I'm not sure this is still the case, but in some communities where there is
not a long tradition of persons without earned doctorates, honorary
doctorates are used as formes of address, salutations, etc. I grew up in
such a community, and it was not until I was in college that I realized
that all the Dr.'s I had grown up with were honorary. I'm assuming that
fundraising folks in such communities know those rules, but there are
places where honorary doctorates are, shall we say, real doctorates.
Charles Wiley, Ph.D.
Director of Major Gifts
Columbia Theological Seminary
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 9:11 AM Crispin, Kelli <
kcrispin@email.unc.edu>
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> I have found Robert Hickey’s Forms of Address site very helpful in my
> research on titles. Here is the page on honorary degrees
> <http://www.formsofaddress.info/Degree_Honorary.html>.
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> *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2019 6:52 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [FUNDSVCS] Honorary Degree Salutation
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> The examples you have shared are not "salutations." Those are called
> post-nominal letters or titles. The salutation (prenominal) would be a Dr.
> or similar. And that should not be used for honorary titles according to
> several sources I Googled.
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> I could only find one citation - but without attribution - for the use of
> post-nominal titles for honorary degrees. So here is what Wikipedia
> states: "The recipient of an honorary degree may add the degree title
> postnominally <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postnominal>, but it should[*citation
> needed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*] always
> be made clear that the degree is honorary by adding "honorary" or "honoris
> causa" or "h.c." in parentheses
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Parentheses_()> after the degree
> title."
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> It does appear that pre and post-nominal use varies from country to
> country.
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> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 5:55 PM Ochoa, Robert <
rochoa@chapman.edu> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> What is the best practices for an honorary degree Salutation? Mr. Robert
> Drake, (H ’09) *OR* Mr. Robert Drake, (H ScD ’09) *OR* Mr. Robert Drake,
> (Hon. ScD ’09) OR *Other*?
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