http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/feb/17/ut-bestow-dolly-parton-honorary-doctorate-degree/
See also:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article478501.ece
From a Professor of Education at Edinburgh: "The criterion these days is often that the honorary graduate is well known rather than they have made a distinctive contribution in their particular academic field,” Smithers says. “Now that particular public relations genie is out of the bottle, it can’t be stuffed back in. And that is all right — providing nobody takes it too seriously"
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