President Waterbury Awarded Honorary
Doctorate by Princeton

Left to right:Tilghman with honorary degree recipients-Jones, Kateb, Murakami, king, and waterbury

In an honorary degree ceremony held by Princeton University on June 3, the university recognized five distinguished individuals for their contributions. Among them was John Waterbury, president of AUB, who received a Doctor of Laws degree during the university's commencement exercises. Waterbury was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the American University in Cairo in 2003.

Waterbury, who graduated from Princeton in 1961, was for nearly twenty years on the faculty at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. A prolific writer, he is an expert on the political economy of developing countries with a special focus on the Middle East. While at Princeton, Waterbury was also director of the Center for International Studies and editor of the university's academic journal, World Politics. During his forty-year career, he has provided invaluable insight into the political economy of developing nations, advocated for improved understanding between the Middle East and the West, and led AUB to new heights of academic excellence.

After his ten-year tenure as AUB's 14th president, Waterbury stepped down as president at the end of the 2008 academic year. He has been named the first Distinguished Senior Public Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB, where he will contribute to ongoing public policy-related research programs while also mentoring younger scholars.

The other honorary degrees awarded by Princeton at the ceremony were to Quincy Jones, George Kateb, Mary-Claire King, and Haruki Murakami. Honorary degree recipients are nominated by a trustee committee and elected by Princeton's Board of Trustees.