Honorary Doctorates

An Honorary Doctorate (“doctor honoris causa”) is an honorary academic degree awarded by Charles University to those who have made a major international contribution to the advancement of scholarship, science or culture or who have otherwise contributed to the benefit of mankind.

The following overview gives a list of Honorary Doctorates awarded by Charles University to major scholarly and cultural figures since 1990.

date

proposed by

holder

profession

country

honorary doctorate in

2020

18. 02. 2020	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.	profesor, Broad Instutite, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Medical School	USA	medicine
18. 02. 2020	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. Joel L. Sussman, Ph.D.	profesor, Izraelské centrum strukturální proteomiky Weizmann Institute of Science	USA	medicine
04. 03. 2020	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	prof. László Lovász	profesor, Maďarská akademi věd; Univerzita Loránda Eötvöse v Budapešti	Hungary	mathematics

2019

11. 11. 2019

Protestant Theological Faculty

prof. Dr. Manfred Oeming

profesor, Ruprecht-Karsl-Universität Heidelberg

Germany

theology

2018

15. 01. 2018	Third Faculty of Medicine	prof. Dr. med. Thomas Ruzicka, Dr.h.c.	profesor, Ludwig Maxmilian Universität in München	Germany	medicine
15. 01. 2018	Third Faculty of Medicine	prof. Salim Yusuf, D.Phil., FRCPC, FRSC, O.C.	profesor, McMaster University	Canada	medicine
06. 04. 2018	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	prof. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Ph.D.	profesor, Deutsche Physokalische Gesellschaft	Germany	physics
06. 04. 2018	Faculty of Arts	prof. Tohmas Evan Levy	profesor, University of California	USA	archeology
16. 05. 2018	Faculty of Education	prof. Philipe Martin	profesor, Université Paris Diderot	France	philology
16. 05. 2018	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. MUDr. Ján Vilček, Ph.D.	profesor, New York University Langone Medical Center	Slovakia	medicine
16. 10. 2018	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	prof. Dr. Frank Roelof de Boer	profesor, Univerzita Amsterdam	Netherlands	physics
16. 10. 2018	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. Robert D. Goldman, Ph.D.	profesor, th Northwestern University	USA	medicine

2017

20. 11. 2017	Faculty of Social Sciences	prof. Christopher A. Sims, Ph.D.	Professor, Princeton University	USA	economics
20. 11. 2017	Faculty of Science	prof. Joseph Wang, D.Sc.	Professor, University of California	USA	chemistry
31. 01. 2017	Faculty of Physical Education and Sport	prof. Dr. phil. Roland Naul, M.A.	Professor, University of Münster	Germany	sports science

2016

02. 11. 2016	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. Susan Gasser, Ph.D.	Professor, University of Basel	Switzerland	medicine
02. 11. 2016	First Faculty of Medicine	prof. Nobutaka Hirokawa, M.D., Ph.D.	Professor, University of Tokyo	Japan	medicine
19. 10. 2016	Third Faculty of Medicine	prof. Dr. med. Dr.h.c. Volker Diehl	Professor, University of Cologne	Germany	medicine
19. 10. 2016	Faculty of Education	prof. Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD.	Professor, Stanford University	USA	psychology

2015

14. 10. 2015	Faculty of Science	prof. Aharon Oren, PhD.	Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	natural sciences
14. 10. 2015	Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň	prof. Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD.	Professor, University of Kansas	USA	medicine

2014

20. 10. 2014	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum	Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	medicine
15. 01. 2014	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Orley Clark Ashenfelter	Professor, Princeton University	USA	economics

2013

20. 11. 2013	Catholic Theological Faculty, Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Peter Kurmann, Dr.h.c.	Professor, Univesité de Fribourg	Switzerland
20. 11. 2013	Faculty of Science	Prof. Anthony Frederick George Dixon, Ph.D.	Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia	United Kingdom
31. 10. 2013	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Arts	Prof. Aravind Joshi	Professor, Computer and Cognitive Sciences, University of Pennsylvania	USA	mathematics and physics
30.01. 2013	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Erling Norrby	Professor, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	Sweden	medicine

