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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.
Receiving honorary degrees in this morning's ceremony are: Kenneth J. Arrow, Bernard Bailyn, Herbert Block, Louise Bourgeois, Andrew F. Brimmer, David R. Cox, Alan Greenspan, Julia Kristeva and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Louise Bourgeois
Once a student at the Sorbonne University inParis and a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux Arts,Bourgeois received an honorary degree from YaleUniversity in 1977. In 1984, she was named anOfficer of Arts and Letters by the French Ministryof Culture. In 1997 she won a National Medal ofArts. She...