2026 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 2025-2026 cycle.

• Chair: Richard Scheines, The Bess Family Dean of the Mariana Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 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, Teddy and Wilton Hawkins Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Howard Ellin, Trustee; Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom
• Edda L. Fields-Black, Professor, Director of Dietrich College Humanities Center
• Omar Khan, Professor & Head, School of Architecture
• Ramayya Krishnan, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, Heinz College
• Tricia O’Reilly, Chief of Staff
• Mary Ellen Poole, Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean, College of Fine Arts
• Mary Shaw, Alan J. Perlis University Professor of Computer Science
• Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance
• Keith Webster, Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of University Libraries and Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives