I never quite understood the whole honorary degree thing; you get a totally unrelated degree for doing something. Nevertheless, congratulations to Jimbo.
On 4/24/06, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.register-mail.com/stories/042406/LOC_B9J6O93V.GID.shtml
Monday, April 24, 2006
GALESBURG - Knox College has announced the names of the 2006 honorary degree recipients.
Stephen Colbert, star of "The Colbert Report"; Shirley E. Barnes, former U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar; and Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, will all received the award at Knox's 2006 commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. June 3.
- Wales will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree.
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