University of Essex Calendar

Former Chancellors of the University

†The Right Honourable Baron Nolan of Brasted, PC, MA Oxf (1997-2002)
†The Right Honourable Sir Patrick Nairne, GCB MC, MA LLD DU (1983-1997)
The Right Honourable Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH, MA Hon DCL HonLLD DU HonLittD (1965-1982)

Former Vice-Chancellors of the University

Professor Colin Riordan, BA PhD (2007-2012)
Professor Sir Ivor Crewe, DU DL MA MSc DLitt AcSS (1995-2007)
†Sir Albert Sloman, CBE, MA DPhil DU DLitt (1962-1987)
Professor Martin Harris, CBE, MA PhD LLD DU(1987-1992)
Professor R J Johnston, MA PhD DU (1992-1995) 

Emeritus Professors

S Anderman, BA CUNY LLB MSc (Professor of Law, 1990-2009)
M Atkinson, BSc MSc PhD (Professor of Linguistics, 1993-2007)
Neil R Baker,  BSc PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 1987-2011)
DJ Barber, BSc PhD  FIMMM FInstP (Professor of Physics, 1978-1996)
†GA Barnard, MA DSc HonARCS FIMA (Professor of Mathematics, 1966-1977)
†AR Bergstrom, MCom PhD (Professor of Economics, 1970-1992)
†K Bowden BSc PhD DFC (Professor of Chemistry, 1965-2000)
TJM Boyd, BSc PhD CPhys FInstP (Professor of Physics, 1990-2001)
†K Boyle, LLB Dip Crim, Barrister (Professor of School of Law, 1989-2010)
RA Brooker, BSc MA ARCS (Professor of Computing Science, 1967-1988)
JG Brotherston, BA PhD (Professor of Literature, 1978-1990)
I Budge, MA PhD (Professor of Government, 1976-2008)
V Callaghan, BEng PhD MIEE MBCS CEng (Professor of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, 2005-2010)
KW Cattermole, BSc (Professor of Telecommunication Systems, 1968-1990)
R Cherry, MA PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 1982-2004)
Sir IM Crewe, DU DL MA MSc DLitt AcSS (Professor of Government, 1982-2007)
J Doran, MA (Professor of Computing Science, 1973-2001)
J Dowden, BA MA PhD (Professor of Mathematical Sciences, 1998-2008)
D Elson, BA PhD (Professor of Sociology, 2000-2011)
J Ermisch, PhD MA BS (Professor of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Research, 1994-2011)
DH Fremlin,  BA MA PhD (Professor of Mathematical Sciences, 2003-2011)
M Ghanbari, BSc PhD CEng FIET FIEEE (Professor of Video Networking, 1986-2011)
TRG Gray, BSc PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 1977-2002)
†M Gordon, PhD DSc FRSE FRSC (Professor of Chemistry, 1967-1984)
B Hadfield, LLB LLM PhD (Professor of Law, 1994-2011)
T Hall, BSc PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 1999-2007)
C Hamilton, LLB Barrister (Professor of Law, 2001-2011)
M Hawksford, BSc PhD DSc CEng FIEE FAES FIOA (Professor of Electronic Systems Engineering, 1994-2011)
I Henning, BSc PhD FIET FInstP CEng CPhys (Professor of Electronic Systems Engineering, 2002-2011)
†AR Holt, MA DPhil  (Professor of Mathematics, 1967-2004)
E Laclau Lic PhD (Professor of Government, 1992-2008)
S Lavington, MSc PhD Ceng FBCS FIEE (Professor of Computing Science, 1986-2002)
L Lind, BSEE MSEE PhD CEng FIEE SMIEEE (Professor of Computing and Electronic Systems, 1988-2008)
A Livingstone, MA PhD (Professor of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, 1992-2009)
D Lockwood, BSc (Econ) PhD  MA FBA CBE (Professor of Sociology, 1968-2001)
R Loudon, MA DPhil  FRS (Professor of Physics, 1967-2007)
J Lubbock, BA MA (Professor of Art History, 1999-2012)
M O'Mahony, BSc PhD CEng MIEE SMIEEE (Professor of Electronic Systems Engineering, 1991-2007)
R Massara, BA PhD CEng FIET SMIEEE (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 2003-2011)
R Meddis, BA PhD (Professor of Pschology, 1993-2011)
David B Nedwell, BSc PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 1992-2011)
G Pearson, BA (Professor of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, 1974-2010 )
KJ Plummer, BSc PhD (Professor of Sociology, 1995-2006)
TJ Parker, BSc PhD CPhys FInstP (Professor of Physics, 1991-2005)
†M Podro, CBE, MA PhD, FBA (Professor of Art History and Theory, 1969-1997)
V Randall, BA MSc PhD (Professor of Government, 2000-2011)
J Richmond, BA MSc (Professor of Economics, 1985-2006)
B Ridley, BSc PhD FRS (Professor of Physics, 1984-2007)
IM Roca, LicenDer LicenFilRom MA PhD (Professor of Language and Linguistics 1997-2005)
D Rose, FRSA BA PhD (Professor of Institute of Social and Economic Research 1993-1996, Professor of Sociology, 1996-2009)
Sir A Sloman, CBE MA DPhil DU DLitt (Vice-Chancellor, 1962-1987)
SRP Smith, BA MA DPhil MInstP (Professor of Physics, 1999-2006)
†A Spicer, BA LθsL (Professor of Language and Linguistics, 1970-1983)
M Tatham, BA PhD (Professor of Linguistics, 1976-2007)
†A Terry, MA (Professor of Literature, 1973-1993)
P Thompson, MA DPhil, (Professor of Sociology, 1988-2007)
R Turner, BSc PhD MA (Professor of Logic and Computation, 1983-2011)
J White, BA PhD (Professor of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, 2005-2009)
Mike T Wilson, BSc MSc PhD (Professor of Biological Sciences, 2011)

