HONORARY
DOCTORAL
DEGREE
RECIPIENTS
IN 2005
HIS
EXCELLENCY
KEAT CHHON
Keat Chhon
was born on
11 August
1934 in
Kratie
Province,
Cambodia.
After being
one of the
first batch
of
high-school
graduates to
do a
Baccalaureat
serié
mathématiques
in Cambodia,
he obtained
a
scholarship
to go to
France in
1954; there,
he earned
degrees in
Naval
Architecture
and Marine
Engineering
(1959) and
Nuclear
Engineering
(1960),
before going
on to do
research on
thermo-nuclear
fusion at
the Center
for Nuclear
Studies in
Fontenay-aux-Roses.
HE Keat
Chhon came
back to
Cambodia in
1961. He
first served
as a chief
engineer in
the Ministry
of Public
Works;
before being
appointed
General
Manager of
ODEM, a
civil
engineering
state
enterprise.
In 1964, he
founded the
Royal
University
of Kampong
Cham, of
which he was
President
until 1968.
Between 1967
and 1969, he
was Minister
of Industry,
and then of
Commerce, in
the Royal
Government
of Cambodia.
Subsequently,
he was
appointed
Minister in
charge of
the Council
of Ministers
of the Royal
Government
of National
Union of
Cambodia
(1970-1975)
under
Samdech
Norodom
Sihanouk.
Then, during
the period
of the Khmer
Rouge regime
(1975-1979),
he and his
family were
dispersed as
enslaved
hostages.
In the early
1980s, HE
Keat Chhon
lived in
France,
working as
manager for
international
operations
in a private
company.
UNIDO then
appointed
him as a
co-director
of a project
on the
strategic
management
of
industrial
development
in Zaire
(1988 to
1992). After
the Paris
Peace
Agreement,
he returned
to Cambodia
in 1992 to
work as a
UNDP
consultant;
he then
served as
Senior
Adviser to
the
Government
of the State
of Cambodia
in early
1993, until
he was
elected to
Parliament.
Thereafter,
he was
appointed
Deputy Prime
Minister of
the
Provisional
National
Government
of Cambodia;
and a member
of the
Constitution
Drafting
Committee.
In November
1993, he was
appointed
Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development
of the Royal
Government
of Cambodia
(RGC); he
was
subsequently
also
appointed,
in October
1994, as
Minister of
Economy and
Finance, and
as Vice
Chairman of
the Council
for the
Development
of Cambodia
(CDC). He
has held
each of
these
positions
since then.
In his
capacity as
Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development,
HE Keat
Chhon led a
team to
prepare the
National
Program to
Rehabilitate
and Develop
Cambodia
(NPRD-1994
and 1995);
and then,
having
defined the
role of the
State, to
implement
the proposed
cohesive
package of
objectives
for
establishing
the rule of
law and
implementing
structural
and other
reforms to
ensure
economic
stabilization
and provide
a solid
platform for
Cambodia's
much-needed
rehabilitation,
recovery and
future
development.
As a
follow-up,
he also
prepared the
ground-work
for the
Second
Socio-Economic
Development
Plan for
2001-2005
and the
National
Poverty
Reduction
Strategy.
Cambodia's
weak and
fragile
condition,
as a result
of all of
the recent
turmoil and
strife, has
meant that
she has had
to be very
dependent on
outside
assistance
in order to
survive. As
the Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development
and the Vice
Chairman of
the CDC –
and also as
chairman of
the
Committee on
Economic and
Financial
Policies and
the RGC's
representative
at the
International
Conferences
on the
Reconstruction
of Cambodia
(ICORC) – HE
Keat Chhon
has played
an important
role (e.g.
by setting
priorities
and
determining
strategies)
in the
mobilisation
and
coordination
of external
assistance
from
Cambodia's
various
development
partners to
support
these
objectives.
During his
tenure as
Minister of
Economy and
Finance, and
as co-chair
of the
Working
Group on
Law, Tax and
Governance,
HE Keat
Chhon has
initiated
many
important
policy
measures on
fiscal
reforms,
including
his
instrumental
role in
implementing
a new budget
and tax
system.
Under his
guidance, a
number of
important
laws and
regulations
were
adopted, as
well as
numerous
regulations
governing
public
sector
management.
Thus, as a
result of HE
Keat Chhon's
management
of the
Cambodian
economy, the
credibility
of the RGC
has been
greatly
enhanced;
and so
Cambodia has
continued to
receive
generous
foreign aid.
This was
made
possible by
his dual
status as
Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development
and Minister
of Economy
and Finance;
together
with the
powers
entrusted in
him by Prime
Minister
Samdech Hun
Sen to
negotiate
with
international
financial
bodies like
the World
Bank and the
Asian
Development
Bank,and to
participate
in dialogues
with
international
and regional
bodies such
as ASEAN.
