The
Honoris causa
reference article from the
English Wikipedia
on 24-Apr-2004
(provided by
Fixed Reference
: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)
Honoris causa
Helping orphans the way you would do it
Honoris causa
(plural: Causae) is a
Latin
term meaning
for the sake of honor
, abbreviated as
h.c.
This designation is added when a
university
grants an honorary Ph.D. (
Doctor of Philosophy
) or D.A. (
Doctor of Arts
), or other
doctoral degree
.
List of people with Honoris Causae
Wassily Leontief