University of Nebraska Honorary Degree NOMINATION FORM As the Policy for Honorary Degrees indicates, the following are guidelines for selecting honorary degree recipients: * * * * Persons who have rendered distinguished service to the University; Persons who have rendered distinguished service to the State of Nebraska; Graduates, former students, or former employees who have achieved distinction; Persons of high distinction, from this country or abroad, who are not necessarily associated with the University or the State. Honorary degrees shall not be awarded to active members of the University of Nebraska staff and may be awarded only in exceptional cases to retired faculty members or staff for career distinction achieved at the University of Nebraska. Name of Nominee: Complete Address and Phone Number: Brief Biography: (Nomination form continued on next page) Description of Accomplishments Making Nominee Worthy of Honorary Degree: Degree Proposed (Please check the appropriate box) Doctor of Commerce: Distinction in any business Doctor of Education: Distinction in education Doctor of Fine Arts: Distinction in fine arts Doctor of Health Sciences: Distinction in any health science Doctor of Humane Letters: Contributions to the humanities or to human condition Doctor of Law: Outstanding public service Doctor of Science: Distinction in any science Nominator Name and Title: Date: Please send to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Nebraska, 133 Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege, Lincoln, NE 68583-0743, fax to (402) 472-4240, or email to jholdren@nebraska.edu by December 10, 2013.