2012

17.10. 2012	Faculty of Law	Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. mult. Robert Alexy	Professor, University of Kiel	Germany	law	contribution to the development of the ‘Rechtsstaat’, constitutionalism and human rights in the Czech Republic and worldwide
17.10. 2012	Faculty of Law	Prof. Dr. Robert Badinter	Professor, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne	France	law	contribution to the protection of human rights and Czech-French academic cooperation in jurisprudence
4.10. 2012	Third Faculty of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Eugene Braunwald, M.D.	Professor, Matej Bel University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	USA	medicine	globally unique contribution to research and teaching of cardiology and internal medicine, exceptional cooperation with Charles University researchers
4.4.2012	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. RNDr. Beloslav Riečan, DrSc.	Professor, Matej Bel University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Slovakia	mathematics and physics	lifetime achievements in measure and integration theory and probability theory, exceptional long-term cooperation benefiting Czech scholarship and higher education
4.4.2012	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal	Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station	USA	mathematics and physics	exceptional contribution to continuum mechanics and long-term support for the development of the field at Charles University
23.4.2012	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Joachim Gabius	Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich	Germany	medicine	lifetime achievements in glycobiology and support for Czech scholarship and higher education
23.4.2012	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Christoph Wanner, M.D.	Professor, University Hospital of Würzburg	Germany	medicine	lifetime achievements in internal medicine – prevention and cure of kidney diseases and support for Czech scholarship and higher education
17.5.2012	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Stefano Zamagni	Professor, University of Bologna	Italy	economics	contribution to European cultural identity and humanism, original contributions to economics, major contribution to studies of economics and social sciences at Charles University
17.5.2012	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Geoffrey Leech	Professor, University of Lancaster	United Kingdom	philology	development and strengthening of Czech-British relations in scholarship and education, consistent support for English studies in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
26.6.2012	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Donald Lynden Bell, FRS	Emeritus Professor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	mathematics and physics	exceptional lifetime achievements in theoretical astrophysics, physics and cosmology, important contribution to the development of research at Charles University
26.6.2012	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Domcke	Professor, Chair of Theoretical Chemistry Technical University of Munich	Germany	mathematics and physics	exceptional lifetime achievements in theoretical atomic and molecular physics, important contribution to the development of research at Charles University

2011

2.6.2011

First Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Patrick Anthony Riley

Emeritus Professor of Cell Pathology, University of London, Director of Totteridge Institute for Advanced Studies, London

United Kingdom

medicine

lifetime achievements in chemical, biochemical and biological research of normal pigment cells and cancer cells, melanosomes and melanogenesis and its utilization in the treatment of malignant melanomas, support for Czech scholarship and higher education

2010

22.3.2010	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Anne Hudson	Emeritus Professor, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford	United Kingdom	history	outstanding contribution to the development of historical scholarship and education in the Czech Republic
7.4.2010	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Walter Pape	Professor, University of Cologne	Germany	philosophy	exceptional contribution to the development and strengthening of Czech-German relations in scholarship, culture and education
15.6.2010	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Endre Szemerédi	Professor, Rutgers University, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Hungary	mathematics and physics	exceptional lifetime achievements in mathematics and information science, particularly in number theory and combinatorics

2009

18.2.2009	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux, Ph.D.	Professor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches Historiques EHESS	France	history	development and strengthening of Czech-French relations in scholarship, culture and education
20.5.2009	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Solomon Halbert Snyder, M.D.	Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical School	USA	medicine	lifetime achievements in the study of brain molecular biology and major contribution to the development of neurosciences
12.10.2009	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. William Charles Earnshaw, Ph.D., FRSE	Principal Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh	USA	medicine	lifetime achievements in studies of chromosome structure and mechanisms of mitosis, support for Czech scholarship and higher education
2.11.2009	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. med. Meinhard Classen	Emeritus Professor and former Director, Medical Clinic II, Hospital “Rechts der Isar”, Technical University of Munich	Germany	medicine	lifetime achievements and groundbreaking contribution to gastroenterology and gastrointestinal oncology, development of fundamental endoscopic techniques and exceptional contribution to the introduction of public cancer screening programmes worldwide
13.11.2009	Faculty of Arts	Adam Michnik	historian, essayist, author	Poland	philosophy	incisive analysis of social developments in post-war Central Europe, courage and personal commitment in promoting the ideals of civil society and moral principles in politics
19.11.2009	Protestant Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Karel A. Deurloo, Dr.h.c.	former Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	theology	outstanding contribution to Old Testament studies and Biblical theology, long-term collaboration with Czech Protestant theologians and philosophers
19.11.2009	Protestant Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sauter, Dr.h.c. mult.	Emeritus Professor, School of Protestant Theology, University of Bonn	Germany	theology	outstanding contribution to systematic theology on an ecumenical scale and in dialogue with natural sciences, long-term collaboration with Czech Protestant theologians

