philologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 25. 8. 1982
Alexander Naumovič Frumkin (USSR)
Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrochemistry - electrochemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 6. 12. 1972
Albert Claude (Belgium)
Université Libre in Brussels, Cytological Laboratories - medical doctor (cytologist)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 25. 9. 1970
Guy Henri (France)
Asiles John Bost in La Force, Dordogne - medical doctor (internal medicine)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 25. 9. 1970
Hyacinth Brabant (Belgium)
University of Brussels, Institute of Dentistry - medical doctor
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Jules François (Belgium)
Gent University - medical doctor (optician)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Leiv Kreyberg (Norway)
University in Oslo - medical doctor (pathologist)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Alexander Gennadijevič Kuroš (USSR)
Lomonosov University in Moscow - mathematician
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in mathematical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Vilém Laufberger (CR)
MU Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - medical doctor (physiologist)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Ewa Maleczyńska (Poland)
University of Wroclav, Philosophical Faculty - historian
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in historical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Giovanni Sansone (Italy)
University of Florence - mathematician
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in mathematical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Erich Schenk (Austria)
Vienna University, Philosophical Faculty - musicologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Hans Selye (Canada)
French University in Montreal - medical doctor (surgeon)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Jan Szczepański (Poland)
Academy of Sciences of Poland, Institute of Sociology - sociologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in sociological sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Erich Thilo (GDR)
Humboldt University in Berlin - chemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in chemical sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Arnost Wiesner (Great Britain)
University of Liverpool - architect
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969
Frank Wollman (CR)
J.E. Purkyně University, Philosophical Faculty - Janáček Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Brno - Slavonist (history of Slavonic literature)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in art sciences conferred on: 21. 5. 1969 (in memoriam)
Bohuslav Havránek (CR)
MU Faculty of Arts, Charles University - philologist (Slavonist)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 15. 8. 1968
Roman Jakobson (USA)
MU Faculty of Arts, Harvard University in Cambridge – Slavonist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philological sciences conferred on: 15. 8. 1968
Olav Brennhovd (Germany)
House of Fridtjof Nansen in Göttingen – humanitarian activities
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 3. 7. 1968
Nikolaj Petrovič Dubinin (USSR)
Academy of Sciences of the USSR - geneticist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 27. 10. 1965
Hans Karl Stubbe (GDR)
German Academy of Agricultural Sciences - geneticist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in biological sciences conferred on: 27. 10. 1965
Ralph Graystone Walter Wyckoff (USA)
National Health Institute in Washington – biophysicist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 12. 10. 1948
Karel Hrdina (CR)
Ministry of Education - classical philologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 25. 6. 1948
Jan Masaryk (CR)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Republic
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 20. 1. 1948
Jevgenij Viktorovič Tarle (USSR)
Leningrad University - historian
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 9. 6. 1947
Karel Engliš (CR)
MU Faculty of Law, Charles University - lawyer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in justice conferred on: 21. 4. 1947
František Weyr (CR)
MU Faculty of Science - lawyer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in justice conferred on: 21. 4. 1947
Gerhard van der Leeuw (The Nederlands)
University of Groningen - religionist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 18. 11. 1946
Emil Bayer (CR)
University of Agriculture in Brno - zoologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 14. 6. 1939
Bohumil Kužma (CR)
MU Faculty of Science - chemist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 14. 6. 1939
František Táborský (CR)
Writer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 3. 6. 1938
Bohumil Němec (CR)
Charles University, Faculty of Science - botanist (anatomy and physiology of plants)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 14. 5. 1938
Karel Petr (CR)
Charles University, Faculty of Science - mathematician
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 14. 5. 1938
Edvard Beneš (CR)
President of the Czechoslovak Republic
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 16. 3. 1937
Josef Suk (CR)
Prague State Conservatory - composer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 9. 12. 1933
Max Švabinský (CR)
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague - painter
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 9. 12. 1933
Jan Bašta (CR)
Ministry of Railways - railway engineer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 17. 1. 1933
Tadeusz Zieliński (Poland)
University of Warsaw - classical philologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 25. 5. 1930
Karel Chodounský (CR)
MU Faculty of Medicine, Charles University – pharmacologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in medical sciences conferred on: 2. 3. 1929
Aleš Hrdlička (USA)
Committee of Washington Museum - anthropologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 8. 2. 1929 (sent)
Josef Zubatý (CR)
Charles University, Philosophical Faculty - president of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts - philologist (indiology)
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 28. 4. 1928
František Vejdovský (CR)
Charles University, Philosophical Faculty - zoologist
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in natural science conferred on: 18. 11. 1926
Jaroslav Goll (CR)
Charles University, Philosophical Faculty - historian
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 14. 7. 1926
Leoš Janáček (CR)
Composer
Honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) in philosophy conferred on: 28. 1. 1925
 
 
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