University-wide Committee on Awarding of Honorary Degrees

Composition of the University-wide Committee on Awarding of Honorary Degrees:

  1. The highest elected faculty officer from LSU A&M, LSU Alexandria, and LSU Shreveport;
  2. The LSU A&M Vice President of Research & Economic Development;
  3. A faculty member from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport shall be recommended by the respective Vice Chancellors for Academic Affairs and appointed by the Chancellor;
  4. The graduate deans of LSU A&M, LSU Shreveport, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
  5. The Executive Vice President and Provost shall serve as ex officio chairman of the Committee.

Reference: PM 7 Guidelines for Awarding Honorary Degrees

Members

  • Roy Haggerty, Chair, Executive Vice President & Provost, LSU A&M
  • Angela Amedee, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor; Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair for the Study of Retinal Degeneration; Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neurology; Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence; LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Inessa Bazayev, LSU A&M Faculty Senate President, Manship Professor of Music Theory
  • Julie Franks Gill, LSU Alexandria Faculty Senate President, Professor of Kinesiology
  • J. Dedrick Jordan, Professor and Chair of Neurology, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Christopher Kevil, Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of School of Graduate Studies, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
  • Sanjay Menon, Dean of Graduate Studies, LSU Shreveport
  • Jim Spencer, Vice Provost & Dean of the Graduate School, LSU A&M
  • Robert Twilley, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, LSU A&M
  • Cassandra Williams, LSU Shreveport Faculty Senate President, Assistant Professor of Special Education

 

last updated 11/9/2023