Sentence examples for honorary on from inspiring English sources

Sitting among three generation of black male educators with doctorates from Philly, I was honorary on about five levels.

His officer promotion dates were: Lieutenant on 19 March 1890 Captain on 25 May 1893 Major on 1 January 1904 Lieutenant colonel on 22 June 1908 Colonel on 9 September 1913 Lieutenant colonel (AIF) on 17 August 1914 Brigadier general (honorary) on 17 March 1921.

All despite never having secured a doctorate, other than the two dozen honorary ones showered on him over the years.Some of Mr Dyson's ideas have fallen on deaf ears.

That is what apparently happened after John Jay College, part of the City University of New York system, decided to confer an honorary degree on one of the world's greatest playwrights, Tony Kushner.

The association bestows this honorary title on members "whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished," according to the AAAS website.

And, on May 22, Yale University conferred an honorary doctorate on Mr. Stoppard.

To rent Carnegie Hall's auditorium, the Gay Men's Chorus enlisted the support of an honorary trustee on Carnegie Hall's board to appeal on the group's behalf.

Kristen Schaal Born in Colorado, the honorary Briton on our list has been spending more time on these shores since finding cult fame as the stalker fan Mel in HBO's 'Flight of the Conchords'.