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# Honorary Doctorate
Honorary doctorates are awarded to distinguished individuals who have performed outstandingly in scientific research and/or have rendered special services to the faculty. To date, the faculty has honored 72 such individuals:
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| 24.05.2017 | Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| 08.04.2010 | Hermann-Josef Lamberti, Frankfurt |
| 27.06.2008 | Prof. Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, Ph.D., Cambridge |
| 09.02.2007 | Prof. Hans R. Stoll, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 09.02.2006 | Prof. Giancarlo Gandolfo, Rom |
| 28.04.2005 | Prof. Dr. Sönke Albers, Kiel |
| 27.01.2003 | Prof. Dr. Peter C. Lockemann, Karlsruhe |
| 06.12.2002 | Prof. Dr. Paul Kleindorfer, Philadelphia |
| 21.06.2000 | Karl Otto Pöhl, Frankfurt |
| 21.06.2000 | Dr. Rolf Breuer, Frankfurt |
| 19.04.1999 | Prof. Dr. Otmar Issing, Frankfurt |
| 21.06.1996 | Prof. Eric Froment, Lyon |
| 18.11.1994 | Prof. Dr. Hans Möller, München |
| 04.02.1994 | Dr. Heinrich Goetz, Frankfurt |
| 31.05.1991 | Prof. Dr. Reinhard Selten |
| 18.05.1990 | Dr. Klaus Mertin, Frankfurt |
| 10.11.1988 | Prof. Dr. Herbert Hax, Köln |
| 10.11.1988 | Prof. Edmond Malinvaud, Paris |
| 26.06.1987 | Prof. Anthony Barnes Atkinson, London |
| 20.06.1986 | Dr. Reinhard Goerdeler, Frankfurt |
| 16.06.1983 | Dr. Georg Döllerer, München |
| 23.06.1982 | Prof. Lord Nicholas Kaldor, Cambridge |
| 08.07.1981 | Vizepräsident Dr. Helmut Schlesinger, Frankfurt |
| 28.11.1980 | Prof. Dr. Erich Schäfer, Nürnberg |
| 08.06.1979 | Sir Karl Popper, London |
| 14.02.1978 | Prof. Dr. Erich Gutenberg, Köln |
| 07.11.1967 | Hans von der Groeben, Brüssel |
| 25.04.1967 | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kromphardt, Heidelberg |
| 02.02.1965 | Präsident Karl Blessing, Frankfurt |
| 10.06.1964 | Prof. Gustav von Grünbaum, Los Angeles |
| 10.06.1964 | Präsident Dr. Albert Calmes, Luxemburg |
| 10.06.1964 | Werner Bockelmann, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Frankfurt |
| 05.07.1961 | Dr. Ing. Otto Bredt, Hannover |
| 22.02.1961 | Prof. Dr. Hans Muthesius, Frankfurt |
| 22.02.1961 | Prof. Dr. Gerhard Colm,Washington |
| 16.05.1960 | Prof. Dr. Franz Böhm, Frankfurt |
| 21.08.1959 | Prof. Dr. August Skalweit, Frankfurt |
| 29.07.1959 | Prof. Dr. Fritz Karl Mann, Washington |
| 04.12.1957 | Prof. Dr. Francois Perroux, Paris |
| 01.06.1956 | Prof. Dr. Josef Hellauer, Frankfurt |
| 11.11.1954 | Geheimrat Dr. Wilhelm Vocke, Frankfurt |
| 29.07.1953 | Prof. Dr. Heinrich Hoeniger, Frankfurt |
| 17.08.1952 | Prof. Dr. Friedrich Giese, Frankfurt |
| 14.07.1951 | Direktor Hugo Zinsser, Frankfurt |
| 14.05.1951 | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Polligkeit, Frankfurt |
| 18.05.1948 | Prof. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, Kanzler der Universität Chicago |
| 08.01.1934 | Präsident Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedrich Zahn, München |
| 12.03.1933 | Präsident Charles E.H. Boissevain, Amsterdam |
| 27.02.1933 | Generaldir. Dr. Wilhelm Weirauch, Berlin |
| 23.06.1930 | Geh. Baurat Prof. Dr. Otto Berndt, Darmstadt |
| 18.04.1930 | Geh. Reg.-Rat Prof. Dr. Andreas Voigt, Frankfurt |
| 15.02.1929 | Prof. J.G.C. Volmer, Den Haag |
| 30.07.1928 | Direktor Carl von Weinberg, Frankfurt |
| 19.01.1927 | Geh. Reg.-Rat Prof. Heinrich Dietzel, Bonn |
| 10.03.1926 | Geh. Justizrat Prof. Dr. Jakob Riesser, Berlin |
| 14.05.1924 | Richard Merton, Frankfurt |
| 08.08.1923 | Geh. Reg.-Rat Erich Wende, Berlin |
| 04.08.1923 | Generaldirektor Karl Janson, Neusaltz |
| 30.06.1923 | Direktor Heinrich Peierls, Berlin |
| 28.01.1923 | Dr. phil Friedrich Roessler, Frankfurt |
| 13.12.1922 | Gen. Dir. Dr. Martin Münzesheimer, Düsseldorf |
| 17.05.1922 | Hermann Weil, Frankfurt |
| 17.05.1922 | W. Kreukniet, Wassenaar |
| 06.05.1922 | Prof. Dr. Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen, Gauting b. München |
| 06.05.1922 | Geh. Reg.-Rat Prof. Dr. Albert Ehrhard, Bonn |
| 15.05.1921 | Minister Konrad Haenisch, Berlin |
| 05.01.1921 | Dr. phil. Karl Emil Markel, London |
| 11.06.1920 | Geh. Hofrat Prof. Dr. Abraham Adler, Leipzig |
| 02.02.1918 | Geh. Reg.-Rat Dr. Ludwig Pohle, Leipzig |
| 02.02.1918 | Prof. Dr. Richard Lambert, Marburg |
| 27.01.1918 | Geh. Justizrat Dr. Henry Oswalt, Frankfurt |
| 27.01.1918 | Justizrat Dr. Ludwig Heilbrunn, Frankfurt |
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