The Conferring of Honorary Degrees
Harold H. Saunders
Citation Presented by Douglas T. Stuart
Professor of Political Science and International Studies
"Come, let us reason together." This bible verse is ideally suited for a citation in honor of Harold H. Saunders. At a time when our nation seems inextricably mired in conflict, your extraordinary career testifies to the power of sustained dialogue. You served your country for over two decades - as an Air Force officer, a Foreign Service Officer and a member of the White House Staff in the National Security Council. An expert on the Middle East and South Asia, you helped to mediate five Arab-Israeli agreements and to lay the groundwork for the Camp David Accords, the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty and the release of the U.S. hostages in Tehran.
Since leaving government service, you have intensified your personal efforts on behalf of conflict resolution and reconciliation in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia, the Middle East and within the United States. You currently serve as Director of International Affairs at the Kettering Foundation and as Chairman and President of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue. Your published works are an indispensable resource for both academics and practitioners involved in negotiations, and you are also involved in cultivating the next generation of problem solvers and peace makers at selected colleges and universities, including Dickinson College.
You are the recipient of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service - the nation's highest award for civilian officers. You have also received the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award, the "excellence in career" award from your Alma Mater, Princeton University, and the "Search for Common Ground Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Academy of Diplomacy. You also have the distinct honor, and good fortune, to be married to Carol Saunders, a distinguished Dickinson College alumna.
Mr. President, I am honored to present to you Mr. Harold H. Saunders, an engaged academic and an informed and principled practitioner, who personifies the values that Dickinson seeks to instill in all of its graduates, for the Honorary Degree of Doctor of International Relations.
Conferring of the degree by William G. Durden
President
Harold S. Saunders, upon the recommendation of the Faculty to the Board of Trustees, and by its mandamus, I confer upon you the degree of Doctor of International Relations, with the rights, privileges, and distinction thereunto appertaining, in token of which I present you with this diploma and cause you to be invested with the hood of Dickinson College appropriate to your degree.
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