AA-2013-14 Recommendations for 2014 Honorary Degrees

Smith Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer 562-951-4710 / Fax 562-951-4986 Email esmith@calstate.edu CSU Campuses Bakersfield Channel Islands Chico Fresno Fullerton

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Ephraim P Smith

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer 562-951-4710 / Fax 562-951-4986 Email esmith@calstate.edu

CSU Campuses

Bakersfield

Channel Islands

Chico

Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach

Monterey Bay Northridge Pomona Sacramento

San Francisco San José San Luis Obispo San Marcos

AA-2013-14

M E M O R A N D U M

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer

SUBJECT: Recommendations for 2014 Honorary Degrees: Due December 2, 2013

This memorandum serves as the annual call for campus recommendations for the award of honorary doctoral degrees by the Board of Trustees of the California State University Please review and adhere closely to the enclosed guidelines for honorary doctorates If a nomination

would require an exception to the guidelines, please obtain the Chancellor’s approval before

submitting the nomination

Board of Trustees policy allows only two recommendations for honorary degree awards for each CSU campus Please note that a partnered couple with a history of distinguished service to the University may constitute a single nomination, and current or former employees are not eligible for nomination Campus nominations will be prepared and sent to the Trustee Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees for their review in preparation for the January 28-29, 2014 Board of Trustees meeting The conferral of honorary degrees is expected to take place during spring commencements, and only in extraordinary circumstances are other events approved for conferral This process does not include the special honorary baccalaureate degrees authorized

by the Board of Trustees for Japanese American students displaced by Executive Order 9066

By December 2, 2013, please submit to cmallon@calstate.edu:

1 18 copies each of 2 nomination letters for honorary degree awards

(three-hole punched, no staples please, contents described on the next page)

2 18 copies of supporting documentation

(three-hole punched, no staples please, contents described on the next page)

Please include the following information in your letters of nomination:

The full name of the nominee exactly as it will read on the degree and a brief summary

of the reasons for putting forth the recommendation

The degree for which the individual is nominated:

Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)

Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)

Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.)

Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)

For each nomination, please submit a current curriculum vitae (or comparably complete biographical information) Please limit supporting documentation to only the most essential information, out of courtesy to the trustees

If the “nominee” has a well-established relationship with the campus, please provide a brief description of the nature of the relationship

Please specify the membership of the campus committee that reviewed the nomination and confirm that the Executive Committee of the campus Academic Senate was consulted regarding the composition of the campus review committee

The event at which the degree is to be conferred If it is proposed that the degree be conferred at an event other than commencement, please specify the extraordinary circumstances justifying the proposed exception

Whether the campus prefers that the degree be awarded:

(a) in the name of the California State University or

(b) in the names of the California State University and the campus

Please have all 18 copies of the nomination letter and supporting materials 3-hole punched but not stapled or placed in binders or folders As we all recognize the need for the strictest

confidence in dealing with campus nominations, I assure you that you will have our full cooperation in maintaining the necessary confidences If you have any questions about this process, please contact me at (562) 951-4710 or contact Dr Christine Mallon, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Programs and Faculty Development, at (562) 951-4672 or cmallon@calstate.edu

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c: Mr A Robert Linscheid, Chair, Board of Trustees

Mr Lou Monville, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Dr Timothy P White, Chancellor

Dr Diana Wright Guerin, Chair, Academic Senate

Ms Leticia Hernandez, Trustee Secretariat

GUIDELINES FOR THE AWARDING OF HONORARY DEGREES

Chancellor’s Office Notice

Effective Fall 2011

1 Campus presidents will be notified when a trustee submits a nomination for conferral

at that campus Presidents will advise the Chancellor of any concerns before the

name is forwarded to the Trustee Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees for review

2 The Chancellor’s Office will reimburse campus hood and regalia costs for

trustee-nominated honorees Costs associated with campus-trustee-nominated honorees will be the

responsibility of the campus

3 Please maintain the confidentiality required in the processes of selecting, nominating,

reviewing, and affirming honorees No campus representatives shall make contact

with a prospective nominee to discuss the possibility of a nomination Only after the

Chancellor officially informs the campus of trustee action may the campus discuss the

honorary degree with the honoree

GUIDELINES FOR THE AWARDING OF HONORARY DEGREES

THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY Approved by the Board of Trustees on January 24, 1996

A Honorary Degrees shall be awarded by the California State University, but

only at the doctoral level

B All honorary degrees shall be conferred by the Board of Trustees of the

California State University, in the name of the California State University or

in the names of the California State University and a campus

C The Board of Trustees shall determine the number of honorary degrees to be

awarded in any academic year Normally, the Board will consider no more

than two recommendations from each campus in an academic year, plus

additional recommendations which may be submitted by or through Board

members and the Chancellor during the same period

D The following categories of honorary degrees shall be recognized for conferral

by the Board of Trustees:

1 Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)

2 Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)

3 Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

4 Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.)

