Honorary Doctorates
Wageningen University awards honorary doctorates at each anniversary. The honorary doctorates are given tor outstanding researchers with an international reputation in one or more scientific fields in which Wageningen University is active. Also the impact of their research to society, should comply with the role and the position of Wageningen University as knowledge institution.
2018
- Prof. Katrina Brown, Professor of Social Science at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Prof. Carl Folke, Professor in Natural Resource Management, Founder and Science Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and Director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Stockholm, Sweden
- Prof. Eugene Koonin, NIH Distinguished Investigator, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Adjunct Professor of Bioinformatics, Program in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, USA
- Prof. Fusuo Zhang, Professor of Plant Nutrition Science, Director of the College for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, China
2013
- Prof. G.D. Farquhar, distinguished professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australiƫ
- Prof. R.E. Lenski, professor Microbial ecology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, VS
- Prof. B.J. Staskawicz, professor Plant biology and microbiology at the University of California in Berkeley, VS
2008
- Prof. David.C. Baulcombe, Royal Society Research Professor and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge
- Prof. Daniel Pauly, professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia
2003
- Prof.dr. W. Willet
- Prof. dr. R. McNeill Alexander
- Dr R.E.F. Leakey
2000:
- Prof. P.S. Dasgupta
- Dr P. PinstrupAndersen
- Dr N.S. Scirmshaw
1998:
- Prof. G.E. Likens (USA)
- Prof. C. Somerville (USA)
1993:
- Prof. O.R. Fennema (USA)
- Dr. P.E. Kenmore (USA)
- Prof. O. Soemarwoto (Indonesia)
- Dr. J. Thirsk (England)
- Ir. Th. Quene (Netherlands)
1988:
- Ing. A. Kemp
- Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
- Prof. J. de Veer
1983
- ms.Gelia T. Castillo
- J. Gremmen
- H. de Bakker
1978
- ms. E. Boserup
- J.C.I. Dooge
1976
- R.F. Smith
- G. Veenstra
1974
- P.B. de Boer
- D.J. Maltha
1970
- A.H. Boerma
1968
- N.G. Addens
- J. Boldingh
- M.L. Dantwala
- A.W. van de Plassche
1963
- J.F. van den Brande
- T.C. Oudemans
1958
- A.G. Dumon
1956
- S.L. Mansholt
1953
- F.P. Mesu
1948
- Lord John Boyd Orr
- S.L. Louwes
- S. Smeding
1947
- E.H. Krelage
1945
- D.S. Huizinga
1938
- Jhr. S. van Citters
- B. Sjollema
1928
- H. de Vries
- S. Leefmans
- J.H. Aberson
1926
- 1926 A.E. Mayer
1921
- L. Broekema
1918
- F.E. Posthuma
- P.van Hoek