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Keio University confers Honorary Degrees of Doctor (Doctorate Honoris Causa) upon those who have made great achievements in the fields of education and culture, not limited to just Keio graduates. The first Honorary Degree of Doctor in Keio was conferred in 1953, and Keio now boasts a long list of honorary doctors who have made significant contributions to humanity. The following is a complete list of recipients of Honorary Degrees of Doctor from Keio University.
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley |
Doctor of Business and Commerce, honoris causa | 2023 |
Professor and Dean of the Católica Global School of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa |
2022 |
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
Designer, CEO of IDEO Inc. |
Doctor of Media Design, honoris causa |
2018 |
Former United States Deputy Secretary of State |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2018 |
Professor, the Pennsylvania State University |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2017 |
The director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2017 |
President Emeritus and Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, the University of Chicago |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2015 |
Professor, President, Yonsei University |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2014 |
Noh actor |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 2013 |
Professor, University of Minnesota |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2013 |
Professor, Ecole Centrale de Nantes |
Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2012 |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2012 | |
His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck The King of Bhutan |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2011 |
Han-Joong Kim Professor, President, Yonsei University |
Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2011 |
Professor, RWTH Aachen |
Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2010 |
University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University Start:Link Area LINK |
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2010 |
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Doctor of System Design and Management, honoris causa | 2009 |
Professor, Universität zu Köln |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2009 |
S R Nathan President of the Republic of Singapore |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2009 |
Sandra Day O'Conner Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2008 |
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York |
Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa | 2008 |
Former Master of Downing College, Cambridge |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2008 |
Jean Pierre Bourguignon Director of l’Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (I.H.É.S.) |
Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2008 |
Sir Harold W.Kroto Francis Eppes Professor, Florida State University |
Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2008 |
Sir Tim Hunt Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK |
Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2008 |
U2 lead singer and anti-poverty activist |
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2008 |
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Historian |
Docteur Honoris Causa en Economie | 2008 |
Jean- Michel Grandmont Senior Researcher of the Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique |
Doctor Honoris Causa en Economie | 2007 |
Tarisa Watanagase Governor, the Bank of Thailand |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2007 |
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono The President of the Republic of Indonesia |
Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2006 |
Peter Courtland Agre Nobel laureate for chemistry prize, Professor, Duke University |
Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2006 |
Alexander Ioffe Professor, Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2006 |
Helmut Rüßmann Professor, Universität des Saarlandes |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2005 |
Hans kurt Tönshoff Professor Emeritus, Leibniz Universität Hannover |
Ehrendoktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften | 2004 |
Mahathir bin Mohamad Former Prime Minister of Malaysia |
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2004 |
Dale W. Jorgenson Professor, Harvard University |
Doctor of Business and Commerce, honoris causa | 2003 |
Pierre Vaussy Former principal of Ecole Centrale de Nantes |
Docteur en Science et Technologie Honoris Causa | 2003 |
Lawrence R. Klein Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania |
Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2002 |
Peter Müller Prime Minister of Saarland, Germany |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2001 |
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
Kazuo Watanabe Professor, Universidade de São Paulo |
Doutor em Direito Honoris Causa | 1999 |
Lionel W. Mckenzie Professor Emeritus, University of Rochester |
Doctor Economics, honoris causa | 1998 |
Gérard Debreu Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley |
Docteur en Economie Honoris Causa | 1997 |
Jacques Chirac President of the French Republic |
Docteur en Droit Honoris Causa | 1996 |
Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Germany |
Ehrendoktor der Rechte | 1996 |
George P. Shultz Former U.S. Secretary of State |
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1996 |
Daniel Bell Professor Emeritus, Harvard University |
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1995 |
Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia |
Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa | 1995 |
Tansu Çiller Prime Minister of Turkey |
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1995 |
Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori President of Peru |
Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1994 |
Carlos Saúl Menem President of Argentina |
Doctor Honoris Causa en filosofia | 1993 |
Leonid Hurwicz Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota |
Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1993 |
Jacques Delors President of the European Commission |
Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1993 |
Heinz Müller-Dietz Professor, Universität des Saarlandes |
Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1992 |
Georg Ress Professor, Universität des Saarlandes, Director, Europa-Institut |
Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1992 |
Paul A. Volcker Professor, Princeton University (Dean), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Raymond Barre Professor, Institut d'Etudes des Politiques de Paris, former Prime Minister of France |
Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Helmut Schmidt Former Chancellor of West Germany |
Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Alvin Toffler Futurist |
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Management) | 1990 |
Hans Joachim Hirsch Professor, Universität zu Köln |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1990 |
Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov Physicist, nobel laureate for peace prize |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1989 |
Carl Hermann Ule Professor, Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1988 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford 38th President of the United States |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
Wilhelm Karl Geck Professor, Universität des Saarlandes |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1985 |
Taro Takemi President of the World Medical Association, Advisor to Science and Technology Agency, Councilor of Keio University |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 1983 |
Sir John Butterfield Regius Professor, University of Cambridge, Master of Downing College |
Honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences | 1983 |
Derek Stanley Brewer Master of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1982 |
Mana Saeed Al Otaiba Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, UAE |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
Burrhus Frederic Skinner Professor, Harvard University |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1979 |
Gottfried Baumgartel Professor, Universität zu Köln |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1977 |
Amintore Fanfani Member of the Italian Senate, former Prime Minister of Italy |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1977 |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1976 |
Sommai Hoontrakoon Minister of Finance, Thailand (graduate of faculty of economics, Keio University in 1942) |
Honorary Doctor of Economics | 1974 |
Kia-Ngau Chang Professor, Hoover institution, Stanford University |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1972 |
Paul Anthony Samuelson Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1971 |
Konosuke Matsushita Chairman of the Boad, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 1971 |
Roland Kammel Professor, Technische Universität Berlin |
Ehrendoktors | 1971 |
Helmut Winterhger Professor, RWTH Aachen |
Ehrendoktors | 1971 |
Gerhard Luke Professor, Universität des Saarlandes |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 |
Arthur Kaufmann Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 |
Seiichiro Takahashi Member, Board of Councillors, Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs, Professor Emeritus of Keio University |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 1968 |
Anzaemon Matsunaga Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 1968 |
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer Former U.S. ambassador to Japan (U.S. minister to Japan Mr.Osborn was present in place of Dr. Reischauer) |
Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1967 |
Eugene Robert Black Former president, the World Bank Group |
Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
Masafumi Tomita Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University (compiler of the complete collection of Yukichi Fukuzawa) |
Doctor Honoris Causa | 1964 |
James Bryant Conant Former president, Harvard University |
Doctor of Laws | 1961 |
Gregg Manners Sinclair Former president, the University of Hawaii |
Honorary Doctor of philosophy | 1960 |
René Capitant Professor, Université Paris, Directeur, Maison Franco-Japonaise |
Doctor of Honoris Causa | 1960 |
Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany |
Doctor of Laws | 1960 |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister, India |
Doctor of Laws | 1957 |
Robert L. Gitler Professor, Department of Library Science, Keio University |
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy | 1956 |
Oliver Rufus McCoy Rockefeller Foundation, Head of Tokyo Office |
Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
Selman Abraham Waksman Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Doctor of Laws | 1953 |