2022 Hon doc recipients announced

The University’s first in-person Spring Convocation since 2019 will celebrate 14 exceptional women and men, including a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, an acclaimed Quebec writer, a medical doctor committed to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation, and the scientist-entrepreneur behind Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

This Spring, beloved traditions are returning to McGill University’s downtown and Macdonald campuses. The University’s newest graduates will again cross the stage to receive their hard-earned degrees and diplomas. To celebrate these students’ outstanding achievements, the University will welcome 14 inspirational individuals who have made exceptional contributions to both their own fields and society as a whole.

McGill’s Spring 2022 honorary degree recipients are: Dr. Izzeldin M. M. Abuelaish, Noubar Afeyan, Patricia E. Benner, Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Nicole Brossard, Martin L. Chalfie, Dr. William H. Dietz, Charlene Drew Jarvis, Peter Guo-hua Fu, James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson, Stephen Huddart, Brenda Norris, Annabel Soutar, and Lord (Gordon) Wasserman.

Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Convocation Ceremony ‘A’ recipient
 

Doctor of Science, honoris causa (D.Sc.)
WILLIAM H. DIETZ
B.A. (Wesleyan University), M.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Dr. William Dietz has built a career in public health focused on obesity prevention, nutrition and physical activity. He is the Director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University. Dr. Dietz is the author of more than 200 scientific publications and the editor of five books, including Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children and Nutrition: What Every Parent Needs to Know.