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Librarian Emeritus

†P Long, MA (Librarian, 1963-1978)

Honorary Graduates

[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]  [E]  [F]  [G]  [H]  [J]  [K]  [L]  [M]  [N]  [O]  [P]  [Q]  [R]  [S]  [T]  [U]  [V]  [W]

The Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Essex was conferred on:
 

[A]

Professor Thomas Adθs (2004)
Baroness Professor Heleh Afshar OBE AcSS(2011)
Dr David Elliston Allen, MA, PhD (1995)
Sir Geoffrey Allen, FRS (1986)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Alport PC, TD, DL (1997)
†Theodoros Angelopoulos (2001)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Annan, OBE, MA DLitt, FRHistS (1967)
Dame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG, BA BSc MA (1994)
The Hon Mrs Justice Arden, DBE (1997)
Sir John Ashworth, PhD(2011)
¹Phil Askew (2012)
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, MA PhD, FRS (1985)
Sir David Frederick Attenborough, CBE, MA, FRS (1987)
³Gary Avis (2011)

[B]

The President of Chile, Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet (2008)
Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE (2011)
Helen Bamber OBE (1998)
¹Alan Barber (2005)
Professor Anthony Barnes Atkinson, MA, FBA (1995)
Professor Alan D Baddeley, FRS (1999)
†Professor George A Barnard, MA DSc, HonARCS FIMA (1994)
†Roderic Barrett (1997)
Derek Donald Barron (1989)
†Professor Sir David Robert Bates (1989)
†Edward Bawden, CBE, RA (1974)
Sir Terence Norman Beckett, KBE, DL, Dsc, DSc (Econ), DTech, FEng FIMechE (1995)
John Bercow, MP BA (2010)
†Leila Berg (1999)
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (1998)
†The Right Honorable the Lord Bingham, PC MA (1997)
Professor Jean Fernand Pierre Blondel, BLitt (1992)
Ronald Blythe (2002)
†Geoffrey William Bone, MA (1991)
Sir Peter Bonfield, CBE FIEE FBCS FCIM FREng FEng (2001)
¹John Brookes (2006)
¹Joseph Borg (2003)
Sir Michael Brady, PhD, FEng FIEE (1996)
³Jo Brand (2009)
Sir Nicholas Bratza, (2005)
William John Bray, CBE, CEng MSc (Eng), FIEE FCGI (1976)
³Liam (Billy) Brennan (2008)
The Rt Hon the Lord Braybrooke (2000)
Sir Samuel Brittan (1994)
†Professor Joseph Brodsky (1989)
Professor Hugh Brogan (2007)
Professor Ralph Anthony Brooker, MA BSc, ARCS (1990)
¹John Brookes, (2006)
Trevor Brooking, CBE (2001)
Nick Broomfield (2006)
†Arthur Frederick James Brown, MA DipEd (1976)
Professor George Brown, OBE, FBA (2002)
³June Brown MBE (2011)
Alan Bullard (2008)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Bullock, Kt, MA DLitt, FBA, Chev Lιgion d'Honneur (1992)
David Edgeworth Butler, CBE, MA DPhil (1993)

