Honorary Awards

Edinburgh Napier University confers its honorary awards on individuals who have demonstrated leadership and other attributes that are valued by the University.

2011

Dr Jim Mather - Honorary Doctorate of Science
Dr David Eustace - Honorary Doctorate of Arts
Dr Gerry Docherty - Honorary Doctorate of Technology
Jim Hunter - Master of Business
Dr Nigel Planer - Honorary Doctorate of Arts
Dr Karen Carlton - Honorary Doctorate of the University
Professor Roger Hood - Honorary Doctorate of Laws
Sir Sandy Crombie - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Roger Miller - Honorary Doctorate of the University
David Baker - Honorary Doctorate of Engineering
Anne Brobbel - Honorary Doctorate of Education
Tom Nelson - Honorary Doctorate of Science
Dr Obe Mohan - Honorary Doctor of the University

2010

Dr Jack Perry CBE - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Vin Murria - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Rowena Arshad - Honorary Doctor of Education
Mike McDonagh - Honorary Fellowship
Dr John Cumming - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Christopher Brookmyre - Honorary Doctorate of Letters
Dr Jane Lee - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Mike Rutterford - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr John Sturrock QC - Honorary Doctorate of Laws
William Young - Honorary Fellowship
Dr Andrew Rickman OBE - Honorary Doctorate of Science
Dr Douglas Ward CBE - Honorary Doctorate of Science

2009

Dr Craig Armstrong - Honorary Doctorate of Music
Dr David Watt - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Douglas Crombie Anderson - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Dr Alice Brown - Honorary Doctor of Laws 
Sir Andrew Cubie - Honorary Doctorate of the University
Sir Terry Farrell - Honorary Doctorate of Design
Dr Lawrence Ho - Honorary Docorate of Business Administration 
Dame Evelyn Glennie - Honorary Doctorate of Music
Sir Sean Connery - Honorary Doctorate of the University
Dr Doug Allan - Honorary Doctor of Arts

2008

Dr David Quarmby - Honorary Doctor of Engineering
Dr Giovanni Benedetti - Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Dr Catherine Lockerbie - Honorary Doctor of Letters
Dr Brian Taylor - Honorary Doctor of Letters 
Dr Ann Budge - Honorary Doctorate of Technology
Dr John Calder - Honorary Doctorate of Letters
Dr Brian Cox CBE - Honorary Doctorate of the University
Dr Wilf Stevenson - Honorary Doctorate of Arts
Baroness Ford of Cunninghame - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
Professor Anne Glover - Honorary Doctorate of Science
Ji Bin - Honorary Doctor of the University

2007

Professor William Hardcastle - Honorary Doctorate of Science
Dr Bert Jansch - Honorary Doctorate of Music
Dr Stewart Milne - Honorary Doctorate of Technology
Dr Wali Uddin MBE - Honorary Doctorate of the University
Professor Peter Grant - Honorary Doctorate of Engineering
Mr Allan Shiach - Honorary Doctorate of the Arts
Mr Gerald & Mrs Vera Weisfeld OBE - Honorary Doctorates of Business Administration
Dr The Hon Sir David K P Li - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration
The Hon Lady Clark of Calton - Honorary Doctorate of Laws
Dr Ming Chen Robertson - Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration

2006

Dr John Gray - Honorary Doctor of Arts
The Very Revd Graham Forbes CBE - Honorary Doctor of the University
Dr John Kissock OBE - Honorary Doctor of Engineering
Professor Patricia Peattie OBE - Honorary Fellow
Dr Tilda Swinton - Honorary Doctor of Arts
Dr George Cautherley - Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Dr Stuart Cosgrove - Honorary Doctor of Arts
Dr Peter Hughes OBE - Honorary Doctor of Engineering
Dr Jamie Moffat - Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Dr Lynne Ramsay - Honorary Doctor of Arts
Dr James Thomson OBE - Honorary Doctor of the University

2005

Ann Gloag OBE - Honorary Doctor of the University
Jim Spowart - Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Professor Tony Watts OBE - Honorary Doctor of the University
Sir Bill Gammell - Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Honorary Doctor of Music
Professor Alexander McCall Smith - Honorary Doctor of Letters
Professor Alasdair McIntyre CBE - Honorary Doctor of Science
Keith Miller CBE - Honorary Doctor of Engineering 
Andrea Mitchell - Honorary Doctor of Arts
Professor Enoch C M Young - Honorary Doctor of the University

2004

Anna Butterworth - Fellowship of the University
Chen Haosu - Doctor of Letters
Benedetta Tagliabue - Doctor of Arts
Vaclav Klaus- Doctor of the University
Professor Alison Tierney - Doctor of Nursing
Professor Joseph Helszajn- Doctor of Engineering
Professor Malcolm Buchanan - Doctor of Engineering
Robert Wiseman - Doctor of Business Administration
Tam Dalyell - Doctor of the University

2003

Albert Watson - Doctor of Arts
Carol Colburn Høgel - Doctor of Music
Chris van der Kuyl - Doctor of Business Administration
Iain Banks - Doctor of Letters
Michael Walker - Doctor of Technology
Colin McRae MBE - Doctor of the University
James McColl OBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Professor Gordon McVie - Doctor of Science
Professor Peter Donnelly - Doctor of Science