2008

28.1.2008	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Suad Efendic, MD, Ph.D.	Professor of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm	Sweden	medicine	lifetime achievements in the physiology of insulin secretion and gastrointestinal hormones in connection with diabetes
28.1.2008	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Herbert Ehringer	Emeritus Professor of Angiology, Vienna General Hospital (AKH)	Austria	medicine	lifetime achievements in angiology and research of intravascular local thrombolysis and interventional angiology
7.4.2008	Faculty of Law	Prof. Johan Albert Ankum	Professor of Roman Law and Legal History, University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	law	lifetime achievements in the study of Roman Law, organizational work and support for young Roman Law scholars, contribution to Roman Law studies at Charles University
7.4.2008	Faculty of Arts	Ing. Ivan Chvatík	Director of the Jan Patočka Archive, CU Centre for Theoretical Study, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Czech Republic	philosophy	exceptional contribution to the development of Czech philosophy and its status on the domestic and international academic scene
7.4.2008	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Teruo Kishi	President, National Institute for Materials Science, Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo	Japan	mathematics	exceptional lifetime achievements in material physics, support for Czech physics scholarship and education
7.4.2008	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Salvador Moncada, M.D., Ph.D.	Director of the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London	United Kingdom	medicine	groundbreaking lifetime achievements in pharmacology and the physiology of blood circulation and vascular biology, outstanding contribution to studies of the endothelium, application of new discoveries in the treatment of vascular disorders
25.4.2008	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Antoine Mares	Director of the Slavic Studies Centre and Head of the Department of Central European History, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne	France	history	outstanding contribution to mutual understanding of Czech-French cultural and historical relations in the 19th and 20th centuries, major contribution to the study of Central European culture in the European context
28.5.2008	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Daniel Callahan, Ph.D.	Director of International Programmes, Hastings Center, New York	USA	medicine	fundamental contribution to medical ethics in the USA, Europe and other countries, development of a new field of study with a major role in solving ethical problems connected with care of elderly people, health care goals and priorities, and research ethics
16.10.2008	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. William F. Vinen, FRS	Emeritus Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	mathematics and physics	outstanding contribution to the development of low temperature physics, particularly in the study of exotic properties of quantum fluids, superfluidity and quantum turbulence, support for Czech scholarship and higher education

2007

1.2.2007	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Ueli Aebi, Ph.D.	Director, Müller Institute for Structural Biology, University of Basel	Switzerland	medicine	outstanding work on structural, cell and molecular biology of the cytoskeleton and the nuclear pore complex
8.3.2007	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Erik de Clercq, Ph.D.	Professor, Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	medicine	lifetime achievements in medical microbiology, particularly important discoveries of new antivirals
8.3.2007	Faculty of Science	Prof. Miloš V. Novotný	Director, Institute for Pheromone Research and the Proteomics Core, Indiana University	USA	natural sciences	major contribution to the development of capillary chromatography and capillary electrophoresis
25.4.2007	Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Humanities, Protestant Theological Faculty, Centre for Theoretical Study	Erika Abrams	editor, translator and promoter of the work of Jan Patočka	France	philosophy	outstanding contribution to the awareness and reception of modern Czech philosophy in the international context, exceptional contribution to the dissemination of the theory of art, literature and poetry via the French language

2005

10.3.2005	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Bernard Michel	Emeritus Professor of Central European Contemporary History, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne	France	philosophy	outstanding lifetime achievements in the study of history
30.5.2005	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Bettie Sue Siler Masters	Professor of Biochemistry, University of Texas	USA	medicine	lifetime achievements in enzymology, molecular biochemistry, intraprotein electron transfer and NO signalling
30.5.2005	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Ferid Murad	Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine	USA	medicine	groundbreaking work on NO as a signalling molecule in vascular physiology
21.9.2005	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Peter J. Safar	Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh	USA	medicine in memoriam	contribution to the global development of critical medicine, emergency medicine and disaster medicine
1.11.2005	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Robert John Weston Evans	Regius Professor for Modern History, Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford	United Kingdom	philosophy	exceptional lifetime achievements in the study of history