HE Keat
Chhon
recognized
that, for
Cambodia to
succeed and
become
self-sufficient,
his plans
for the
future
required the
development
of adequate
indigenous
human
resources.
Thus, he has
also played
an active
role in
encouraging
the
development
of an
effective
education
system to
better
nurture
future
generations,
including
his role as
Chairman of
the National
Higher
Education
Task Force.
One of his
initiatives
is the
Economics
and Finance
Institute
(EFI), which
offers an
MBA
programme in
collaboration
with the
Intellectual
Resource
Incorporated
Group and
Australia's
Charles
Stuart
University.
The goal of
the EFI is
to help
produce
Cambodia's
next,
home-grown
generation
of leaders
in the
public and
private
sectors; as
such, it is
the official
training and
human
resource
development
center of
the Ministry
of Economy
and Finance.
HE Keat
Chhon is
also a
co-founder
and
Vice-Chairman
of the
Cambodian
Institute
for
Cooperation
and Peace
(CICP), a
non-profit,
non-partisan,
policy-oriented
think tank
dedicated to
a greater
understanding
of national,
regional,
and
international
issues of
concern to
Cambodia.
This, as a
publisher of
several of
his books
and other
papers, has
provided one
vehicle for
the general
dissemination
of his many
ideas about
Cambodia's
present
situation
and how to
best
implement
policies and
programmes
to provide a
better
future for
our country.
In
recognition
for his
numerous and
great
contributions
to the
development
of Cambodia,
HE Keat
Chhon has
been awarded
many
medals and
distinctions
by both
Cambodian
and foreign
governments.
These
include the
Grand' Croix
of the Royal
Order of the
Kingdom of
Cambodia and
the Gold
Medal of
Labour of
the Kingdom
of Cambodia;
and he is
also a Grand
Officer of
the Order of
Her Majesty
the Queen
Kossamak of
Cambodia, a
Grand
Officer of
the Order of
Sowathara
(Economy) of
Cambodia, a
Commander of
the Legion
of Honour of
France, and
a Chevalier
of the Order
of
Monissaraphon
(Culture) of
Cambodia.
HIS
EXCELLENCY
KEAT CHHON
HE Keat
Chhon is
being
honored here
in
recognition
of his many
and great
contributions
to the
economic
development
of Cambodia.
Thus the
citation for
an Honorary
Doctorate in
Development
Economics
reads:
o As Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development,
you have
provided the
necessary
insight and
foresight to
play a
fundamental
role in the
conceiving
and mapping
out of the
road to
Cambodia's
future,
through the
preparation
of a
detailed and
comprehensive
series of
agenda.
o As Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development,
you then
proceeded to
fulfill a
vital role
in the
implementation
of these
plans,
thereby
being Chief
Engineer in
the
continuing
construction
of the road
to
Cambodia's
future as a
viable,
self-sufficient
state.
o As
Minister of
Economy and
Finance, you
have also
fulfilled an
essential
role in
conceiving
and
implementing
the
necessary
fiscal
policies to
help to
establish
and sustain
Cambodia as
a sovereign
nation.
o Both as
Senior
Minister for
Rehabilitation
and
Development
and as
Minister of
Economy and
Finance,
your hard
work, your
wisdom and
your
integrity
have proved
to be key
factors in
convincing
foreign
donors that
the Royal
Government
of Cambodia
is a
credible and
creditable
recipient of
aid for the
reconstruction
and onward
development
of our
country.
o In these
and other
capacities,
and as a top
Cambodian
intellectual
with a
self-less
pride in
your
country, you
have sought
to encourage
Cambodia
down the
road to
self-sufficiency
and
self-respect
as an
independent
nation
through your
initiatives
in higher
education
and many
other
spheres of
activity.
THE RIGHT
REVEREND AND
RIGHT
HONOURABLE
LORD GEORGE
CAREY OF
CLIFTON
George
Leonard
Carey was
born on 13th
November,
1935, in the
district of
Bow in
London's
East End,
being the
eldest of
five
children to
a hospital
porter and
his wife.
Although he
failed his
11-plus exam
(an
important
filter, as a
measure of
an
individual's
potential
‘worth’, in
the United
Kingdom at
the time)
and left
school at
15, he
subsequently
became
inspired and
motivated
enough to
complete his
secondary
education.
He then went
on to study
at King’s
College,
London and
the London
College of
Divinity: he
graduated
with a
Bachelor’s
degree in
Divinity in
1962; a
Master’s in
Theology in
1966; and a
Doctor of
Philosophy
in 1973.
