Honorary Degree Recipients

Frank O. Gehry, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

A decade after the Peter B. Lewis Building opened at Case Western Reserve, internationally renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, will receive an honorary degree at the university’s 2013 commencement ceremony May 19.

Peter B. Lewis, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

Progressive Insurance Co. chair, Peter B. Lewis, to give address, receive honorary degree on 10th anniversary of the opening of the Weatherhead School of Management building that bears his name.

Julian Stanczak, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

Cleveland artist Julian Stanczak is a pioneer and major figure in optical art, an abstract art movement that started in the 1960s and deals with the observation of visual behavioristics.

Christine Van den Wyngaert, Honorary Doctor of Laws

Christine Van Den Wyngaert is a renowned academic and international court judge. She served on the International Court of Justice as an ad hoc judge in the Arrest Warrant Case from 2000 to 2002 and on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2003 to 2009. She currently serves as a judge at the International Criminal Court.