2004

11.11.2004	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Torsten Nils Wiesel, M.D.	Vice-President, New York Academy of Sciences, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1981	USA	medicine	exceptional lifetime achievements in the study of physiology
19.11.2004	Protestant Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Luz, Dr.h.c. mult.	Emeritus Professor, University of Bern	Switzerland	theology	outstanding research helping to bring European cultures together on the basis of shared Christian faith and critical thinking
1.12.2004	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Sisvan William A. Gunn, M.D.	President, International Association for Humanitarian Medicine	Canada	medicine	outstanding lifelong work in disaster medicine, emergency medicine and rescue services

2003

29.1.2003	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Theodor Hellbrügge	Emeritus Professor of Social Pediatrics, University of Munich	Germany	medicine	lifetime achievements in social pediatrics
13.5.2003	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Günter Blobel	Nobel Laureate	Germany	medicine	exceptional lifetime achievements in cell biology, discovery of signal sequences determining protein localization in cells
13.5.2003	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Robert F. Furchgott	Nobel Laureate	USA	medicine	exceptional lifetime achievements in molecular pharmacology and groundbreaking research on NO as a signalling molecule in vascular physiology

2002

22.4.2002	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Joseph Grafton Gall, Ph.D.	Professor of Developmental Genetics, American Cancer Society	USA	medicine	outstanding lifetime achievements in cell and developmental genetics
21.5.2002	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Gustave Choquet	Académie des Sciences, France	France	mathematics and physics	outstanding lifetime achievements in mathematics, particularly functional analysis, potential theory and abstract analysis
12.6.2002	Faculty of Science	Prof. Richard R. Ernst	Nobel Laureate in Chemistry	Switzerland	natural sciences	exceptional contribution to the theory and practice of nuclear magnetic resonance
17.10.2002	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Zygmunt Bauman	Emeritus Professor, University of Leeds, Professor, University of Warsaw	United Kingdom	sociology	exceptional contribution to the study of contemporary societies and life strategies, morality and personal responsibility, major contribution to the development of Czech sociology
17.10.2002	Faculty of Science, Faculty of Pharmacy	Prof. Thomas Robert Cech	Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland	USA	natural sciences	revolutionary discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA and study of ribozymes, major contribution to the development of natural sciences and medicine

2001

27.4.2001	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Plewig	Director of Dermatological Clinic, LMU Munich	Germany	medicine	lifetime achievements in dermatovenerology
27.4.2001	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Robert B. Tattersall, MB	Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	medicine	discovery and description of MODY type diabetes mellitus, lifetime achievements in diabetology
3.5.2001	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Detlef Brandes	Professor, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf	Germany	history	contribution to the development of free and amicable Czech-German scholarly, cultural and political relations
3.5.2001	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Winfried Schulz	Professor, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Germany	communication	lifetime achievements in the theory of mass and political communication, major contribution to the foundation of modern media studies in the Czech Republic
8.6.2001	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Joseph Eugene Stiglitz	Professor of Economics, Stanford University, member of the Brookings Institute	USA	economics	contribution to the development of economics worldwide
18.10.2001	Faculty of Science	Prof. Paul Maxime Nurse	Director, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London; Nobel Laureate	United Kingdom	natural sciences	exceptional contributions to knowledge of cell cycle regulation and the advancement of biology and medicine
12.11.2001	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Frederick Jelinek	Director, Center for Language and Speech Processing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA	USA	mathematics and physics	lifetime achievements in information science and computer linguistics

2000

30.5.2000	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Miguel León-Portilla	Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México	Mexico	philosophy	lifetime achievements in the study of ethnology and the literature of native Mesoamerica
18.9.2000	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Louis J. Ignarro	Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine	USA	medicine	groundbreaking research on NO as a signalling molecule in vascular physiology

