During his lifetime, Murray was knighted and awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford.
The GSD, with its rigorous scholarship, is a world renowned institution and I am truly honored to receive an honorary doctorate from such a prestigious school.
He has an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia and has been honoured by the Governments of Poland and Greece.
He holds 39 patents and 19 honorary doctorates.
Protesters accused Obama of being in town to plunder the country's natural resources. They said that Johannesburg University should reverse its decision to offer him an honorary doctorate.
Schmidt, who holds a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, also received an honorary doctor of science degree at the ceremony.
