Honorary Doctors 1978-2005

6th Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2005

A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Petteri Karttunen
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Ian Wilmut  

Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Hans-Dieter Höltje
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Masahiko Negishi

Faculty of Information Technology and Business

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jean-Pierre Babary
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Patrick J. Dowling

Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Erkki Jatila
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jouko Tuomisto

Faculty of Medicine

  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Riitta Hari
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Alice H. Lichtenstein
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Vamik D. Volkan

Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Eberhard J. C. Dülfer
  • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Päivi Setälä
  • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Alan Williams

5th Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2000

A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences

  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. A. Claudio Cuello
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jorma Kalevi Huuhtanen

Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Francis C. Szoka
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Hannu Tapani Turakka

Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jay van Huizen Huner
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jorma Rantanen
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Herman P. Schwan

Faculty of Medicine

  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Ezio Giacobini
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Vincent C. Hascall Jr.
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jussi Kalervo Huttunen

Faculty of Social Sciences

    • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Elina Haavio-Mannila
    • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Claus Mühlfeld

 4th Conferment Ceremony 1996

Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. John Doull
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Valentino J. Stella

Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Brian Flannigan
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. George Hanek

Faculty of Medicine

  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Konrad T. Beyreuther
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Robert Michael Blaese
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Martti Juhani Karvonen
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. László Módis
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Lester Packer
  • Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jouni Jorma Juhani Uitto

Faculty of Dentistry

  • Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Edvitar Leibur

Faculty of Social Sciences

    • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Mary E. Duffy
    • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Oswald Hahn
    • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Kauko Aarno Artturi Heuru

3rd Conferment Ceremony 1991

Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Fritz Müller
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Matti Kustaa Paasonen

Faculty of Dentistry

  • Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Franz Sutter
  • Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Donald William Warren

Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jaak Järv
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Benjamin Liu
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Viljo Johannes Orpana

Faculty of Medicine

  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Niilo Hallman
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Arisztid G.B. Kovach
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Geoffrey Arthur Rose
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Piero Tosi

Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Olli Mikko Castrén
  • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Madeleine M. Leininger
  • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Mikko Ilmari Niemi
  • Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Jürgen Zerche

2nd Conferment Ceremony 1982

  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Henry W. Blackburn
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Francesco di Castri
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Seymor Stanley Cohen
  • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Katri-Helena Eskelinen
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Béla Flerkó
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Hugh H. Fudenberg
  • Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Leif Arne Heloe
  • Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Inkeri Kallela (s. Häkkinen)
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Paavo Pauli Kallio
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Ewout (Eppo) van der Kleinj
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Kaarlo Juhani Koskinen
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Vsevolod E. Kovshilo
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Cornelius A. Salemink
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Arnold Spiegel
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Ulf Ludvig Sundqvist
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Johannes Virolainen

1st Conferment Ceremony 1978

  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Geoffrey J. Dutton
  • Doctor of Dentistry h.c. George Neil Jenkins
  • Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Veli  Erkki Krogerus
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Eino Luukkonen
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Leo Kaarlo Noro
  • Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jaakko Mauri Numminen
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Niilo Natanael Pesonen
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Zbynek Pisa
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Pentti Matti Rautaharju
  • Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Seppo Ilmari Sipilä