1999

7.4.1999	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes	Nobel Laureate in Physics, Director, École Normale Supérieure de Chimie et Physique Industrielles de la Ville de Paris	France	mathematics and physics	exceptional contribution to the development of physics
29.4.1999	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Norman Sartorius	President, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva	Switzerland	medicine	lifetime achievements in mental health care
29.4.1999	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Nathan Wachtel	Professor of Historical Anthropology, Member of Collége de France	France	history	lifetime achievements in history and anthropology
12.5.1999	Catholic Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Mikuláš Lobkowicz	Director, Zentralinstitut für Mittel- und Osteuropastudien, Catholic University of Eichstätt	Germany	theology	outstanding contribution to the development of Catholic theology
12.5.1999	Catholic Theological Faculty	Christoph kardinál Schönborn	Archbishop of Vienna	Austria	theology	outstanding contribution to the development of Catholic theology
12.5.1999	Catholic Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Tomáš Špidlík	Emeritus Professor of Eastern Spirituality, Ponficio Istituto Orientale, Rome	Italy	theology	outstanding contribution to the development of Catholic theology
16.9.1999	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Phillip Valentin Tobias	Emeritus Professor of Human Anatomy and Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	Republic of South Africa	natural sciences	outstanding contribution to global anthropology and the promotion of humanist ideals
6.10.1999	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Mauric Duverger	Emeritus Professor of Political Sciences, Université Paris I Pantheón-Sorbonne	France	political science	outstanding contribution to the development of political science, particularly research into political regimes, party political systems and electoral systems
6.10.1999	Faculty of Law	Prof. Dr. jur. Luzius Wildhaber	President, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg	Switzerland	law	research, teaching and public work supporting human rights and promoting principles of democracy in the international community
25.10.1999	Protestant Theological Faculty	JUDr. Viktor Fischl – Dagan	former Israeli diplomat and Czech writer	Israel	theology	outstanding contribution to the artistic and spiritual development of Czech literature and the study of Israeli history
25.10.1999	Protestant Theological Faculty	Prof. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, PhD	Emeritus Professor of the History of Christian Symbolism, Yale University, New Haven	USA	theology	outstanding contribution to the development of Protestant theology
17.11.1999	Faculty of Arts	George Herbert Walker Bush	41st President of the United States of America	USA	philosophy	lifetime achievements in political sciences and critical assessment of politics in a genuinely global dimension

