Manchester Metropolitan University's Honorary Graduates between 1970 and 2011

  • 2010-2011

    2011

    • Professor Derek Bell 
      Doctor of Education
    • Mr Ross Brawn OBE
      Doctorate of Engineering
    • Lord Carlile of Berriew QC
      Doctorate of Laws
    • Professor Alan Gilbert (posthumous)
      Doctorate of Education
    • Dr Ruth Hussey OBE
      Doctorate of Health
    • Dr Ann Limb OBE DL
      Doctorate of Education
    • Mr Peter Marks
      Doctorate of Business Administration
    • Mr Henri Strzelecki MBE
      Doctorate of Technology

    2010

    • Professor Robin Alexander
      Doctor of Education
    • Mr Brain Cosgrove and Mr Mark Hall
      Doctor of Arts
    • Mr Ian Cumming OBE
      Doctor of Health
    • His Honour Judge Iain Hamilton
      Doctor of Health
    • Mr Chris Oglesby
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Scott Quinnell
      Doctor of Education
    • Ms Jane Robson
      Doctor of Business Administration
  • 2000-2009

    2009

    • Dr Edward de Bono
      Doctor of Letters
    • Sir Alex Ferguson
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mike Jones
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones
      Doctor of Health
    • Ms Nicola Shindler
      Doctor of Arts
    • Barney Storey
      Doctor of Science
    • Sarah Storey
      Doctor of Science
    • Gerry Yeung
      Doctor of Business Administration

    2008

    • Mirza Ahmad
      Doctor of Laws
    • Kate Bostock
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Rosemary Cook CBE
      Doctor of Letters
    • Gwyneth Dunwoody MP
      Doctor of Letters (Posthumous)
    • Jonathan Mildenhall
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Martin Parr
      Doctor of Arts
    • Professor Barry Plumb
      Doctor of Education
    • Gordon McGregor Reid
      Doctor of Science
    • Tanya Schmoller
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mike Tomlinson CBE
      Doctor of Education
    • Tony Warren MBE
      Doctor of Letters

    2007

    • Mr John Amaechi
      Doctor of Science
    • Mr David Fairhurst
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Tarique Ghaffur CBE
      Doctor of Laws
    • Mr Bill Hallam
      Doctor of Letters (Posthumous)
    • Mr Thomas Heatherwick
      Doctor of Arts
    • The Rt Hon the Baroness Morris of Yardley
      Doctor of Education
    • Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE
      Doctor of Letters

    2006

    • Paul Abbott
      Doctor of Letters
    • Fadela Amara
      Doctor of Letters
    • Nighat Awan OBE
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Dame Alexandra Burslem DBE DL JP
      Doctor of Letters
    • Sir Phillip Craven MBE
      Doctor of Science
    • Mary Dodd FCSP
      Doctor of Science
    • Stephen Hodder MBE
      Doctor of Arts
    • Mike Turner CBE
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Paul Walsh
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Sir David Watson
      Doctor of Letters

    2005

    • Sir Howard Bernstein
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Tom Booth
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mr Peter Saville
      Doctor of Arts

    2004

    • Ms Dawn Gibbons
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Clive Jeanes
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mrs Frances Lennon
      Master of Arts

    2003

    • Ms Evelyn Asante-Mensah
      Doctor of Letters
    • Professor Edward Gregson
      Doctor of Arts
    • Mr Geoffrey Muirhead
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Professor Peter Gacesa
      Doctor of Science
    • Ms Sarah Bailey
      Master of Science

    2002

    • Dame Janet Smith
      Doctor of Laws
    • Mr Jonathan Warburton
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Jack Rosenthal
      Master of Arts
    • To mark the holding of the 17th Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002, the Greater Manchester Universities (Manchester Metropolitan, Manchester, Salford and UMIST) conferred joint honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters on Sir Roger Bannister, Clive Lloyd CBE, the Rt Hon Donald McKinnon, Diane Modahl and Dr Mamphela Ramphele.

    2001

    • Professor Sir Harold Kroto
      Doctor of Science
    • Mrs Mary McAleese
      Doctor of Laws
    • Mrs Dianne Thompson
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Emeritus Professor Derek Torrington
      Doctor of Business Administration

    2000

    • Ms Felicity Goodey
      Doctor of Letters
    • Professor Sir Martin Harris
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mr Don McPhee
      Master of Arts
  • 1990-1999

    1999

    • Mr Charles Allen
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Professor Colin Bundy
      Doctor of Letters
    • Dato Ir Dr Haji Ashad Zaidee Laidin
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mr David Hempleman-Adams
      Master of Science
    • Mr Paul Hogarth
      Doctor of Arts
    • Mr Tom Weatherby
      Doctor of Letters

    1998

    • Professor Theo Barker
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mr Alex Ferguson
      Master of Science
    • Sr Antonio Gil de Carrasco
      Doctor of Letters
    • Sir Kenneth Green
      Doctor of Letters
    • Ms Tanni Grey
      Master of Science
    • Lord Thomas of Macclesfield
      Doctor of Business Administration

    1997

    • Mr Gregory Judge
      Master of Business Administration
    • Professor Tom Lupton
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Geoffrey Manton
      Doctor of Letters
    • Mr Kazuaki Tazaki
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mrs Yung Yung Buckley
      Master of Arts

