Top Row L to R: Danny Mathieson carrying UofG’s Mace; Professor Sir Chris Whitty; Laura Muir; Mamphela Ramphele and Douglas Stuart. Front Row L to R: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli; Dame Katherine Grainger; Professor Martin Hendry and Sandy Black.
Top Row L to R: Danny Mathieson carrying UofG's Mace; Professor Sir Chris Whitty; Laura Muir; Mamphela Ramphele and Douglas Stuart. Front Row L to R: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli; Dame Katherine Grainger; Professor Martin Hendry and Sandy Black. The University of Glasgow today awarded six honorary degrees to individuals in recognition of their achievements in the fields of politics, arts, science, sport and humanities. Among the recipients were Booker Prize winning novellist Douglas Stuart, Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir; businessperson Sandy Black; economist and director general of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; and Mamphela Ramphele, academic and anti-apartheid activist and Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty. The six were recognised at Commemoration Day - which marks the foundation of the University in 1451. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and director-general of the World Trade Organisation, said as an economist it "means a lot" to receive an honorary degree in the home of Adam Smith. Olympic athlete Laura Muir graduated as a vet from the university in 2018.
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