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[C]

Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown, OBE, RA, AA Dip Hons, FRIBA Hon FRCA 1989)
†Mark James Walter Cameron, HonDLitt (1978)
†Sir Andrew Hunter Carnwath, KCVO, DL (1983)
The Rt Hon the Lord Carrington, KCMG MC (1983)
Sir Bryan Carsberg, MSc (Econ), MA (Econ), Hon ScD, Hon DLitt (1995)
¹†The Rt Hon the Lord Carter BLitt FRAgS (1998)
Professor Kenneth William Cattermole, BSc, CEng MIEE (1992)
Shami Chakrabarti, CBE (2006)
Beth Chatto, OBE (1988)
†Professor Richard Charles Cobb, CBE, FBA (1981)
³Simon Clegg CBE OBE (2011)
Professor Peter Cochrane, BSc MSc PhD DSc, FEng FIEE Professor Sir FIEEE (1996)
Professor Stanley Cohen, PhD, FBA (2003)
Professor Linda Colley, FBA (2004)
Professor Patrick Collinson, CBE, FBA (2000)
Sheila Gillian Colvin, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, FRSA (1994)
Richard Cooke, MA Dip Ed (1996)
Dr Radhika Coomaraswamy (2004)
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, ScD, FRS (1982)
¹Jill Cowley (2004)
²Danny Crates
Professsor Sir Ivor Crewe (2009)
³David John Croft OBE (2010)
Philip Crummy (2008)
:³Lord Roger Cunliffe, RIBA (2008)

[D]

†Elizabeth David, OBE (1979)
†Professor Donald Alfred Davie, MA PhD, FBA FRSL (1990)
†The Rt Hon John Emerson Harding Davies, MBE, FCA, DTech (1967)
†Sir Robin Day, MA Hon LLD (1988)
†Dr Kenneth George Denbigh, MA PhD DSc, FRIC FRS (1968)
†Professor Jacques Derrida, LesL Dipd'EtSup DPh DrEtat, Officier Des Palmes Acadιmiques (1987)
Philippe Arthur de Seynes (1982)
¹L B Dillingham (2001)
Mr David Dimbleby (2005)
James Dodds (2007)
³Jimmy Doherty PhD (2010)
Sir John Francis Donaldson, MA (1983)
Professor Mary Douglas, DPhil, FBA (1992)
Professor Jacques Drθze, PhD (1980)
Professor Greg Duncan (1999)
¹Peter Dury (2002)

[E]

Professor Sir Roger James Elliott, MA DPhil DSc, FRS (1993)
†Frederick George Emmison, MBE, FSA FRHistS (1971)
³Lady Clare Euston (2008)
Dee Evans (2008)
†George Ewart Evans, BA (1982)
Sir William Vincent John Evans, GCMG MBE, QC, MA BCL (1986)

[F]

Professor Samuel Edward Finer, MA DLitt (1982)
¹John Brian Finney CBE (1999)
Sir Denis Forman, OBE, DUniv, DL (1986)
Joanna Katharine Foster (1993)
†Christina Agnes Lilian Foyle (1975)
Professor Jean Franco, PhD (1992)
Professor Carlos Fuentes, DLitt LLD (1987)

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[G]

†William John Poulton Maxwell Garnett, CBE, MA (1977)
Professor Charles Garraway, CBE (2012)
Dr Hans-Dietrich Genscher, (1993)
John Alexander Georgiadis (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Gilmour, PC (1995)
The Rt Hon the Lord Gladwyn, GCMG GCVO CB, DCL (1974)
Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE (1998)
Dr Andrei Vladimir Gnezdilov, MD PhD (2001)
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM CBE, MA PhD, FBA FSA (1977)
Professor Julia Goodfellow CBE (2004)
Elinor Goodman (2000)
Bill Gore (2012)
†Colonel Richard Bennett Gosling, OBE, MA, CEng FIMechE (1993)
William W Gould (2005)
Victor William Gray, MA (1993)
³Professor Chris Green (2009)
Professor Germaine Greer, PhD (2003)
⁴Steve Groves (2010)
The Hon Anthony Roy Gubbay, BA MA LLM (1994)
Orla Guerin (2002)
¹Sally Gunnell, OBE (2010)

