In 2002, Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics for these discoveries. He will receive a Doctor of Laws degree today.
FRANK KERMODE
Sir Frank Kermode is considered one of the most distinguished critics and academics of English Literature. He is best known for his celebrated studies on D.H. Lawrence and Shakespeare.
Born in 1919, he was educated at the University of Liverpool and also served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during World War II. Kermode was knighted in 1991 and is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. Today, he Kermode will receive a Doctor of Letters degree.
SHIRLEY M. TILGHMAN
Tilghman joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1986 and currently serves as the university’s president. An expert in the field of molecular biology, she participated in the first cloning of a mammalian gene.
A Canadian native, Tilghman received a degree in chemistry from Queen’s University, later obtaining her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Temple University.
Tilghman has been recognized not only for her scientific breakthroughs, but also for her national leadership for women in science. She has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society for Developmental Biology and the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. She will receive a Doctor of Laws degree today.
EDWARD O. WILSON
Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus Edward O. Wilson is the world’s top scholar of ants in both molecular and ecological contexts. His research led to the discovery of pheromones as an explanation for animal behavior.
A native of Birmingham, Ala. and graduate of the University of Alabama, Wilson was the head antkeeper at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology until his retirement in 1997. He has written books on topics ranging from ants to the unity of all human knowledge, most notably his controversial Sociobiology and won two Pulitzer Prizes in the process.
Wilson received his Ph.D. in biology from Harvard in 1955 and was appointed assistant professor the next year. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Wilson its Crafoord Prize for his work in ecology in 1990, and Wilson won the National Medal of Science in 1976.
He will be awarded the Doctor of Science degree today.