1998

8.4.1998	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Denise Albe-Fessard	Emeritus Professor, Université de Paris VI	France	medicine	lifetime achievements in brain physiology and the pathophysiology of pain, activity as a member of international scientific societies
8.4.1998	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Sir Michael Francis Atiyah	Director, Newton Institute, Cambridge	United Kingdom	mathematics and physics	exceptional contribution to the development of mathematics
8.4.1998	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Francois Delange	Executive Director, International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Brussels	Belgium	medicine	lifetime achievements in pediatrics
8.4.1998	Hussite Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Zdeněk Radslav Dittrich	Emeritus Professor of East European History, Utrecht University	Netherlands	theology	lifetime achievements in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Slavonic history
8.4.1998	Second Faculty of Medicine	Sir Anthony Epstein	Emeritus Professor, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford	United Kingdom	medicine	lifetime achievements in medicine, particularly virology and oncology
8.4.1998	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Jacques Le Goff	Emeritus Professor, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris	France	philosophy	lifetime achievements in the study of history
8.4.1998	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Marie Daria Haust, M.D	Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario	Canada	medicine	outstanding contribution to pathology, exceptional contribution to international relations between the First Medical Faculty, Charles University and Queen’s College
8.4.1998	Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň	Prof. M.D. Norbert Hilschmann	Director, Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine	Germany	medicine	outstanding contribution to the global development of immunology
8.4.1998	Hussite Theological Faculty	Prof. Lic. Dr. Gert Hummel	Professor of Protestant Theology, Saarland University	Germany	theology	outstanding contribution to the development of theology and the philosophy of religion
8.4.1998	Third Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Masao Ito	Director, Frontier Research Program	Japan	medicine	discoveries in cerebellum physiology and neurophysiology, activity as a member of international scientific societies
8.4.1998	Third Faculty of Medicine	Dr. Paul Adrian Jan Janssen	Honorary Chair, Board of Directors, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV	Belgium	medicine	lifetime achievements in psychopharmacology, contribution to the development of Czech pharmacology
8.4.1998	Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové	Prof. Alexander Robert Lieberman	Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London	United Kingdom	medicine	long-term active support for contacts between British and Czech neurobiologists
8.4.1998	Faculty of Education	Prof. Pavel Machotka	Emeritus Professor of the Psychology of Art, University of California	USA	pedagogy	lifetime achievements in the psychology of art and empirical aesthetics - fields socializing art as a specific and irreplaceable tool for the humanization of the world
8.4.1998	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Oleg Michajlovich Malevich	Russian translator and author of monographs on Czech modern prose	Russia	philosophy	outstanding contribution to Czech literary scholarship and the promotion of Czech literature
8.4.1998	Hussite Theological Faculty	Prof. Dr. Richard Plaschka	Emeritus Rector, University of Vienna, Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences	Austria	theology	lifetime achievements in Central European religious history
8.4.1998	Faculty of Law	Prof. Dr. Herbert Schambeck	former President, Federal Council of Austria	Austria	law	exceptional and internationally recognized contribution to jurisprudence, long-term public and political activity
8.4.1998	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Janusz Siatkowski	Professor, University of Warsaw	Poland	philosophy	lifetime achievements in Slavonic linguistics and promotion of Polish-Czech scholarly and cultural relations
8.4.1998	Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. George J. Staller	Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca	USA	economics	lifetime achievements in macroeconomics
8.4.1998	Faculty of Science	Prof. Ing. Rudolf Zahradník, DrSc.	Chair, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Czech	natural sciences	outstanding contribution to the development of theoretical and quantum chemistry, molecular spectroscopy and chemical reactivity
27.5.1998	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. James Dewey Watson	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine	USA	medicine	fundamental discoveries of the structure and function of DNA and lifetime achievements in molecular biology and genetics
24.6.1998	Third Faculty of Medicine	Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley	Professor, University College London	United Kingdom	medicine	fundamental discoveries in general, muscular and nerve physiology, activity as a member of international scientific societies
25.9.1998	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Thomas N. Mitchell	Provost, Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	philosophy	lifetime achievements in Classical philosophy

1997

10.1.1997	Faculty of Law	Aung San Suu Kyi	General Secretary, National League for Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate	Burma	law	long-term struggle for democracy, freedom and human rights
10.4.1997	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Hans Georg Gadamer	philosopher, Professor, University of Heidelberg	Germany	philosophy	lifetime achievements in philosophy as an interpretation of the world and the search for meaning in a free cultural entity
16.4.1997	Faculty of Law	Simon Wiesenthal	Director, Jewish Documentation Centre, Vienna	Austria	law	lifelong struggle for justice, outstanding contribution to the advancement of humanity
29.5.1997	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Ing. Ivo Babuška, DrSc.	mathematician, Professor, University of Texas, Austin	USA	mathematics and physics	outstanding achievements in numerical and applied mathematics
29.5.1997	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Willem Rutger van Zwet	mathematician, Professor, Leiden University	Netherlands	mathematics and physics	outstanding achievements in mathematical statistics and probability theory
3.6.1997	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. MUDr. Franz Gerstenbrand	Emeritus President, Pan European Society for Neurology	Austria	medicine	outstanding achievements in neurological sciences
21.10.1997	Faculty of Arts	Sir Charles Randolf, Lord Quirk	Professor of English Language, University College London	United Kingdom	philosophy	development of English linguistics, support for English studies in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic

1996

21.10.1996	Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň	Prof. Dr. Alan Boyde	Professor, Institute for Anatomy, University College London	United Kingdom	medicine	outstanding contribution to the development of microscopic methods of hard tissue observation
21.10.1996	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Göran Malmqvist	Emeritus Professor, University of Stockholm	Sweden	philosophy	outstanding contribution to sinology as a scholar and translator, outstanding contribution to intercultural understanding

