TO:   Baruch College Faculty and Staff
FROM:    David G. Dannenbring, Provost
         and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Date:    November 4, 2003
RE:      Recommendations for Honorary Degree


I write to ask your help in identifying persons who might be candidates for
an Honorary Degree to be given at Baruch´s June 2004 commencement.

To assist you, following is a summary of the University's Criteria and
Procedures for Honorary Degrees.  All persons suggested will be presented
for consideration to the College's Committee on Honorary Degrees.

We are also asking for suggestions of persons to deliver the Commencement
Address.  The person need not be eligible for an honorary degree.

Please send your recommendations for honorary degree recipients and/or
commencement speakers, along with a short biographical sketch of each
person, to The Honorary Degree Committee, c/o Carmen Vásquez, D-0710, by
November 20, 2003.  You may also send this information to Ms. Vásquez via
email at [log in to unmask]

Thank you.

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Outline of CUNY Criteria for Honorary Degrees

Honorary Degrees are intended to serve as a means by which the University
can recognize the achievements of persons who have made significant
contributions to the progress of the University, or its colleges, and to
the principles for which the institutions stand or to their academic or
professional disciplines. It is anticipated that honorary degrees will be
proposed only for persons who clearly merit such consideration. The
Chancellor and the Presidents should first consider awarding the medals of
merit that have been provided for the recognition of service and
achievement. In general, candidates for honorary degrees should fall in one
or more of the following categories:

   1. Persons of national or international reputation in an academic
      disciple that holds a significant place in the curriculum of the
      awarding college;
   2. Persons who have made significant contributions in either thought or
      action to American higher education or in a professional field
      closely related to an academic interest of the University or the
      awarding college;
   3. Persons who have made significant contributions over a sustained
      period of time to the development of major programs at the University
      or at one of its colleges;
   4. Persons who have given long and distinguished service to the
      University or one of its colleges but who were not in its employ;
   5. Persons who have made major contributions to furthering principles
      which are at the center of the University's purpose and mission.

For purposes of considering candidates for honorary degrees, elected
officials representing the State or City of New York shall not be eligible
for consideration during their terms of office.