Peter Sutherland - Honours, Awards and Honorary Doctorates

Honours, Awards and Honorary Doctorates

• Honorary Fellow of OXONIA, The Oxford Institute For Economic Policy
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, St Louis University (1985)
• The Gold Medal of the European Parliament (1988)
• Robert Schuman Medal (1988)
• The First European Law Prize (Paris 1988)
• European Person of the Year Award (1988)
• The David Rockefeller International Leadership Award (1998),
• Grand Cross of Order of Civil Merit (Spain 1989)
• The Irish People of the Year Award (1989)
• Grand Cross of Order of Leopold II (Belgium 1989)
• New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal (1990)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, National University of Ireland (1990)
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (France 1993)
• The Consumer for World Trade Annual Award (1994)
• Commandeur of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco 1994)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, Bath University (1995)
• Order of Rio Branco (Brazil 1996)
• The Dean’s Medal, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, (1996)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Reading (1997)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (Portugal 1998)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, Nottingham University (1999)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, Exeter University (2000)
• Foundation Day Medal, University College Dublin (2004)
• Honorary Knighthood of the Order of St Michael and St George (UK 2004)
• Honorary Doctorate of Law, Queens University, Belfast (2004)
• Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Sussex, 2008
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Ireland Chamber of Commerce USA (2009)
• Honorary Fellowship of London School of Business
• Honorary Vice President of the University College Dublin Law Society (2011)

Peter has received a total of fifteen honorary doctorates from universities in Europe and America (inclusive of the above).