1995

17.2.1995	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. George L. Wied, M.D., FIAC	Professor of Pathology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Chicago	USA	medicine	outstanding and internationally recognized contribution to research and organization in clinical cytology, effective assistance in developing clinical cytology at Charles University
12.5.1995	First Faculty of Medicine	Dr. Eugen Garfield	Emeritus President, Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia	USA	medicine	outstanding contribution to the integrated management of bibliographical data for research in medical and biological sciences
4.7.1995	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Naranjan S. Dhalla	Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Canada	medicine	outstanding contribution to the development of cardiovascular physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology
21.9.1995	Faculty of Arts	Dr. Rainer Kreissl	former Director of the Weinmüller-Neumeister auction house, Munich	Germany	philosophy	outstanding contribution to issues of art history, particularly textile artefacts from Asia Minor
21.9.1995	Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň	Prof. Shaul G. Massry, M.D.	Head of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles	USA	medicine	outstanding contribution to the development of global nephrology with a focus on the metabolism of kidney failure patients
21.9.1995	Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň	Prof. Dr. med. Ullrich G. Trendelenburg	former Director, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Würzburg, Germany	Germany	medicine	outstanding contribution to the development of global pharmacology, major contribution to research in pharmacology and the physiology of the autonomous nervous system
14.12.1995	Faculty of Law	Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker	former President of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany	law	outstanding contribution to the promotion of principles of humanity and ethics in international relations, major contribution to mutual Czech-German understanding and the ideal of the ‘Rechtsstaat’ in Europe

1994

18.1.1994	Faculty of Education	Prof. Petr Eben	composer	Czech Republic	pedagogy	outstanding contribution to composition and music teaching, global promotion of the Czech nation and Charles University
18.1.1994	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Ferdinand Seibt	Emeritus Professor of History, Ruhr University Bochum	Germany	philosophy	outstanding contribution to the study of history, particularly medieval history, frequently in connection with Czech history
7.4.1994	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Dr. Viktor Emanuel Frankl	philosopher and psychiatrist, Emeritus Professor, University of Vienna	Austria	philosophy	outstanding contribution to Central European and global modern thought, addressing key issues of freedom, responsibility and the meaning of human life, in close connection with the life of the Czech nation
7.4.1994	Faculty of Education	Prof. John L. M. Trim	Professor of Phonetics, Academic Director of the University of Cambridge Language Centre	United Kingdom	pedagogy	outstanding contribution to applied linguistics and foreign language teaching
25.5.1994	Third Faculty of Medicine	Sir Karl Raimund Popper	philosopher	United Kingdom	medicine	internationally recognized contribution to the philosophy of science laying the foundations for a new epoch (including medicine)
25.5.1994	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Leopold Jaroslav Pospíšil	Emeritus Professor of Anthropology of Law, Yale University	USA	philosophy	outstanding contribution to the study of anthropological issues especially in relation to law, closely connected with the general understanding of humanity
30.11.1994	Faculty of Law	Dr. Arpád Bogsch	Director, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneve	Hungary	law	outstanding contribution to the development and application of intellectual property law on a global scale
30.11.1994	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Harald zur Hausen	Director, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg	Germany	medicine	outstanding contribution to the study of medical virology and oncology, laying the foundations for a new epoch in medical science

1993

3.2.1993	Faculty of Law	Prof. Dr. Werner Ogris	Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences	Austria	law	outstanding contribution to the development of international scholarly cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe drawing on the traditional values of European civilization
3.2.1993	Faculty of Law	Max van der Stoel	Member of the Netherlands Council of State	Netherlands	law	outstanding contribution to the development of amicable relations among nations and the support of human rights
2.3.1993	Faculty of Science	Prof. Dudley Herschbach	Professor, Harvard University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry	USA	natural sciences	outstanding contribution to the development of chemistry – dynamics of chemical reactions, outstanding contribution to progress in Czech theoretical chemistry
2.3.1993	Faculty of Science	Prof. Dr. Ing. Otto Wichterle, DrSc.	chemist, Chair of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Czech Republic	natural sciences	outstanding contribution to the foundation and development of Czechoslovak macromolecular chemistry, discoveries of synthesis and application of polyamides and biocompatible polymers
7.4.1993	Faculty of Social Sciences	Pavel Tigrid	journalist and writer	Czech Republic	social sciences	outstanding contribution to the struggle for human rights based on the traditional values of European civilization
9.6.1993	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. Joseph L. Melnick	Professor, Department of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston	USA	medicine	outstanding contribution to the study of medical virology, laying the foundations for a new epoch in medical science
30.9.1993	First Faculty of Medicine	Prof. Dr. med. Mogens Schou	psychiatrist, Professor, Aarhus University	Denmark	medicine	outstanding contribution to the study of manic-depressive disorders, treatments and prevention, opening up new perspectives for medical science and psychiatry

