Rock Grads

Bon Jovi
Was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J.
Wednesday, May 16, 2001

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Bob Dylan
Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004

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Steven Tyler
Received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Saturday, May 10, 2003

Michael Dwyer, AP Photo

Bono
Received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
May 17, 2004

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Billy Joel
Received honorary Doctorates from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
May 16, 2008

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Stevie Wonder
Received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Ala.
Sunday, June 2, 1996

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Michael Jackson
Received an honorary doctor of Humane Letters degree from Fisk University in New York, New York.
March 10, 1988

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Aretha Franklin
Received an honorary doctor of music degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Saturday, May 13, 2006

Lisa Poole, AP Photo

Paul McCartney
Received honorary degree from Yale University in New Haven, CT.
Monday, May 26, 2008

Bob Child, AP Photo

Paul McCartney
Received Honorary membership to the Royal College of Music.
1996

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