5 Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)

Other categories may be proposed to the Board for consideration; however,

the Board will not authorize degree designations which normally are identified

as earned doctorates

II Purposes for Which Honorary Degrees May Be Conferred

A To recognize excellence and extraordinary achievement in significant areas of

human endeavor, within which are embodied the objectives and ideals of the

California State University

B To honor meritorious and outstanding service to the California State

University, collectively, or to its campuses, individually; to the State of

California; to the United States; or to humanity at large

C To recognize men and women whose lives and significant achievements

should serve as examples of the California State University’s aspirations for

its diverse student body

III Criteria for the Awarding of Honorary Degrees

A Honorary degrees may be awarded to recognize achievements in all parts of

the world Honorary degrees awarded should represent an appropriate balance

between local and non-local, and academic and non-academic recipients, and

should represent a wide diversity of fields of endeavor

B Nominees for honorary degrees must be distinguished in their respective

fields, and the eminence of persons nominated must be widely recognized Nominees must have demonstrated intellectual and humane values that are

consistent with the aims of higher education, and with the highest ideals of the

person’s chosen fields

C Service or benefaction to the University do not in themselves justify the

awarding of honorary degrees However, nothing in these criteria shall

preclude nominees who are benefactors of the California State University

IV Limitations on Eligibility

Honorary degrees shall not be awarded to:

A Incumbent members of the Board of Trustees of the California State

University

B The incumbent Chancellor of the California State University

C Incumbent campus Presidents of the California State University

D A person who already has been awarded an honorary degree by the California

State University

E All incumbent elected officials

V Procedures for Selecting Honorary Degree Recipients

In all steps of these procedures, utmost care is to be taken to ensure confidentiality

A breach of confidentiality could seriously embarrass the California State

University and those individuals under consideration for the receipt of an honorary

degree

A Recommendations of persons to receive honorary degrees are encouraged

from any member of the California State University community, including

Trustees, the Chancellor, Presidents, faculty, students, administrative staff,

alumni, campus Advisory Board members and other friends of the California

State University Such recommendations may include the category of

honorary degrees believed appropriate (see paragraph I.D.)

B Recommendations originating in any of the campus communities shall be submitted through the campus President The submission shall note whether the degree is to be conferred only in the name of the California State University or in the names of the California State University and the campus Recommendations originating elsewhere within the California State University community at large shall be submitted through the Chancellor

C Each campus President, after consultation with the Executive Committee of

the campus Senate, shall establish a committee, including faculty

representation, to review recommendations and to assist in the development

and compilation of materials in support of nominations to be forwarded Following appropriate consultation with this committee, the President shall

select no more than two nominations to be forwarded to the Chancellor in any

given academic year

D The Chancellor, in turn, shall forward all nominations, with appropriate

comments, as desired, to a separately constituted Subcommittee on Honorary

Degrees of the Committee on Educational Policy, according to a schedule to

be established by the Board

E The Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees shall be chaired by a member of the

Committee on Educational Policy who shall be named by the Chair of that

Committee The Subcommittee shall be comprised of:

1 One additional Trustee (other than the Chair of the Subcommittee) to be

named by the Chair of the Board

2 The Chancellor or designee

3 Two Presidents, to be named by the Chancellor

4 The following representatives, to be appointed by the Chancellor

following consultation with the respective agencies shown in parentheses:

a Two faculty (the Academic Senate, CSU)

b One alumnus (California State University Alumni Council)

c One student (California State Student Association)

F The Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees, meeting in executive session, shall

review all nominations received, and shall forward to the full Committee on Educational Policy each nomination with the Subcommittee’s notation of

“recommended” or “not recommended,” using the policies and criteria set

forth in these Guidelines as the basis for the Subcommittee’s determinations

G The full Committee on Educational Policy, following similar procedures, shall

forward to the full Board for final consideration no more than two

nominations per campus and those nominations originating with the Board

and/or the Chancellor, indicating in each case the full Committee’s

determination of “recommended” or “not recommended.”

H The Board of Trustees, meeting in executive session, shall make the final

determination in each case, and will, by virtue of its exclusive authority in this

matter, “award” the degree in the category it considers most appropriate

VI Conferral of Degrees

A Honorary degrees may be conferred during any California State University

function that the Board of Trustees considers appropriate

B Normally, if the degree is to be conferred only in the name of the California

State University, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor, and the

campus President, where appropriate, will participate in the conferral

ceremony as follows:

l When a campus is involved:

a The Chair of the Board of Trustees (or designee) will read the Citation

b The Chancellor, if present, or the campus President will confer the degree

c The campus President (or designee) will hood the degree recipient

2 When a campus is not involved:

a The Chair of the Board of Trustees (or designee) will read the Citation

b The Chancellor (or designee) will confer the degree

c The Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees (or designee) will hood the degree recipient

C If the degree is to be conferred in the names of the California State University and the campus, the Chair of the Board of Trustees or designee will participate

in the conferral ceremony Usually the campus President or designee will

confer the degree

Questions may be directed to Dr Christine Mallon at cmallon@calstate.edu or (562) 951-4672

Recipient Degree Campus Date

Brown Andreas Doctor of Fine Arts San Diego 5/21/2005

Covin Adele Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 5/25/2013

The Maritime

Franklin John Hope Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 5/30/1998

Iacobellis Sam F Doctor of Science Fresno 5/20/2006

The Maritime

Lacayo Henry L "Hank" Doctor of Humane Letters Channel Islands 5/19/2012

Lane, Jr L William "Bill" Doctor of Humane Letters San Luis Obispo 6/15/2008

Leon-Portilla Miguel Doctor of Letters San Diego 5/3/2002

McPeak Sunne Wright Doctor of Humane Letters Hayward* 6/13/1998

Park Hae Doctor of Humane Letters Pomona 6/16/2013

Sanders Jerry Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/17/2013

Storm Alvena Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/26/1996

Wilson Pete Doctor of Laws San Diego 5/23/2009