Doctor of Humane Letters Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text{{short description|Honorary doctorate}} The degree of '''Doctor of Humane Letters''' ({{Lang-la|Litterarum humanarum doctor}}; '''DHumLitt''', '''DHL''', or '''LHD''') is an [[honorary degree]] awarded to those who have distinguished themselves through humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eells |first1=Walter Crosby |last2=Haswell |first2=Harold |title=Academic degrees: earned and honorary degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in the United States |series=[United States. Office of Education] Bulletin ;1960, no. 28 |date=1960 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education |location=Washington, DC |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001069070 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> The criteria for awarding the degree differ from institution to institution; however, it is typically given to persons outside the university invited to be keynote speakers at the most important university events, or to faculty members or alumni of the institution who have, in the eyes of the institution or the wider world, distinguished themselves in some way.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor of Humane Letters |url=https://internationalinstituteofphilanthropy.org/doctorate-of-humane-letters |website=International Institute of Philanthropy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416061236/https://internationalinstituteofphilanthropy.org/doctorate-of-humane-letters |access-date=12 August 2021|archive-date=2017-04-16 }}</ref> The flexibility in interpretation has resulted in universities awarding unique variants of the degree. For example, in 1996 [[Southampton College]] awarded [[Kermit the Frog]] an honorary "doctorate of Amphibious Letters" in recognition for his contribution to children's education.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Kermit |url=https://www.npr.org/1996/05/20/1043492/dr-kermit |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=20 May 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlin |first1=Romano |title=Dishonorary Degrees |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/dishonorary-degrees/ |access-date=12 August 2021 |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |issue=v. 54 i. 44 |date=11 July 2008}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Humane Letters, Doctor Of}} [[Category:Doctoral degrees]] [[Category:Honorary degrees]] {{education-stub}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Template:Cite book (edit) Template:Cite news (edit) Template:Cite web (edit) Template:Education-stub (edit) Template:Lang-la (edit) Template:Main other (edit) Template:Reflist (edit) Template:Reflist/styles.css (edit) Template:Short description (edit) Discuss this page