[H]

The Right Honorable Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond, DBE (2005)
Dr Elizabeth Hall, MBE MB BS, MRCS LRCP DRCOG, JP (1996)
³Professor David Hall (2009)
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall, KT, CBE, MA, Hon DLitt, Chevalier de L'Orde des Arts et des Lettres (1995)
†The Rt Hon the Earl of Halsbury, BSc DTech, FRIC FIP FRS (1968)
Charles Handy (2000)
¹Lord Hanningfield (2004)
†Brian Hanrahan, BA (1990)
¹Jerry Harpur (2004)
Professor Sir Martin Best Harris, CBE, MA PhD LLD (1993)
Wilson Harris (1996)
Ralph David Hart, OBE, BSc, CPhys, MInstP (1995)
Anthony Keith Harvey, FRAM (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
The Rt Hon the Lord Haskins (2000)
Ray Hawes, OBE (1997)
Ian Hay (2009)
Professor Rosalyn Higgins, JSD, QC (1996)
Lindsey Hilsum (2004)
Charles Antony Richard Hoare, MA CertStats HonDSc, FRS (1991)
¹Penelope Hobhouse (2003)
†Professor Eric Hobsbawm, BA PhD, FBA (1996)
Dame Patricia Hodgson, CBE, MA LRAM (2001)
¹Jane Holderness-Roddam LVO (2001)
†Imogen Holst, FRCM (1968)
¹Jeremy Hulme (2012)
Sir John Austin Hungerford Leigh Hoskyns, HonDSc (1987)
³Tim How (2008)
†Professor Robert Arthur Humphreys, OBE, MA PhD DLitt (1973)
Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSL, JP (1996)

[J]

Sir Alex Jarratt, CB, DL (1997)
Sir George Rowland Jefferson, Hon BSc, FEng Hon FIMechE FRAeS FBIM FCGI FRSA (1985)
†The Rt Hon Roy Harris Jenkins, BA HonDPhil (1978)
Ian Douglas Jewel, ARCM (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
Hugh Johnson, OBE (1998)
Professor Ron Johnston, MA PhD (1996)
Professor Stephen Jones (1999)
³Lady Barbara Judge, BA JD (2008)
²Phill Jupitus (2010)

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[K]

Kenji Kawakatsu, Blue Ribbon Medal of Japan, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1991)
Lucy Kellaway (2012)
¹Paul Kelly (2012)
†Maurice George Kendall, MA ScD, FBA (1968)
³William Kendall DL (2011)
¹John Kerr (2002)
†Professor Tom Kilburn, CBE, MA PhD DSc, FIEE FRS (1968)
Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, MA PhD DSc ScD, FIBiol FRS (1979)
Sergie Kovalev (1996)

[L]

Hanif Lalani, OBE BA (2010)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Leatherland OBE, JP, DL (1973)
Professor Ilse Lehiste, MA PhD (1977)
†Rosamond Nina Lehmann, CBE (1988)
Mike Leigh, OBE (2002)
Leah Sarah Levin, BA(SocSc), BSc(Econ) (1992)
†Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis, KCB (1990)
†John Frederick Norman Lewis (1987)
Daniel Libeskind (1999)
†Professor Sir Michael James Lighthill, BA DSc, FRAeS FRS (1967)
Professor Richard Lipsey, BA MA PhD, Order of Canada, FRSC, Fellow Econometric Society (1996)
Professor the Barroness Lister, CBE, FBA, AcSS (2012)
Professor David Lockwood, CBE, BSc PhD (2001)
Mr Ignacio Duran Loera (2011)
Professor Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins, MA DPhil DUniv, FRS FRSE (1981)
†Dora Love (2009)
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns, HonGCMG HonCH, DCL (1974)

[M]