After being
ordained
into the
Church of
England and
serving in a
number of
preaching
and teaching
posts, Lord
Carey became
Bishop of
Bath and
Wells in
1988. In
1991, Lord
Carey was
appointed
the 103rd
Archbishop
of
Canterbury –
and thus
head of the
Church of
England and,
worldwide,
the 70
million
members of
the Anglican
and
Episcopal
Churches –
by the then
Prime
Minister
Margaret
Thatcher.
This broke
with
tradition,
given his
working-class
origins and
the fact
that he had
attended
neither
Oxford nor
Cambridge
universities;
and made him
the second
most
powerful
person in
the United
Kingdom
(after the
Queen) in
religious
matters,
with a seat
in the House
of Lords.
During his
tenure as
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
the Church
faced many
issues as it
sought to
adjust to
the
increasing
complexities
of modern
society. One
major focus
of his
attention
was the role
of religion
in community
development
and the
escape from
poverty;
another was
the need for
communication
between
different
religions.
To this end,
he was an
active
participant
in numerous
conferences
with leaders
of other
faith-communities.
One of his
many
initiatives
was, with
the then
President of
the World
Bank, James
D.
Wolfensohn,
to establish
the World
Faiths
Development
Dialogue in
1998: nine
different
faith-communities
were brought
together for
a dialogue
on poverty
and
development,
both with
each other
and with
international
development
agencies
such as the
World Bank
and the
UNDP.
The events
of September
11th
2001
highlighted,
amongst
other
things, the
absolute
need for
more
communication
between
different
religions.
Lord Carey
stepped up
to play an
active role.
For example,
he and the
Grand Imam
of al-Alzar
al Sharif –
a leading
Sunni Muslim
scholar –
called a
meeting of
leaders of
the
Christian,
Jewish and
Muslim
faiths in
Egypt; this
resulted in
the First
Alexandria
Declaration
of the
Religious
Leaders of
the Holy
Land, signed
in January
2002, which
unanimously
condemned
the
indiscriminate
acts of
suicide
bombers.
He retired
as
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
in 2002,
when he was
made a life
peer and
Privy
Counselor.
However, he
has
continued to
be involved
in religious
affairs on
the
international
arena, and
has
maintained
an active
involvement
in the
projects
which he
initiated:
for example,
he took over
as the Chair
of the
Trustees of
the World
Faiths
Development
Dialogue in
2003.
Lord Carey
has written
widely on
theological
issues.
Amongst the
many honours
which he has
received are
his being
named
Presentation
Fellow of
King’s
College,
London;
Fellow of
Christ’s
University
College,
Canterbury;
and Fellow
of the
Library of
Congress. He
is also the
recipient of
more than
ten Honorary
Doctorates.
THE RIGHT
REVEREND AND
RIGHT
HONOURABLE
LORD GEORGE
CAREY OF
CLIFTON
The Right
Reverend and
Right
Honourable
Lord George
Carey of
Clifton is
being
honoured
here for his
efforts to
break down
religious
divides,
especially
in the wake
of September
11th
2001;
and to
maximise the
effectiveness
of religious
organisations
in
facilitating
development
and
poverty-reduction
amongst the
economically-disadvantaged.
Thus the
citation for
an Honorary
Doctorate in
Humanity
reads:
o As an
individual,
you have
shown that,
when
adequately
inspired,
one can
become
motivated to
not only
aspire to
the highest
goals but to
actually
achieve them
– an example
to all who
have been
branded as
poor
performers
in school
because of
inadequacies
in the
education
system.
o During
your
subsequent
rise up
through the
meritocratic
system to
being
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
you showed
selfless
care and
compassion
to those
around you.
o You have
made every
effort to
try and
bridge the
gap between
different
faith-communities,
and to heal
the wounds
of the past
and the
present,
especially
in the
aftermath of
September 11th,
2001.
o You have
made a
determined
attempt to
ameliorate
the current
pressing
problems of
poverty and
development
in the Third
World by
bringing
together
various
different
faith-communities
and
international
development
agencies
(such as the
World Bank
and the
UNDP) to
discuss
issues with
each other.
o Even after
stepping
down as
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
you have
continued
with these
efforts to
improve the
lot of
humanity for
the common
good.
DR.
TAKAYOSHI
MATSUI
Dr.
Takayoshi
Matsui
graduated
from the
Department
of Medicine
at the
University
of Tokyo in
1967, after
which he did
a two-year
internship
in
Neurosurgery
there; he
received his
medical
doctorate
from the
same
university
in 1978.
Throughout
his
subsequent
career, Dr.
Matsui has
succeeded in
being not
just a
medical
practitioner
but also a
teacher, a
researcher
and an
entrepreneur.
