She was also a professor at Duke University.

Seamus J. Heaney

Heaney's poetry has taken him from his boyhoodhome in County Derry, Northern Ireland, to Oxfordand most recently to Harvard, where he served asBoylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory untillast year.

Heaney was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literaturein 1995 and Britain's Whitbread Award two yearslater. Much of his work reflects the troubledpolitical and social situation of his homeland.

Heaney will receive a doctorate of laws.

John H. Johnson

The head of a publishing empire with more than11 million readers, Johnson was awarded thePresidential Medal of Freedom in 1996.

Johnson is chair of Johnson Publishing Company,which publishes Ebony magazine--the most highlycirculated periodical centered on blackissues--along with Jet magazine and Ebony SouthAfrica, his latest venture.

Johnson, who started his first magazine, NegroDigest, at the age of 24 with a $500 loan, isactive in charities including the United NegroCollege Fund and Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Today he receives a doctorate of laws.

Jaroslav Pelikan

Another senior Yale professor, Pelikan hasstudied Christianity and the history of theChristian Church for more than half a century.

His mammoth five-volume study, The ChristianTradition, is a seminal work in the field.

Pelikan is a member of President Clinton'sCommittee on the Arts and Humanities and wasappointed Jefferson Lecturer by the NationalEndowment for the Humanities in 1983.

The doctorate of laws he receives today will beone of more than 30 honorary degrees he hasreceived throughout his distinguished career.