President Shirley M. Tilghman awards an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree to legendary boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali during Princeton’s commencement exercises in 2007.
Honorary degrees were also awarded that year to Norman Augustine, the former chief executive officer and chairman of the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp.; Elizabeth Blackburn, a pioneering molecular biologist; Robert Fagles, a celebrated literary translator and Princeton’s Arthur Marks ‘19 Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus; LaSalle Leffall Jr., a leading cancer surgeon and researcher; Fritz Stern, a renowned historian of modern Germany; and Twyla Tharp, an award-winning choreographer and director.
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