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JON BON JOVI

Ever the consummate "front man" for your eponymous band Bon Jovi, over four decades you have commanded the world's largest musical venues, performing in over 50 countr ies before 37 m illion fans. In your highly-participatory concerts, you lead the choruses of Bon Jovi's much- loved anthems -accompan ied by 60,000 exuberant backup singers. It all appears nearly effort less, yet you have said that you still practice your craft every day. Your lifelong determination for growth and improvement drives your music, as well as your efforts to serve your commun it y.

A native of Sayreville, New Jersey, you embarked on your career as a musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor as a young recording stud io "go-fer." Persistent, optimistic, and always willing to take a chance, you formed Bon Jovi in 1983, going on to earn a place as one of the world 's best ­selling musical groups, with over 130 million alb ums sold. Your most recent album-your 13th!-This House Is Not for Sale, debuted at the top of the Billboard chart, and a huge world tour is now underway. A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and recipient of Grammy, American Music, and Golden Globe awards, your election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 affirmed t he admirat ion of your peers and your tremendo us influence on popular music.

Though your career has of ten kept you far from home, you have always remained close to your roots. In 2006 , moved to action when seeing firsthand a homeless Philadelphian's desperate circumstances, you founded the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundat ion , ded icated to suppor t ing innovative efforts to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. The Soul Foundation works to meet the needs of the community in partnersh ips to support temporary shelters ,

transitional housing for teens, permanent supportive housing (including for veterans and special needs populations), and home owners hip opportunities.

In 2011, recognizing the impossib ility of separating twin issues of poverty - housing and hunger - you and your wife, Dorothea, debuted the JBJ Soul Kitchen community restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey. The pay-it-forward model serves in-need and paying customers with dign ity and encourages their active participat ion through vo lunteer serv ice. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the next year, a second location in Toms River opened. The restaurants have since served over 90,000 meals, and during this year's federal government shutdown, furloughed workers were invited to dine free of charge as well.

Among many awards in recognition of your hands-on engagement for the benefit of your community, in 2010, President Barack Obama appointed you to the White House Council for Community Solutions. In 2014, you received Philadelphia's Marian Anderson Award acknowledging your extraord inary service.

For your boundless energy and passion bringing the joy of music to mi llions and offering service on beha lf of the wellbeing of all in your community, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania are honored and pleased to confer upon you, Jon Bo n Jovi, the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa.

TEMPLE GRANDIN

Over four decades ago, you first spoke publicly about your life with autism. Your profound insights and self -observations, and then advocacy , set science on a better path of understand ing. Cont inu ing now , at over 100 events each yea r, thousands of fans, many on th eir own journey with autism , and their

families, gather to meet you and hear your pragmatic encouragement and counsel. You aim to respond to every quest ion, every letter that you receive. You offer inspiration - and a roadmap. Instead of a spectrum of autism, you urge us to th ink of everyone abiding on a human spectrum, free to be ourselves , complete with strengths and challenges.

Diagnosed whi le a young child in Boston, you credit early intervention and your parents' and teachers' support as factors in your success. On your way to a unique career as a scientist , inventor, teacher, and author, you drew on your extraordinary tenacity and concentration , ability to so lve problems as a visual, photographic thinker, and your deep connection with animals. Your dedication and perseverance in meeting obstacles head-on led to degrees from Franklin Pierce College and Arizona State University and cu lmin ated with a Doctorate in Anima l Science at the Univers ity of Illinois-Urba na.

Today , you are Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and the founder of your own firm consulting on humane animal treatment and livestock faci lities design. You are renowned for methods to reduce st ress for animals, and your expertise has been sought worldwide by farms, anima l parks, and even sheep shearers in New Zea land. Over half of the cattle of North America are handled in stress-reduc ing facil it ies of your design. You freely offer that your contributions wo uld have been impossible without the qualities imparted by your aut ism.

Many learned about your remarkab le career through the award-winn ing HBO fi lm, Temple Grandin. You are also the author of over 400 articles and 15 best-selling books, including your memoi r Thinking in Pictures, autobiography Emergence: Label ed Au tistic, and

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works such as Animals Make Us Human. In 2018's Calling All Minds, you combined personal history, inventors ' stories, and intrigu ing projects to show young people that there is no one way to approach any problem - but that keeping an open, inquisit ive mind is the key.

