Every year the University celebrates the achievements of graduates and prominent local and international people who have made a significant contribution to cultural, business or economic life.
2019
2018
2017
2016
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Chris Green
Honorary Fellow
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Danny Thompson
Honorary Fellow
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Kevin Fitzpatrick
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Leo Kwok Kee Leung
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Sir Ken Gibson
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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The Hon. James Ramsbotham DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Read more in our news article
2015
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Andy Sandoz
(Alumni Fellowship) - Founder, Creative Partner and Innovation Director at Work Club
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Ms Anne Reid MBE
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Dr Eric Kuan
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Fran Williamson
Honorary Fellow
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Katy McLean MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Pam Royle
Honorary Fellow
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Paul Woolston
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Professor Isaac Adewole
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Professor Peter Fidler CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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Sir Nigel Sherlock KCVO OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Sue Sharpe
Honorary Doctorate of Science
2014
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Ann Cleeves
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Mr Chris Haley
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Gary Hutchinson
Honorary Fellow
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Jason Cook
Honorary Fellow
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Jimmy Montgomery
Honorary Fellow
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Kevin Philips
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Sue Hill OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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The Rotary Club of Sunderland
Honorary Fellow
2013
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Mrs Cathy Barnes
Honorary Fellow
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Chris Jobe
Honorary Fellow
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Dr William Henry Ault
Honorary Fellow
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Hazel Robson
Paralympian
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John Robertson
Honorary Fellow
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Lady Cynthia Irvine MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Graham Teasdale
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Ralph Saelzer
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Mr Robin P Webster
Honorary Fellow
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Stephanie Houghton
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Suhail Din
Honorary Fellow
2012
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Mr Alastair Stewart OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Charles Spedding
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Edward Izzard
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Norman Cornish
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Ray Spencer MBE
Honorary Fellow
2011
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George Clarke
Honorary Fellow
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Lord Sebastian Coe of Ranmore KBE
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Mr Paul Campbell MA, FRSA
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Sir Michael Darrington FCA
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Ms Val McDermid
Honorary Doctorate of Education
2010
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Age UK Sunderland
Honorary Fellowship
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Mr Chris Mullin
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Mr Dato' Sri tee Keat Ong
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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Jeff Brown
Honorary Fellow
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Mrs Jocelyn Maxfield
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Mr John Hays
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Melanie Hill
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Michael Johnson
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr Ron John Coles
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Tom Maxfield
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Mr Trevor Mann CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Mr Umesh Babubhai Patel MBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Science
2009
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Mr Alun Armstrong
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr Bob J Davies
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Mr Bryan Talbot
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Dr Allen Tweedie
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Mr Duncan Goose
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Mr Gary Shaw MBE
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Mr Geoff Cook
Honorary Fellow
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Mr John Wood CBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Lauren Laverne
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Michael Wood
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Sir Peter Carr CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Venerable Stephen Taylor MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Ms Wendy Craig
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
2008
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Mr Alan E Smith OBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Cllr Bob Symonds
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Derek Hannon
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr Jonathan Finn
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Lord Sandy Leitch
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Nick Gillingham MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Graeme Danby
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Professor Hossam Badrawi MD, MP
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Professor Valerie Reid
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Sir Derek Wanless
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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The Rt Hon. Estelle Morris
Honorary Doctorate of Education
2007
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Mr John Cushnaghan CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Lesley Douglas
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Mark Knopler OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Paul Collingwood MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Tim Brighouse
Honorary Doctorate of Education
2006
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Mr Bernard O'Donoghue
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr Malcolm Gerrie
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Sir Liam Donaldson
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Sir Tim Jonathan Rice
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Susan Johnson OBE
Honorary Fellow
2005
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Anthony Sargent
Honorary Fellow
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John Fickling
Sunderland Football Club Vice-Chairman
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Sir Alan Parker CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Sir Edward Clay
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
2004
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Edward Leng
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Greg Dyke
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr John Cuthbert OBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Mr John Ward OBE, DL
Honorary Fellow
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Ms Margaret Fay CBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Professor Sheng Qing Ma
Honorary Doctorate of Education
2003
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Mr David Alexander
Honorary Fellow
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Donald Chroston
Honorary Fellow
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Lord John Donkin Dormand
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Paul Callaghan
Honorary Fellow
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Professor James M Smith
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Professor Robert Maurice Winston
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Steve Pallas
Honorary Fellow
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Mr William Martindale Darling CBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
2002
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Ms Clare Phillipson
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Don Robson CBE, DL
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Ms Gina McKee
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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His Honour David Hodson
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Niall Quinn
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Clive Booth
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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The Rt Hon. Margaret Baroness Jay of Paddington
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
2001
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Mr David Almond
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Dr Shivayogi P Hiremath
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Dr Timothy Lovel
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mr Peter Skinner MEP