2002

Brigadier S Robertson - Doctor of Arts
Lady Rifkind - Doctor of the University
Allan Proctor - Master of Technology
Brian McMaster CBE - Doctor of Arts
James Boyle - Doctor of Arts
James Naughtie - Doctor of Letters
Peter Taylor - Master of Business Administration
Richard Murphy - Fellowship of the University
Robert Carlyle OBE - Doctor of Arts

2001

Jim Telfer - Doctor of Science
Linda Headland - Fellowship of the University
Lord Sanderson of Bowden - Doctor of the University
Garth Morrison CBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Janice Simpson - Fellowship of the University
Professor David Simpson CBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Sir Ronald Miller - Doctor of the University
William Halcrow - Doctor of Science

2000

Anne Jarvie - Doctor of Nursing
Baroness Goudie - Doctor of Laws
Bishop Richard Holloway - Doctor of Letters
Brigadier General John Hawkins Napier III - Doctor of the University
David Garbutt - Doctor of Laws
Finn Andersen - Doctor of Letters
Gerard Eadie - Doctor of Business Administration
Jose Carreras - Doctor of Arts
Gavin Masterton CBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Belinda Robertson - Fellowship of University
J K Rowling - Doctor of Letters
Sir Charles MacKerras - Doctor of Music

1999

Alexandra Harvey - Fellowship of the University
Ian Grant CBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Lady Balfour of Burleigh - Doctor of Letters
Pierre LaConte - Doctor of Business Administration
Barry Sealy CBE - Doctor of the University
Cameron Beveridge CBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Eric Milligan - Doctor of Business Administration
Peter McKinlay - Doctor of Business Administration
Stephen Riady - Doctor of Business Administration
Barbara Rae - Doctor of Arts
Professor Jennifer Hunt - Doctor of Science
Sir David Tweedie - Doctor of Letters
Sir John Shaw - Doctor of Education
Sir Russell Hillhouse - Doctor of Letters

1998

Evelyn Mitchell - Doctor of Education
Judge David Edward - Doctor of Laws
A Lindsay Stewart - Doctor of the University
Andrew Neil - Doctor of Letters
Jerome O’Hea - Doctor of Science
John Cameron - Doctor of Technology
Professor George Borthwick CBE - Doctor of Engineering
Sir Malcolm Rifkind - Doctor of Laws
Sir William Purves - Doctor of Business Administration
Sir William Reid - Doctor of Letters 

1997

John Parnaby CBE- Doctor of Engineering
Tom Johnston - Doctor of Letters
Lady Cosgrove - Doctor of Laws
Lord MacDonald of Tradeston - Doctor of Letters
Professor Daniel Bell - Doctor of Letters
Professor Jeffrey Collins - Doctor of Engineering
Sir Naren Patel - Doctor of Science
Sir William McAlpine - Doctor of Business Adminstration

1996

Dr George Bennett - Doctor of Technology
Dr Ian Tomlin - Doctor of Letters
Dr Jack Earls - Doctor of Education
Dr John Cowan MBE - Doctor of Education
Dr John Richards CBE - Doctor of the University
Anthony Bridge - Doctor of the University
Pat Barker - Doctor of Letters
Professor Anthony Ridley - Doctor of Engineering

1995

Professor J David Rhodes OBE - Doctor of Science
Professor William Turmeau - Doctor of Education
Sir Fraser Morrison - Doctor of Technology
Sir William Stewart - Doctor of Science
The Hon James McGregor - Doctor of Letters
The Hon Lord James Clyde - Doctor of Letters

1994

Dr Stephen Ho - Doctor of Business Administration
Lord Napier and Ettrick - Doctor of Letters
Dr Gordon Baxter OBE - Doctor of Business Administration
Magnus Linklater - Doctor of Arts
Magnus Magnusson KBE - Doctor of Letters
Rt Hon Professor Shirley Williams - Doctor of Letters
Sir Alistair Grant - Doctor of Business Administration
Sir Iain Vallance - Doctor of Science

1993

Dr Chen-Kung Yu - Doctor of Science
Campbell Christie - Doctor of Letters
David Semple - Doctor of Education
Professor John Ward - Doctor of Science
Professor Kathleen Anderson - Doctor of Science
Rt Hon Norman Irons - Doctor of Letters
Sir David Smith - Doctor of Science
Sir Tom Farmer - Doctor of Business Administration

1992

Eleanor McLaughlin - Fellowship of University
Professor Thomas Patten - Fellowship of University
Rt Hon Viscount Younger of Leckie - Doctor of Letters
Sir Charles Fraser - Doctor of Laws
Sir Lewis Robertson - Doctor of Business Administration

1991

David Bowman - Master of Technology
Sir Reo Stakis - Doctor of Arts
The Hon F Noel-Paton - Doctor of Business Administration

1990

Baron David Nickson - Doctor of Business Administration
John Patrick Wimbush - Fellowship of University
Professor Robert Cairns Brown Aitken - Fellowship of University
Sir Michael Herries - Doctor of Business Administration

1989

Dr Joseph Dunning CBE - Fellowship of University
Dr Jozsef Varga - Fellowship of University
Sir James Munn - Doctor of Education
Sir Robin Duthie - Doctor of Technology

1988

Adam Currie - Doctor of Technology

1986

Sir Donald McCallum - Doctor of Science