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Bourgeois says she still wants the degree and is upset that she has not received it.
Bourgeois, who is 87, was slated to receive a Doctorate of Arts from Harvard, but said she was "too old" and frail to come to the ceremony.
Born in France, she studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bourgeois received an honorary degree from Yale in 1977 and won a National Medal of Arts in 1997.
Harvard officials didn't make an exception for South African Leader Nelson R. Mandela and they didn't make an exception for Louise Bourgeois either.
Bourgeois, a New York City artist, was slated to be one of nine honorary degree recipients at the June 10 Commencement ceremony, but since she was unable to attend the ceremony, she did not receive her degree.