    1996

    • Professor Sir Graeme Davies 
      Doctor of Engineering
    • Mr Robert Hough
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • Mr Braham Murray
      Doctor of Arts

    1995

    • Mr Robert Hopper
      Doctor of Arts
    • Ms June Maelzer
      Master of Science
    • Mr David Sainsbury
      Doctor of Business Administration
    • The Rt Hon The Lord Woolf PC
      Doctor of Laws
    • Mr Ronald Yeo
      Honorary Fellow

    1994

    • The Rt Hon The Lord Attenborough CBE
    • Dr James Grigor OBE
    • Mr Rodger Pannone
    • Ms Gillian Pugh
      Doctor of Education
    • Emeritus Professor Ian Rogerson
      Doctor of Letters

    1993

    • Dr M J Frazer CBE
    • Sir John Page OBE
    • Sir Gilbert Thompson OBE
    • Ms Bronson Ward CBE
    • His Grace The Duke of Westminster
      Doctor of Letters

    1992

    • Sir John Fairclough
    • Sir Dennis Forman OBE
    • Mr Mike Harding
    • Mrs Laura Seddon

    1991

    • Professor Eric J Bolton CBE
    • Mr Robert Lindsay
    • Mrs Sally V Shaw

    1990

    • Emeritus Professor Douglas Hamer
    • The Rt Hon Alfred Morris QSO MP
    • Sir Bryan Nicholson
    • Mr David T Puttnam CBE
  • 1980-1989

    1989

    • The Rt Hon Baroness Platt of Writtle CBE
    • Mrs Steve Shirley OBE
    • The Rt Reverend Stanley Booth-Clibborn

    1988

    • Sir Christopher Ball
    • Mr Christopher Fry
    • Mr Derek Hunt

    1987

    • Mr Geoffrey Lord
    • Mr Martin Milner OBE
    • Mr Peter Rice
    • Mr Robert Scott
    • Miss Julie Walters

    1986

    • Mr Bryan D Langton CBE
    • Mr Clive Lloyd
    • Mr Norman Morris

    1985

    • Miss Frances Dean
    • Professor Peter Mittler

    1984

    • Professor Harold Hankins
    • Mr Anthony Neary LLB
    • Mr Brian Redhead
    • Lord Sieff of Brimpton

    1983

    • The Lord Gregson
    • Dr Janet Kear
    • Sir John Manduell CBE

    1982

    • Mr George Davies
    • Superintendent Michael Mulroy MBE LLB
    • Captain John Pocock
    • Mr Albert Leslie Smyth MBE
    • Emeritus Professor L R G Treloar OBE

    1981

    • Miss Dorothy K Bolton
    • Miss Violet Carson
    • Mr Norman Croucher
    • Mr Martin Killoran CBE
    • Sir Peter Parker
    • Mr Raymond Slater

    1980

    • Mr James Cameron CBE
    • Mr Reg Harris OBE
    • Ms Olive Shapley
    • Mr Richard Sheppard CBE
    • Mr Gordon Sweetapple
    • Wing Commander Ken Wallis
  • 1970-1979

    1979

    • Mr Bobby Charlton CBE
    • Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC DSO DFC
    • Mr Sampson Goldstone CBE
    • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE
    • Mr Ralph Ruddock
    • Mrs Pat Seed MBE

    1978

    • Mrs Pauline Crabbe OBE
    • Professor Eric Easson
    • Professor Geoffrey Gee
    • Mr Norman Nicholson
    • Sir Clive Sinclair
    • Dame Barbara Ward

    1977

    • The Hon Mark Bonham Carter
    • Professor Sir John Charnley CBE
    • Mr Michael Elliot
    • Sir Ieuan Maddock CB OBE
    • Mr Gerald Priestland
    • Mr D Neville Walton

    1976

    • Sir David Attenborough
    • Sir Cyril English
    • Mr Edmund Frow
    • Mrs Grace Wyndham Goldie
    • Mr Clifford A Hilditch
    • Mr Alan Sillitoe

    1975

    • Mr Richard M Evans
    • Professor Franz Koenigsberger
    • The Rt Hon Reginald E Prentice MP
    • Mr Norman Stevenson
    • Mr Harry Ward
    • Sir John F Wilson

    1974

    • The Rt Hon Jack Ashley MP
    • Mrs Elsie Clayton
    • Miss Eileen H Colwell
    • Mrs Marion K McQuillan
    • Sir Yehudi Menuhin
    • Dr Mia Kellmer Pringle

    1973

    • Miss Joyce Grenfell 
    • Sir Charles Groves CBE
    • Sister Ruth Martin
    • Mr Lionel T C Rolt
    • Mr Tom C Stephenson
    • Dame Mabel Tylecote
    • The Rt Hon Lord Hamnett of Warrington

    1972

    • Sir James Drake
    • Sir John Hill
    • The Very Reverend Alfred Jowett CBE
    • The Hon Sir Roger Ormrod
    • Mrs Mary Stott

    1971

    • Miss Ida Carroll OBE
    • Sir Frank Fraser Darling
    • Professor George Grenfell-Baines OBE
    • Sir Howard Leslie Kirkley CBE
    • Miss Marghanita Laski
    • Sir John Andrew McKay CBE QPM

    1970

    • Mr Joe Brown
    • Mr Charles Eames
    • Sir Harry Page
    • Dr Francis Leslie Rose OBE
    • Mr Frank Tellwright
    • Sir Toby Weaver