Noun
an honorary degree in letters
Source: WordNet1980s and 1990s In 1980, Baez was given honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees by Antioch University and Rutgers University for her political activism and the "universality of her music". Source: Internet
He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, by Fordham University in 1975. Source: Internet
On May 22, 2016, Davis was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters in Healing and Social Justice from California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco during its 48th annual commencement ceremony. Source: Internet
Mandy La Fleur will be the first resident nurse in Guyana to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Saint Joseph. Source: Internet
Judd was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky on May 9, 2009. Source: Internet
In 2013, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Duke University as a tribute for her philanthropic commitment. Source: Internet