For your great achievements, you have rece ived many honors, including awards from the Autism Society of America, the Ame rican Society of Anima l Scien ce, the Amer ican Veterinary Medical Associat ion, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. You are also a member of the Nationa l Women's Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fe llow of the American Society of Agr icu ltural and Bio logical Eng ineers.

For your inspiring example and groundbreaking advocacy urging better understand ing and support for un ique, inquisitive minds of every kind and for advancing methods for the humane t reatment of an imals, the Trustees of t he University of Pennsy lvania are hono red and pleased to confe r upon you, Temp le Grandin , the deg ree of Docto r of Sciences , honoris causa.

RICHARD GREEN LUGAR* (Ap ril 4, 1932- Apri l 28, 2019)

In 36 years as a Un ited States Senator, you never sought the lime light. Your col leagues and constituents, however, unde rstood and respected the streng t h of your convictions, dedication, and leade rship. Throughout yo ur remarkable career, you have promoted American and world stability and prosperity on critical issues of global food security, nuclear non -pro liferation, fo reign pol icy, and trade .

A fifth gene ration Hoosier and U.S. Navy veteran, you graduated from Denison University. After study as a

Rhodes Scho lar, you managed yo ur family's food production equipment business. Your po litical career began at the grassroots level as an Indianapolis School Commissioner , then two terms as the mayor of Indianapolis, where your plan to unify city-county government led to unprecedented economic growth .

First elected to the Senate in 1977 and always a proud Repub lican, for decades you wou ld reac h across the aisle to get things done. You led 1986 legislation impos ing sanctions on South Africa, which marked a turning point in our country's apartheid response. As cha ir of the Senate 's Agricultu re Committee , you built bipartisan backing for farm program refo rms , b iofuels research, and initiatives support ing food stamps and schoo l lunch prog rams .

Long regarded as the "Statesman of the Senate ," as a member and twice Chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations , you played a decisive role in approval of critical arm s­control t reaties. Perhaps yo ur most significant leg islat ion, co-sponsored with Democratic Senator Sam Nunn, is t he Soviet Nuclear Threat Red uct ion Act of 1991, known as the Nunn-Lugar Act. W ith a dangerously weake ning Soviet Union, a cooperative program to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction led to the removal of all warheads from Ukraine , Kazakhstan, and Bela rus. More than 7,600 nuclear war heads o nce aimed at the United States were deactivated.

In 2013, you left the Senate as its most senior Repub lican member. Today, as President of the highly ­respected Lugar Center , you conti nue your work, leadi ng a nonpa rtisan forum fostering productive research-d riven d ialogue on c ri t ica l globa l issues and bipart isan governance. You also engage new generations of leaders as a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar at the Schoo l

of Global and Internat ional Studies at Ind iana University, Bloom ington and at the Univers ity of Indianapolis .

You have received the American Foreig n Service Association's Lifet ime Contributions to Amer ican Diplomacy Award , t he J. Will iam Fulbrig ht Prize for Inte rnational Understanding , Germany's Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, and been named an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire . President Barack Obama bestowed on you the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In recog nition of your steadfast leade rship ove r a lifet ime of publ ic service and our apprec iation for your tireless work in support of the secu rity , health , and prosperity of our country and the world, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania are honored and pleased to confer upon you, Richard Green Lugar , the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.

DENIS MUKW EGE

The eastern Democrat ic Repub lic of the Congo is one of the most violent regions on Earth. In 2014, the United Nations named DRC the world's worst place to be a woman. Over 100 armed groups and militias terro rize civilians; te ns of thousands of rapes occur the re each year. You have made it your life's work to hea l both you r country and those harmed by its brutal warfare . By actions and advocacy, you have brought global attention to your fight fo r one of the most basic of human rights , freedom from vio lence.

As a ch ild in Bukavu, yo u vis ited the sick with your pastor father . Inspired to become a doctor , you studied abroad, comp let ing gyneco logy training and earning yo ur medica l scie nces doctorate from the Universite Libre de Bruxel les. Returning home , you practiced

