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Trump could lose honorary law degree after Charlottesville remarks
Source: The Guardian
Trump could lose honorary law degree after Charlottesville remarks
• Lehigh University considers rescinding president’s doctor of laws status
• Robert Gordon University took back Trump’s honorary business degree in 2015
Adam Gabbatt in New York
Friday 18 August 2017 16.54 BST
One of the three universities to give Donald Trump an honorary doctorate is considering whether to revoke it in the wake of his controversial comments about the violence in Charlottesville last weekend.
The board of trustees at Lehigh University – based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – will decide whether to rescind the president’s doctor of laws status when it next convenes in October.
If Trump is stripped of his degree it would be the second time controversial remarks have cost him an honorary academic qualification. Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, revoked Trump’s honorary doctorate in 2015.
The move by Lehigh comes after Kelly McCoy, a former student, launched a petition urging the university to revoke Trump’s doctorate.
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• Lehigh University considers rescinding president’s doctor of laws status
• Robert Gordon University took back Trump’s honorary business degree in 2015
Adam Gabbatt in New York
Friday 18 August 2017 16.54 BST
One of the three universities to give Donald Trump an honorary doctorate is considering whether to revoke it in the wake of his controversial comments about the violence in Charlottesville last weekend.
The board of trustees at Lehigh University – based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – will decide whether to rescind the president’s doctor of laws status when it next convenes in October.
If Trump is stripped of his degree it would be the second time controversial remarks have cost him an honorary academic qualification. Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, revoked Trump’s honorary doctorate in 2015.
The move by Lehigh comes after Kelly McCoy, a former student, launched a petition urging the university to revoke Trump’s doctorate.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/18/donald-trump-honorary-degrees-lehigh-university
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Related: Lehigh University: Rescind Donald Trump's Honorary Degree petition at Change.org
