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The Winners

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The following have won honorary degrees:

George W. Ball. former Undersecreatary of State, a Doctor of Laws.

John Bardeen, professor of Physics at the University of Illinois and a double Nobel Prize winner, a Doctor of Science.

George F.. Bennett '33, retiring treasurer of Harvard, a Doctor of Laws.

William G. Bowen, president of Princeton, a Doctor of Laws.

Mary I. Bunting, former President of Radcliffe College and now assistant to Bowen at Princeton, a Doctor of Laws.

Lloyd C. Elam, president of Meharry Medical Center in Nashville , Tenn, a Doctor of Laws.

Masao Maruyama, professor of Political Science at the University of Tokyo, a Doctor of Laws.

Margaret Mead, renowned anthropologist, a Doctor of Arts.

Georgia O'Keeffe, a well-known painter of landscape, a Doctor of Arts.

Rudolf Serkin, an accomplished concert pianist, a Doctor of Music.

Robert Penn Warren, novelist and critic, a Doctor of Letters.

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