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I in a hospita l first begun in a tent. Palme Prize. In 2014, the European fraction of your cr itica lly accla imed, It was attacked and destroyed in Parliament grante d you its highest award-winning spaces of purpose: 1996, resulting in the tragic loss of honor of Sakharov Prize Laureate. New York City's Co lumbus Circle fr iends and col leagues. Undaunted, In 2016, Penn Nursing was thrilled and Bryant Park; the Washington by 1999 you had founded Panzi to present you with its Renfield Monument grounds and National

f Hosp ital. Intended for materna l care, Foundation Award for Global Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; it instead quickly became a center Women's Health. the Getty Center in Los Angeles; for treating overw helming numbers Apple Park in Cupertino, California; of sexua l violence victims. For you r courageo us and tire less London 's Canary Wharf; and your

examp le of hea ling and helping home city's Barnes Foundatio n, Despite the dangers, Panzi has the most vulnerable, and for your Indepe ndence Mal l, the Phi lade lph ia remained open for over two advocacy for human rights and an Museum of Art, Fairmo unt Water decades, trea t ing more than 50,000 end to sexual vio lence, the Trustees Works, and t he Rodin Museum . women and ch ildren. Known as of the University of Pennsylvania are "Doctor Miracle," you are regarded honored and pleased to confer upon Raised in Alaska, you studied civil as a wo rld-leading expe rt on you, Denis Mukwege , the degree of engineering at the University of repair ing the hor rific injuries of Doctor of Sciences, honoris causa. A laska and completed architecture wartime rape, performi ng lifesaving studies at the University of operat ions each day. Panzi also LAUR IE OLIN Wash ingto n. You are the fou nder devised a p ioneering model to treat

In 1976, relat ive ly new to the and p rincipal of the highly-

surv ivors, integ rating psychologica l respected firm OLIN in Philade lphia, and medical care, lega l assista nce, Un iversity of Pennsy lvania's beg un in 1995. Partneri ng for literacy and ski l ls training, and School of Design, you co llaborated decades w ith the best-known soc ioeconomic support. on a ground -breaking project: arch itects, engineers, artists,

design of a 25-year landscape and designers of your time, you Throug h the years , you became an architecture campus master plan. are revered for your generous outspoken advocate for change, As it happened, you were tapped collaboration, mentorship, focus, human rights, and gender equality, to lead t his galvan izing endeavor and optimism. In your always result ing in consta nt t hreats to that would set Penn apart for its popula r Penn classes , you urged your safety. Speaking arou nd the beautiful camp us, showcase its students to take up your ow n world about t he devastating effects faculty's incred ibl e talents, including instrument of choice - a penc il -of war crimes and the hope of your own, and energize what is and go outside to draw and better peace , you have been cri t ical of now the University of Pennsylvania understand the most essentia l your government and others for Stua rt Weitzma n School of Design. eleme nts of their work . not doing enough . You also stress

Generatio ns of stude nts and that "justice is everyone's business," Through the years, many schools calling on the international everyone here today have benef ited have enjoyed your expertise, community to hold perpetrators to from that early master plan and including as Department Chair accou nt and "draw a clear red line" yo ur conti nui ng efforts to create of Landscape Architecture at on sexua l viole nce as a weapon of one of t he country's most beaut ifu l Harvard University, and in visiting wa r and armed co nflict. urban campuses. Whether strol ling professorships and lectures across

with friends on Locust Walk, taking the cou ntry . A Guggenheim Fellow To expand the hosp ital's efforts, you in the 125 Years of Women at Penn and Fellow of The At henae um of established the Panzi Foundation in Walkway at Hill Fie ld, or reflecting on Ph ilade lphia and the Amer ican 2008 and crea ted a nurse training life from a benc h on College Green, Academy of Rome, your program to ensu re quality of care. everyone finds calm and connection innumerab le awards incl ude the You are also the founder of the to t he natural world and to others. 2012 Nationa l Medal of Arts, the Mukwege Foundation, which seeks

Penn and Philade lphia always National Building Museum's Vincent to raise global awareness for these

remained home for you. After over Scu lly Prize, and the highe st lifetime issues.

40 years ' teach ing, you reti red recogn ition of the American Society

It is f itt ing that when word arrived in 2017 as Practice Professor of Landscape Arch itecture , the

you had been awarded the 2018 Emeritus of Landscape Architecture. Desig n Meda l.

Nobel Peace Prize, you were The world over tr easures your The author or co-author of many performing su rgery . Recognized transformational work as one of lyrically-titled books, your works g lobally for you r work, you have the most exceptional landscape encompa ss essay, memoir, theory, received the United Nations Human arch itects ever, and as an artist, and history , and blend text Right s Prize and Sweden's Olof ed ucato r, and author. To nam e just a

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and visual arts, from your f irst, 1973's Breath on the Mirro r, and including Across the Open Field , Placemaking , and 2018 's Be Seated.