1992

26.3.1992	Hussite Theological Faculty	Prof. ThDr. Jan Milíč Lochman	Professor of Theology, University of Basel	Switzerland	theology	support for free theological thought and dissemination of Czech Reformation theology abroad
26.3.1992	Faculty of Education	Prof. Dr. phil. Klaus Schaller	Professor of Pedagogy, Ruhr University Bochum	Germany	pedagogy	outstanding contribution to pedagogical philosophy, particularly the study of Comenius, contributing to the strengthening of Czechoslovak-German relations even in circumstances of extreme political difficulty
20.5.1992	Second Faculty of Medicine	Prof. MUDr. Josef Švejcar, DrSc.	pediatrician, Emeritus Professor, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University	Czechoslovakia	medicine	outstanding contribution to Czech and global research in pediatric medicine
3.6.1992	Faculty of Science	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hassenstein	Professor of Biology, University of Freiburg	Germany	natural sciences	valuable contribution to knowledge and the global development of biology and pediatrics
15.10.1992	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Heinz Bauer	Professor of Mathematics, University of Erlangen	Germany	mathematics and physics	outstanding contribution to potential theory and other areas of mathematical analysis and probability theory
15.10.1992	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Dr. Paul Erdös	mathematician, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Hungary	mathematics and physics	outstanding contribution to potential theory and other areas of mathematical analysis and probability theory
25.11.1992	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics	Prof. Barbara H. Partee	Professor of Mathematical Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst	USA	mathematics and physics	outstanding contribution to the theory of semantics and other aspects of the mathematical description of natural languages
8.12.1992	First Faculty of Medicine	Dr. Wilhelm Ansorge, CSc.	researcher, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg	Germany	medicine	outstanding contribution to the study of the structure of the human genome, laying the foundations for a new epoch in medical science

1991

14.5.1991	Faculty of Arts	Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrügge	Dutch theologian	Netherlands	theology	strengthening of ecumenical relations among Churches and Czech-Dutch friendship
18.6.1991	Faculty of Arts	Emil F. Smidak	President, Avenira Foundation, Lucerne	Switzerland	philosophy	generous and constant support for scholarship and research, particularly in the humanities
4.10.1991	Faculty of Arts	Prof. Eugenius M. Uhlenbeck	Professor of Linguistics, Leiden University	Netherlands	philosophy	outstanding contribution to world linguistics, valuable support for Czech linguists under the totalitarian regime
18.12.1991	Faculty of Arts	ak.Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov	Chair, Soviet Culture Fund	USSR	philosophy	outstanding contribution to the study of Old Russian literature, development of global literary theory, theory of art and culture

1990

30.5.1990	Faculty of Arts	Václav Havel	President of Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	philosophy	outstanding moral and philosophical contribution to political thought and the advancement of mankind
1.6.1990	Faculty of Arts	Rudolf Firkušný	pianist	Switzerland	philosophy	lifetime achievements as a musician and unique personal contribution to global musical culture
1.6.1990	Faculty of Arts	Rafael Jeroným Kubelík	conductor and composer, co-founder of the Prague Spring music festival	USA	philosophy	lifetime achievements as a musician and unique personal contribution to global musical culture
20.9.1990	Faculty of Law	Jacques Delors	politician, President of the European Commission	France	law	outstanding contribution to the development of the cultural and humanist traditions of a united Europe and the transition from economic to political union via the Single European Act
1.10.1990	Faculty of Science	Jean-Marie Lehn	Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry	France	chemistry	fundamental discoveries in supramolecular chemistry
18.10.1990	Faculty of Arts	Gordon H. Skilling	historian	Canada	history	outstanding contribution to the study of Czechoslovak history and friendship towards the Czech and Slovak nations
26.11.1990	Faculty of Education	František kardinál Tomášek	Archbishop of Prague	Czechoslovakia	pedagogy	outstanding contribution to pedagogy – through his erudition and love of mankind, he cultivated people’s minds and pointed their way to true knowledge and human dignity

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