Honorary Degree Nomination 2023-2024
February 21, 2023
To All Faculty, Staff and Students,
The Stony Brook University Committee on Honorary Degrees will soon begin its work
leading to the recommendation of candidates for SUNY Honorary Degrees to be awarded
in 2024. I am writing today to request your input and nominations.
TO NOMINATE SOMEONE: Please complete the form below and attach a one-page summary
about the nominee, identifying the nominee by name, title, present position, and/or
profession. The remainder of the page should summarize the nominee's most important
achievements and the relevance of these achievements to Stony Brook's mission.
As you prepare your nomination, please note that the purpose of Honorary Degrees awarded
by the State University of New York is:
- To recognize excellence in the fields of public affairs, the sciences, humanities
and the arts, scholarship and education, business and philanthropy, and social services,
which exemplify the mission and purposes of the State University of New York;
- To honor meritorious and outstanding service to the University, the State of New
York, the
United States, or to humanity at large;
- To recognize persons whose lives serve as examples of the University's aspirations
for its students.
As this degree is awarded by the State University of New York, a recipient of an Honorary
Degree from one SUNY campus is not eligible for a degree from another. In addition,
current faculty or staff are ineligible as SUNY prohibits awarding an Honorary Degree
to individuals currently employed by the University. We must ask that you do all you
can to ensure that confidentiality is maintained and that you do not contact nominees,
nor in any way communicate to them that they are being considered for an Honorary
Degree.
Please submit your nomination using the linked Google form - Honorary Degree Nomination Form. The deadline for submission is Friday, March 24, 2023. To obtain further information, a complete list of past SUNY or Stony Brook Honorary Degree recipients, or a set of the guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees, please contact Gianna Juliano-Hooper at gianna.juliano-hooper@stonybrook.edu.
The co-chairs of the Committee on Honorary Degrees are Celia Marshik, Interim Dean
of the Graduate School and Brooke Carroll, Assistant Vice President of Constituent
Experience. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Maurie McInnis
President