Richard Mabey (2007)
Professor Alasdair MacIntyre, BA MA HonDHL DLit (1990)
Graηa Machel (1997)
Ian Marks, CBE, DL (2004)
†Geoffrey Haward Martin, CBE, MA DPhil (1989)
Ian Martin, MA (Cantab) (2003)
†Sir Leslie Martin, MA PhD LLD, FRIBA (1976)
Neil McArthur, BSc (2009)
The Rt Revd Thomas McMahon (1991)
Professor James Edward Meade, CB, MA DSc Econ, FBA (1975)
³Robert Mee (2010)
Sir Robert Edgar Megarry, PC, MA LLD HonLLD, FBA (1991)
†Kenneth Mellanby, CBE, BA PhD ScD HonDSc (1980)
†Sir Harry Work Melville, KCB, PhD DSc LLD DCL DTech, FRIC FRS (1975)
Tim Melville-Ross, CBE FCIS FRSA CIMgt FCIB (2008)
³Elizabeth Milburn MBE (2010)
†Professor Robin Milner, FRS FRSE (2000)
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE, (2004)
Nuala Mole, BA (2009)
George Monbiot (2007)
³Dr Mike More CBE (2009)
³Canon Peter Mortimer MBE (2009)
The Honorable Mr Justice Erik Mose (2007)
†Professor Sir Nevill Francis Mott, MA DSc, FRS (1978)
Chris Mullin (2011)
³Mark Murphy (2010)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Murray KCB, BSc PhD BLitt MA LLD DCL DLitt DUniv, FDSRCS (1971)

[N]

 Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne, GCB MC, MA LLD (1983)
¹Sir Charles David Naish DL Hon DSc FRAgS (1998)
†John Northcote Nash, CBE, RA (1967)
Cyril Ndebele (2001)
†Alexander Sutherland Neill, MA MED LLD (1971)
Professor Howard Newby, CBE (2000)
†Freda Gladys Newcombe, MA, DPhil, FBPS (1995)
†The Rt Hon the Lord Nolan, PC QC (1996)

[O]

Brian Oakley CBE MA (1998)
¹William Edgar (Bill) Oddie (2006)
Ben Okri, OBE, FRSL (2002)
Onora O'Neill, CBE, BA MA PhD, FBA (1996)
Professor Susie Orbach, (2004)
Professor Sir John O'Reilly, FREng, FIEE (2004)
Brendan Joseph O'Reilly (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
The Right Honorable Sir Philip Otton, PC (2006)
Anne Owers, DBE CBE (2006)

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[P]

Baron Parekh of Kingston-upon-Hull, BA MA PhD
Tony Parker (1994)
†Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears, CBE FRCM HonRAM DUniv DLitt DMus (1981)
¹Anthony Peel (2003)
Sir Roger Penrose, BSc PhD, FRS (1996)
Jack Petchey, OBE (2008)
†Professor Sir David Chilton Phillips, PhD, FRS (1983)
¹Peter Philpot (2010)
Karen Pickering, MBE (2007)
†John Egerton Christmas Piper, CH DLitt HonRIBA HonARCA (1984)
Professor Christopher Pissarides, BA, MA, PhD (2012)
²Tony Pitcher, BA BSc MSc MIoD FRSA (2003)
The Baroness Platt of Writtle, CBE, DL, MA, HonDSc CEng FRAES HonFIMechE (1985)
Professor Michael Podro, CBE, FBA (2000)
Kwok Yue Ellen Poon, BSc, PhD (2012)
Jonathon Espie Porritt, BA (1991)
Peter Preston, BA HonDLitt (1994)
⁴David Priest, CEng FIMechE Hon Fellow (2010)

[Q]

Professor Sir Randolph Quirk, DLitt LLD, FBA (1986)

[R]

Dr Oliver Rackham (2000)
Katherine Rake, OBE (2010)
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal, CMG QC SC (1980)
³Kirsten Rausing (2008)
†Alan Rawsthorne, CBE, DMus (1971)
Gail Rebuck, CBE BA (2001)
†Alec Harley Reeves, CBE ACGI DIC FIEE (1971)
Karel Reisz, BA (1979)
Ruth Barbara Rendell, HonDLitt FRSL (1990)
Griff Rhys Jones (2010)
†Tony Rich, BSc, MA, MSc, PhD (2012)
Doug Richard, BA, Juris Doctor, FRSA (2009)
†John Edgell Rickword, MC (1978)
Brian Norman Roger Rix, CBE, HonMA (1984)
Derek Harry Roberts, CBE FEng FRS (1988)
Mary Robinson (1999)
³Sir Stuart Rose (2009)
†Hon Miriam Rothschild, CBE, FRS (1999)
†Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, BT CB OBE, TD, JP (1980)
†The Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, CMG, OBE (1993)

