President Chiang receives honorary doctorate from Dartmouth

President Mung Chiang received an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth during its commencement ceremony on June 9. Chiang was among nine recipients being recognized for their significant contributions to the sciences, medicine, business, the humanities and society.

Each year prospective honorary degree recipients — scholars, artists, innovators, public servants, philanthropists, and others who have made extraordinary contributions to their respective fields and society at large — are nominated by members of the Dartmouth community. Nominations are reviewed by the Council on Honorary Degrees, which selects the honorands in consultation with the president and the Board of Trustees.

Chiang was also named this year’s recipient of the Robert Fletcher Award, Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering’s highest honor. He delivered the remarks “On the Characters of Engineering Synthesis” at the Investiture Ceremony.

Chiang’s previously received research awards include the 2013 NSF Alan T. Waterman Award, 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2012 IEEE Tomiyasu Technical Achievement Award and 2022 IEEE INFOCOM Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.