On the Hyde side, colleges bring in business moguls, throw honorary "Professor" titles on them, and let them teach impressionable young iPod owners.
Kushner had calculated that an honorary degree from the New School would bring his total to seventeen, with one more to come the following week, from John Jay College of the City University of New York.
He is the honorary chairman of the bid committee trying to bring the 2018 or 2022 World Cup to the land that sold 3,587,538 tickets in 1994, still the World Cup record.
In South Bend, where Notre Dame's awarding the honorary degree aroused passionate opposition, he sought to bring the dialogue to a "common ground".
I also have an honorary key to the Peachtree Community Garden and have helped bring sculpture, poetry and music to the handsomely landscaped site.
Mr Mauro also brings in Albert Einstein, the honorary chairman of the fair's science advisory committee.
While The McMaster University Act, 1976 outlines that the board be only composed of 37 members, the Board also includes 12 honorary members, bringing the total number of governors to 51.
Positive behavior does bring rewards, like making the Respect Corps, which allows a student to wear an honorary T-shirt.
The audience, who range from parents who would happily have their daughter bring home someone like McIntyre to lads who would happily have him as their honorary posh friend, are receptive and the evening is lull-free.
The orchestra's founder and conductor, Armand Diangienda, was given honorary membership of Britain's Royal Philharmonic Society last year in recognition of his work to bring music to "the heart of some of the most challenged communities in the world".
