William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted sexual abuser. He held an active career for over six decades before being convicted and imprisoned for sex offenses in 2018.
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation, and the passing of comprehensive examinations. It is also known by the Latin phrases honoris causa or ad honorem . The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education. An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration.
Doctor of Divinity is an advanced or honorary academic degree in divinity.
Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres southwest of Christchurch. The town has a population of 6,100, making it the second largest town in the Selwyn District behind nearby Rolleston.
Rosemary Banks is a New Zealand diplomat and Ambassador-Designate to the United States. She was Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to the OECD from 2010 to 2014. She was previously New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from June 2005 to June 2009. She earlier served as deputy high commissioner to the Solomon Islands (1985–1987), and Australia (1992–1995).
Sir Malcolm McRae Burns was a New Zealand agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator.
David Eric Court is a British Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop suffragan of Grimsby in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln since 2014.
Dame Ellen Adrienne Stewart, Lady Stewart is a New Zealand arts patron.
Sidney Murray "Sid" Hurst was a New Zealand farmer and a pioneer of irrigation in North Otago. A member of the Lincoln College Council for 23 years, including six years as its chair, he advocated for the independence of the institution from the University of Canterbury.
Aung San Suu Kyi has received numerous honours and awards throughout her life for her peace and freedom activism in Burma. However, since the 2016 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar many of these honours have been revoked due to her perceived inaction to stop the crisis.