In recog ni tio n of yo ur visionary life 's work to create uncommon ly welcoming spaces that uni t e us in comm unity and offer resp ite fo r the eye s and t he soul , the Trustees of the University of Pennsy lvania are ho nored and pleased to co nfer upon you, Lau rie Olin , the deg ree o f Doctor of Arts, honoris causa .

BRYAN STEVENSON

In your c r itically-acclaimed bestselle r, Just MercY, you first desc ribe yourself as a somewhat ambivalent Harva rd Law student, struggling to find releva nce in your studies. But during an internsh ip at At lanta 's the n Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, you experienced the real ities of a pr isoner condemned to death row . Your fut ure of compassionate serv ice became immediately clear to you . For over two decades, as a renowned lawyer and foremost advocate for social justice, you have addressed and chal lenged bias in the United States criminal justice system aga inst the poor, mino rit ies, and ch ildren . For you r work's immeasu rable impact for both ind iv idua ls and society, you are cons idered one of the most transformat iona l leaders of your generation.

Growing up in rura l, most ly segregated southern Delaware, you took to heart your mo t her's deeply held belief in the va lue of educa t ion. With Philade lph ia fam ily roo t s, you made your way to nearby Eastern University for underg raduate stud ies. Then at Harvard, you pursued degrees from Harvard Law and t he Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

In 1994, at 29, you founded the non­profit Equal Justice In itiative (EJ I) in Montgomery, Alabama, w here you are Execu ti ve Director . In 2005

and 2009, EJ I wo n landma rk U.S. Supreme Court rulings agai nst the death pe nalty for juven ile offenders and life sentences fo r juven iles in non -homicides . Spar ing over 125 priso ners from exec ut ion, EJI has succeeded in legal challenges on excess ive sentenc ing, exone rat ing innocent deat h row prisoners, and abuse of the inca rcerated.

Seeing the darkest threads of our country's past withi n today 's cr im inal justice pract ices, you bel ieve tha t we must open even our most pa infu l chapters to the light, pushing back aga inst t hose who would leave these unexamined . You urge us to engage in an ope n, hones t narrat ive about slavery, lynch ing, and racial segrega t ion and disc riminatio n, so t hat we can move forward from, as you say, "the shadows that fo llow us."

Your reasoned message, given fr eely t hrough yo ur wr it ing and pub lic speaki ng, and as a Professor of Law at New York Univers ity , clearly resonates . Your 2012 TED ta lk, We Need to Talk About Injustice , has over 5,000,000 online views, and your out reach grows.

In 2018, EJI opened The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. On the site of a Montgomery ware house once used in slave com merce, vis ito rs examine America's history of racial injust ice and its legacy in today's crimina l justice system . Nearby, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice offers testament for victims of A merican rac ial terror lynchings .

Your we ll -dese rved awards are many , including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowsh ip, the ACLU Nat ional Meda l of Liberty , and t he American Bar Association Meda l, its highest honor , as well as its Thurgood Marshall Award. In 2018, you received the Marti n Luther King , Jr., Nonvio lent Peace Prize from The King Center in At lanta.

In recog nit ion of your ext raord inary

life of hope, cease less dedicatio n and service seeking justice and eq uality for those in need, t he Trustees of the Univers ity of Pennsy lvania are hono red and p leased to co nfer upo n you , Bryan Stevenson , the deg ree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.

NEV ILLE EARL STRUMPF

To know you is to know perseve rance. After seeing fi rstha nd the frig hten ing, humiliating, and then -common prac t ice of restra ining older patients in care, you set out to see what you cou ld do . Then came two decades of work with research partner and Penn nursing peer Dr. Lois Evans to estab lish a scientif ic bas is for rest raint -free ca re. You p ublished research , testified before Co ngres s, and tirelessly advocated w ith p rofessional organ izations and reg ulatory agencies. By 2000, rest raint-free care was wide ly recognized as t he standard of practice , a revolution in the ca re of o lder adults .

You joi ned Penn Nursing in 1982, after receiv ing yo ur doctora l degree at New York University, and soon bega n to make yo ur mark. Through your leadership , Penn Nursing was among the f irst to integra te gerontology into t he undergradua te curricu lum. For 15 years , you d irected t he School 's top - ranked Geronto logy Nurse Practitio ner Program, a mode l fo r other schools. You founded and di rected t he School 's Center of Geronto logic Nursing Research and its John A Hartford Foundat ion Cen ter of Geriat ric Nursing Excellence. Your interd isciplinary resea rch also addresses clinical and socia l issues of end -of - life ca re, fall prevent ion , and access to serv ices.