[S]

Oscar Arias Sanchez, MA PhD (1988)
Professor Simon Schama, CBE (2006)
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders, DBE, FRCP (1983)
Sir Robin Saxby, FREng BEng (2003)
¹John Scott (2002)
The Right Honorable Lord Justice Stephen Sedley (2007)
Professor Amartya Kumar Sen, PhD DLitt DSc (1984)
Sir Nicholas Serota, Kt (2002)
†Professor George Hugh Nicholas Seton-Watson, CBE, DLitt FBA (1983)
Sir Albert Edward Sloman, CBE, MA DPhil DU DLitt (1988)
The Rt Hon the Lord Slynn of Hadley, PC BA MA LLB QC (2001)
Dr Charles Saumarez Smith, CBE (2005)
Professor Dorothy E Smith (2005)
¹Guy Smith (2008)
¹Wol and Sue Staines (2010)
Kier Starmer QC LLB BCL (2011)
Rosie Stancer (2012)
Alison Steadman, OBE (2003)
†Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark, KCMG CVO DL (1990)
Sir Sigmund Sternberg, OStJ KCSG JP (1996)
Juliet Stevenson, CBE (2009)
†Sir Nigel Edward Strutt, TD DL DSc (1981)
Sir John Sulston, Kt; PhD FRS (2002)
Dr Derrick Swartz BA MA PhD (2008)
†William Henry Swinburne, OBE DMus (1975)

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[T]

†John Edward Tabor, OBE, MA, DL (1984)
³Professor Bill Tancred MBE (2008)
Sir William Taylor, Kt, CBE (2004)
¹Blythe Tait (1999)
¹Alan Titchmarsh (1999)
Stewart Till, CBE (2006)
John Toland, BSc, DSc, Hon DSc, FRS, FRSE (2009)
¹William Tomlins (2012)
Professor Peter Brereton Townsend, BA (1990)
Polly Toynbee (1999)
Lord Triesman of Tottenham (2010)
Rose Tremain, CBE, FRSL (2006)
Dominique Tropeano (2007)
†His Honour Judge Stephen Tumim, MA (1995)
Sir John Tusa (2006)
Sarah Tyacke CB, (2005)

[U]

Brian Edward Urquhart, MBE (1981)

[V]

³Rosie Varley OBE (2009)

[W]

The Rt Revd John Waine, KCVO (2002)
Derek Walcott (2008)
¹Christine Walkden (2010)
†Professor Sir Frederick Edward Warner, BSc HonDTech HonDSc, FIMechE FRS (1992)
³Ruth Watson (2010)
The Baroness Warnock, DBE, MA BPhil (1985)
†Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, BSc PhD HonDSc, FRS (1989)
†James Hardy Wilkinson, MA ScD, FRS FIMA (1977)
The Rt Hon Professor Shirley Williams (Baroness Williams of Crosby), MA DLitt (1994)
Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson, RA (1998)
† Sir James Harold Wilson, KG OBE, MA DCL LLD DTech, FRS (1967)
†Professor Arthur John Terence Dibben Wisdom, MA (1978)
†The Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH, MA LLD DLitt DUniv (1976)

[Y]

David Yates, BA (2012)
³Baroness Barbara Thomas Young (2008)

Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellowships of the University were awarded to:

³Celia Anderson BSc MSc MBA (2011)
Allan Blundell MIAM, MBIM (2008)
Michael Butler (2002)
¹Tony Clark (2004)
Moira Collett, BA (2009)
Nicola Colston (2011)
¹Ian Frood (2004)
Professor Tim Gray (2003)
Nicholas Hare (2007)
³Terry Hunt BA (2011)
Alan Jordan, DL (2005)
Derek Lewis, MA MSc CIMgt (2010)
Dave Lyons (2010)
³Dr Akmal Makhdum (2011)
³Yvonne Mason (2011)
†Sir Robin Mountfield KCB BA(2008)
John Oliver, BSc PhD (2009)
Christopher Pertwee, DL (2006)
³Nigel Pickover (2011)
Rosy Stamp LCSLT MEd (2012)
Professor Jim Richmond, MA MSc(2007)
†Stanley Thomson, CBE (2002)
 

†Deceased

¹Conferred at Writtle College

²Conferred at South Essex College

³Conferred jointly with the University of East Anglia

⁴Conferred at Colchester Institute

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