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To: Dale Baker who wrote (113274)	6/13/2009 1:30:02 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 542528

OT Four global challenges for today's grads Young Canadians have opportunity to build a better world Edmonton JournalJune 13, 2009 8:54 AM The following are excerpts of the U of A convocation address delivered by the Aga Khan Tuesday. edmontonjournal.com Aga Khan Awarded an Honorary Doctorate at Cambridge University; UCA Scholars to Study at Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12th June 2009 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, today received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Cambridge’s Pembroke College – the third oldest of the Cambridge colleges. The Aga Khan becomes the first Muslim to receive the distinction in the University’s 800 year history. akdn.org

To: Dale Baker who wrote (113274)	6/13/2009 1:31:08 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 542528

Thank you, Frank Luntz.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (113274)	6/13/2009 1:33:22 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 542528

OT The Chancellor in Cambridge to confer Honorary Degrees 12 June 2009 Ten eminent individuals from the worlds of religion, business, science, music, history, philanthropy, politics and economics were presented to the Chancellor, HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House today. • His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan (Doctor of Divinity) • Mrs Melinda Gates, Philanthropist (Doctor of Law) • Mr Bill Gates (William Henry Gates III), Philanthropist and Chairman of the Microsoft Corporation (Doctor of Law) • Baroness (Shirley) Williams of Crosby, Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, Public Service Professor of Elective Politics Emerita in the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (Doctor of Law) • Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco (Doctor of Science) • Professor Wallace Broecker, Climatologist, Columbia University (Doctor of Science) • Professor Sir Peter Crane, the John & Marion Sullivan Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, former Director of Kew Gardens (Doctor of Science) • Professor Amartya Sen, Fellow and former Master of Trinity College. Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. Nobel Laureate in Economics (Doctor of Letters) • Professor Wang Gungwu, University Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore; former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong; Historian of China and the Chinese (Doctor of Letters) • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer and conductor (Doctor of Music)