A consummate Univers ity citizen , you lent g uidance t hroug h act ive part icipation in and leade rship of doze ns of comm itt ees and panels. You chai red the Facu lty Senates of both Penn Nursing and the

University, led the Penn Assoc iation of Senior and Emeritus Faculty, and served on the Trustees Counci l of Penn Women Advisory Boa rd. As Interim Dean of the School, you advanced strateg ic init iatives and Penn Nursing's reputation for scholarship. Though you retired as Professor of Nursing in 2008, your Penn engagement has not dimmed.

The impact of your outreach is immeasurable . You are famed for your generous mentorship of students and peers, continuing to coordinate the school's Faculty Ment orship Program and participate in strategic planning. You have been a prolific author, award-winning educator, peer reviewer for leading journals, and for decades consulted internationally with hospitals and health systems, agencies, nursing homes , and family caregivers to improve care for older adults.

You remain passionately connected with quality of l ife concerns of older adults, including board membership on the Mercy Life West Philadelphia PACE Program and as Board President of Ralston Center, a provider of services to older adults in West Philadelphia. You also offer your service as a national Senior Evaluator for the Hartford Foundation Geriatric Nursing Center of Excellence Program .

Nam ed an Honorary Alumna of Penn Nursing, you are a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and th e Gerontological Socie ty of America. Other recognitions include Penn's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and its Claire M. Fag in Distinguished Researcher Award, and election to the Nurse Researc her Hall of Fame by Sigma Theta Tau Interna t ional.

For your pioneering scholarship and dedication as an educator transforming both stan dard s of ca re and quality of lif e for older adults, and for your deca de s of enthusia stic servi ce to the Univer sity com munity , th e Trustees of the Univ ersi ty of

Pennsylvania are honored and pleased to confer upon you, Neville Earl Strumpf, the degree of Doctor of Sciences, honoris causa.

JILL CORNELL TARTER

For time beyond measure, humans have looked up to the sky and asked: "Are we alone? What would it mean if we knew the answer?" For all but a sliver of human existence, we cou ld do no more than wonder. However, seizing the opportunities of technological advances unimaginable to earlier generations, you have made it your life 's work to seek our answer - in a message from the stars.

You were adamantly drawn to the sciences early in your educat ion, supported by your fami ly even as you were active ly discouraged by teachers. As an engineering undergraduate at Cornell Unive rsity , you were often the only woman in the classroom. Undaunted, you were drawn to male-dominated fields of astronomy and then radio astronomy, earni ng your master's and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley . Your inte rests soo n connected you with like­minded colleagues curious to search what has been cal led a "cos mic haystack " for signals from an advanced c ivi lization seek ing us.

A pathbreaker, you served as a Project Scientist for NASA's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. When governme ntal funding was sca rce or even terminated , you learned how to stitch together funding sources and helped co mpose the charter for the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. In your career spa nning over fou r decades, you have conducted numerous observational programs at radio observatories worldwide and worked to design and build California's Allen Telescope Array. Scouring mil lions of radio fre quencie s and analyzing resulting data, there have been a

few moments of breath-catching excitement when a captured signal was not immediate ly diagnosed as "earth noise." Efforts have not paid off - yet - and you are determined that the search cont inues .

Your work was int roduced to the pub lic when actor Jod ie Foste r portrayed a character insp ired by you in the 1997 film Contact, from the book by your friend Carl Sagan . Throughout your career, you have proudly served as an inspirationa l role model for generations of women pursuing careers in the sciences. Retirin g in 20 12, you are now Emeritus Cha ir for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, lecturing worldwide on behalf of expansion of resear ch and continued fund ing for SETI, and fo r strong fundamental science education for all.

In recognition of your achievements, you were named one of Time's 25 Most Influential People in Space, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Wome n in Aerospace. Upon winning the Ted Prize in 2009, your wish was to draw others into SETI through innovat ive ideas like open sourc ing so that "citizen scientists" could partic ipate in the search. Moreover , the Astero id 74824 Tarter was named in your honor.

For your steadfast dedication and enthusiasm in the quest to listen in on the stars and to magn ify our understanding of what it means to be human beings, the Trustee s of the University of Pennsy lvania are honored and p leased to con fer upon you, Jill Cornell Tart er, th e degr ee of Doctor of Sciences, honoris causa.

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