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...recipients also include President Seretse M. Khama of Botswana and former President Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir of Israel...
...Khama, who has served as Botswana's president since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966, has earned a reputation as a staunch foe of the apartheid policies of South Africa. Although continuing trade relations with that nation, Botswana has, under Khama's leadership, established itself as one of the foremost opponents of apartheid, frequently sponsoring and supporting United Nations resolutions condemning South Africa and its racial policies...
Princeton University awarded Khama an honorary degree two years ago because "He's a great man. He is a man of real integrity--he has a vision and he works tirelessly to mold those people into a single nation under difficult circumstances," Thomas Wright, member of the Princeton University Council, which selects the degree recipients, said yesterday...
Despite confirmation by embassy officials that President Secretse Khama of Botswana will receive an honorary degree from Harvard at tomorrow's Commencement exercises, the identities of the other degree recipients remain a topic of heated speculation...
Preparations for Commencement have been marked by unusually tight security precautions this year, leading many observers to suspect that Khama will be joined by another world leader--possibly president of a key U.S. ally--on the dais Thursday...