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2027 Honorary Degree Review Committee

The members of the Honorary Degree Review Committee are appointed by the president and include representatives from the colleges and schools. This committee presents nominations to the president for consideration before they are submitted to the Board of Trustees for final approval. The following members will participate in the process for the 2026-2027 cycle.

• Chair: Keith Webster, Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of University Libraries and Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives
• Bruce Armitage, Professor and Head of Chemistry, Co-Director, Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology
• David P. Bennett, Vice President for University Advancement 
• Beth Dickey, Department Head and Teddy and Wilton Hawkins Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Howard Ellin, Trustee; Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom
• Ramayya Krishnan, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, Heinz College
• Milton Rubén Laufer, Jack G. Buncher Head of the School of Music, Professor
• Tricia O’Reilly, Vice President For Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff
• Mary Ellen Poole, Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean, College of Fine Arts
• Richard Scheines, University Professor of Philosophy and Machine Learning
  
• Mary Shaw, Alan J. Perlis University Professor of Computer Science
• Kannan Srinivasan, H.J. Heinz II University Professor of Management, Marketing and Business Technology