His teaching
positions
have
included
Tokyo
Women’s
Medical
College
(Assistant
Instructor,
1969); the
University
of Tokyo
(Assistant
Instructor,
1971);
Teikyo
University
(Associate
Professor in
Neurosurgery
and then
Visiting
Professor,
1978); Osaka
Medical
College
(Associate
Professor in
Neurosurgery
and then a
part-time
position,
1983);
followed by
part-time
lectureships
in
Neurosurgery
at Tokushima
University
(1990),
Ehime
University
(1996) and
Tokyo
Women’s
Medical
College
(2002).
He switched
to part-time
teaching in
1985 to
allow him to
devote his
time to
establishing,
and then
directing,
an
international-level
neurosurgical
hospital in
Kan'nonji
city,
Kanagawa.
The Matsui
Neurosurgical
Hospital and
associated
Japan
Neurosurgical
Research
Institute
was opened
in 1988.
Four years
later, this
hospital
merged with
the Fukuda
Hospital to
become the
Matsui
Hospital,
with the
associated
Eastern
Medicine
Research
Institute.
Both his
teaching and
his clinical
expertise
reflect his
research
interests.
When he was
an Assistant
Instructor
at the
University
of Tokyo, he
was a member
of a group
studying
external
injuries to
the head and
neck. He
designed a
special
ear-protector
helmet which
greatly
reduced the
risk of
death when
baseball-players
were hit on
the head by
a baseball;
this has
been adopted
as a
standard
item of
body-protection
equipment in
Japan and
elsewhere.
Subsequently
(1973-1977),
Dr. Matsui
went to the
United
States to do
further
studies at
the
Montefiore
Medical
Centre in
the Albert
Einstein
College of
Medicine,
New York and
the National
Biomedical
Research
Foundation
of
Georgetown
University
in
Washington
D.C. He
worked with
the
pioneering
team
responsible
for
developing
the world’s
first
whole-body
computerized
tomography
(CT)
scanner.
This is an
instrument
where X-rays
are used to
visualize
successive
cross-sectional
‘slices’ of
the
subject’s
body to
study the
internal
organs; it
is thus a
valuable
tool for
diagnosis,
together
with the
planning and
subsequent
monitoring
of any
follow-up
therapies.
Dr. Matsui,
with
collaborators,
also
produced An
Atlas of the
Human Brain
for
Computerized
Tomography:
this
award-winning
treatise
allows
neurosurgeons
to more
easily
interpret CT
scans of the
brain when
planning
their
operations.
Having been
one of the
people who
was there
right at the
start of
this new
technology,
Dr. Matsui
was an
active
promoter of
the
potential
for CT
scanners,
giving
lectures and
workshops,
as well as
presenting
papers at
conferences.
His
passionate
involvement
with
developing
this new
technology
meant that
Dr. Matsui
also became
involved in
the
evolution
and
commercial
development
of
subsequent
generations
of CT
instruments.
Partly as a
result of
his
insights,
four
Japanese
companies
have
captured the
world market
in
diagnostic
CT scanners,
having
successfully
out-competing
about twenty
US
companies.
Based on his
expertise,
Dr. Matsui
has emerged
as an active
participant
in the
international
medical
science
community.
In 1983, he
launched the
Japan
Neurosurgical
CT
Association,
as a vehicle
to encourage
the
dissemination
of research
in the
field.
DR.
TAKAYOSHI
MATSUI
Dr.
Takayoshi
Matsui is
being
honored for
his
multifaceted
contributions
to medical
science in
general, and
neurosurgery
in
particular.
Thus the
citation for
an Honorary
Doctorate in
Humanity
reads:
o As a young
researcher,
you designed
a special
ear-protector
helmet which
protects the
brain from
serious
injury
resulting
from blows
to the head,
and thus
helps
minimise the
risk of
death. This
special
helmet has
therefore
saved
countless
lives around
the world.
o You were one
of the
pioneering team
who designed the
first whole-body
CT scanner,
which uses
X-rays to
visualize
successive
cross-sectional
‘slices’ of a
patient’s body.
o You
subsequently
played an active
role in the
design of
subsequent
generations of
scanners to make
them more useful
as diagnostic
tools for the
medical
profession at
large, and more
generally
available in
hospitals around
the world.
o With
collaborators,
you compiled An
Atlas of the
Human Brain for
Computerized
Tomography: an
award-winning
treatise which
allows
neurosurgeons to
interpret CT
scans of the
brain when
planning their
delicate
operations.
o To also help
diagnose and
treat the sick,
you have
established the
international-level
Matsui Hospital
– with a
specialization
in neurosurgery
– and associated
Research
Institutes in
Kanagawa, Japan.
