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OverviewThe bestowing of honorary degrees is a traditional element of the commencement ceremony at many universities. The first University of Washington honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws, was conferred in 1885 by the territorial university to Orange Jacobs, who later became a local judge. Two years later, the UW conferred three Doctor of Divinity degrees to local religious ministers and in 1894 it granted an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Frederic James Grant. Between 1894 and 2002 the University awarded only one honorary degree. It was presented, in 1921, to French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, who led the Allied forces in World War I.Eighty years passed before the Faculty Senate, in 2002, passed legislation that specified procedures for resuming the practice of awarding honorary degrees, with the responsibility for recommending them vested in the Faculty Council on University Relations. Five honorary degrees have been awarded since.
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