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Gennady Bordovsky
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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Sydney Pennington
Honorary Fellow
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Mr William Beadnell
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
2000
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Alan Richardson
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Bill Viola
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Dr Anne Wright CBE DL
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Edward Wilson
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Gregory Hutchings
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Lord Matthew Evans CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Professor Charles Rees CBE FRS
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Professor Stafford Beer
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Sir Stirling Moss OBE FIE
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Terry Deary
Honorary Doctorate of Education
1999
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Alan Hinkes OBE
Honorary Fellow
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Brian Smith OBE
Honorary Fellow
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Charles Hurley
Honorary Fellow
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David Parfitt
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Jaroslava Brychtova
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mark Glatman
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Professor John Eggleston
Honorary Doctorate of Education
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Professor Stanislav Libensky
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
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Mrs Sheila Davidson MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Tom Hadaway
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
1998
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Mr Alistair Anderson
Honorary Fellow
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Antony Gormley OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Bryan Sanderson CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Colin Orr
Alumni Fellowship
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Folkworks
Honorary Fellow
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Joe Williams MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Lynne Symonds
Honorary Fellow
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Professor Simon Blackburn
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Sheila Graber
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Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Sir Ridley Scott
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
1997
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Alan Benjamin OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Anne-Marie Owens
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Bob Murray CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Charles Bray
Honorary Fellow
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Denise Robertson MBE DL
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Hari Shukla MBE JP
Honorary Fellow
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Llew Aviss
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Marjorie Atkinson MBE
Honorary Fellow
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Peter Stout
Alumni Fellowship
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Roland Boyes
Honorary Fellow
1996
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Ann Lewis
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Donald Yap
Alumni Fellowship
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Dr Edward Robson
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Dr Susan Birchill
Alumni Fellowship
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Esmee Slattery
Honorary Fellow
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Fred Oliver
Honorary Fellow
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Howard Layfield
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Joan Kilvington
Honorary Fellow
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Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Norma Wright
Honorary Fellow
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Northern Sinfonia
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Professor Edward Gregson
Honorary Doctorate of Music
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Sir Michael Heron
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Mr Tsutomu Kake
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Victoria Wood
Honorary Doctor of Letters
1995
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Baroness Howe of Idicote CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Joan Harrison
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Joe Mills OBE
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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John Shatwell
Alumni Fellowship
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Martin Bangeman
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Mike Clasper CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Professor James Walter McFarlane
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Sir George Russell CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Laws
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Sir Peter Vardy DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Sir Terence Harrison DL
Honorary Doctorate of Technology
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Stephanie Yearnshire MBE
Honorary Fellow
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William Dunlop
Honorary Fellow
1994
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Dame Margaret Barbour CBE DL
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Dr Pamela Denham
Honorary Doctorate of Law
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Dr Peter Green
Alumni Fellowship
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Dr Peter Hart
Honorary Doctorate of Law
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Gordon Scott
Alumni Fellowship
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John Cook
Alumni Fellowship
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Ms Kate Adie CBE
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Professor Sir John Cadogan
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
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Sir William Stewart
Honorary Doctorate of Science
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Terence Hogg
Alumni Fellowship
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Winifred Davis
Honorary Fellow
1993
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Alan Donnelly
Honorary Fellow
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David Goldman
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
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Egon Klepsch
Honorary Doctor of Law
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Ram Banerjee
Honorary Doctor of Law
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Sheila Coggrave
Honorary Fellow
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Sir Terence Burns
Honorary Doctor of Law
1992
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Baroness Hilary Armstrong of Hill Top
Honorary Fellow
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City of Sunderland
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Dave Stewart
Honorary Fellow
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Dr Sue Hurley
Honorary Fellow
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Judge Myrella Cohen
Honorary Doctor of Law
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Sir Richard Storey
Honorary Doctor of Letters
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Sir Tom Cowie
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
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Sunderland AFC
Honorary Fellow
1991
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Catherine Cookson
Honorary Doctor of Letters
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Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Honorary Doctorate of Letters
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Mr Frank Nicholson DL
Honorary Fellow
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Kate Adie
Honorary Doctor of Letters
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Lord Ron Dearing
Honorary Fellow
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Sir Ian Gibson CBE
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
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Sir Paul Girolami
Honorary Doctor of Science
1990
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Dr John Bridge
Honorary Fellow
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Sir Thomas Allen CBE
Honorary Fellow
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The Rt Hon. Baroness Perry of Southwark
Honorary Fellow
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Mr William Martindale Darling CBE, DL
Honorary Fellow
1986
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Baroness Joyce Quin
Honorary Fellow
1980
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The Rt Hon. Fred T Willey MP
Honorary Fellow
1978
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Dr Frank Sze Chao
Honorary Fellow
1977
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Dr Maurice Hutton
Honorary Fellow
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Lord Emanuel Shinwell
Honorary Fellow
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Professor David Daiches CBE
Honorary Fellow
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Mr Sidney Chaplin OBE
Honorary Fellow
1975
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Mr Brendan Foster MBE, CBE
Honorary Fellow
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Dame Flora Robson
Honorary Fellow
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Sir Montague Finniston
Honorary Fellow