TO:   Baruch College Faculty and Staff

FROM:    David G. Dannenbring, Provost

         and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Date:    August 29, 2005

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 2006 commencement.



To assist you, following is a summary of the University’s criteria 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

September 23, 2005.  You may also send this information to Ms. Vásquez via

email at [log in to unmask]







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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:



·     Persons of national or international reputation in an academic

disciple that holds a significant place in the curriculum of the awarding

college;

·     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;

·     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;

·     Persons who have given long and distinguished service to the

University or one of its colleges but who were not in its employ;

·     Persons who have made major contributions to furthering principles

that 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.